Congratulations

to my friends Tania H, Vanessa Gebbie, Anne Brooke and Nik Perring who also got work accepted in the Binnacle contest. They all are or were writewords members.

July Links

First out of the box at the new 10Flash, is a story by me http://10flash.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/issue-1-july-2009/ A Hell of a Holiday for a poor librarian.

Out of Time at Static Movement, might make you think that heaven is not all it's cracked up to be... We're all addicted to time. http://www.staticmovement.com/outoftime.htm

Just Life is a nice little slice of domestic discord over at The Pygmy Giant, http://thepygmygiant.wordpress.com/
who have also just accepted Baoding - and if you don't know what that is - it's balls. I'll put a link up when it's live.

Lonely Road is over at Micro Horror this n month. http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/author/oonah-v-joslin/lonely-road/

Brand New at Clockwise Cat. This one is unusual but I hope you will enjoy it anyway.
http://clockwisecat.blogspot.com/2009/02/brand-new-by-oonah-v-joslin.html

Over at Bewildering Stories this month I take a sceptical look at education and funding in Pure Research http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue344/pure_research.html

While you are there check out Jennifer Stakes' poem, Chess - excellent work Jennifer!

BwS Quarterly Review and MIND

My poem, Spring's Uplift was chosen for inclusuion in the second QR by the editors of Bewildering Stories.
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue331/springs_uplift.html
I'm delighted to be there once more. And from what I've read so far, it's an excellent Issue. John Stocks is there too - that;'s two of us from the North East of England

I also had a message from
Vagabondage Press LLC
New Directions in Art & Literature
to say that my story Hidden would be included in an anthology of writing from people who have suffered depression or mental illness. Did I want to use my real name? I told them definitely! I have never been diagnosed with depression but I have suffered from it nonetheless and I think it is a thing that people suffer in silence and it affects a lot of lives either directly or indirectly. Of course sometimes it has a definitive cause - but that does not lessen its effect. So when this anthology comes out, please buy a copy and support MIND. It is a worthy cause!

Dave Telfer

Local writer Dave Telfer gave a talk last night about his newly published book, Artur's Eats which is suitable for all ages and set in 1000 AD Edinburgh.

It was lovely to meet a fellow sufferer and a priviledge to meet Dave who is 71 and see his enthusiam for writing shine through. He's now working on a sequel and a prequel. Well done, Dave. Lang may yer lum reak!

You can but his book at http://www.arturseats@aol.com

A Taste of Success

Dear Oonah,

It is a true pleasure to inform you that you are one of the honorees in the Sixth Annual International Ultra-Short Competition sponsored by The Binnacle at The University of Maine at Machias. This does not mean that you have won any of the cash prizes, but that we would like to include your work, "First Love," in our 2009 Ultra-Short edition.

We had over 900 submissions from twenty-one countries and six continents, most of which were worthy of inclusion in a volume such as this. From this wonderful gathering of works we chose fifty-seven pieces, including yours, that we felt had the greatest merit.

Isn't that GREAT :)

However my computer has crashed so if anybody out there would like to give me a cash prize - I'm all ears. ;(

June's Links

I don't think there are many this month but Oblong Box is up at Static Movement and I think you'll like it. http://staticmovement.com/oblongbox.htm

Blending In is at EDF http://www.everydayfiction.com/blending-in-by-oonah-v-joslin/

All on the One Telly is at Doorknobs... and here's the link. These are very specific challenges involving a date and a phrase 1925 in this case - so I'm always delighted to get in. And I always hope the story doesn't seem too forced. http://www.iceflow.com/doorknobs/DOORBODY2.html

The Real Thing is now available to read on Micro Horror - I'll leave you decide which real thing I meant but the editor described it as "funny, sexy & bizarre" and I think that sums it up. It's certainly one of my more imaginative flights of fancy ;).

http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/author/oonah-v-joslin/the-real-thing-2/

Days of Damselflies is at Bewildering Stories this week - a contrast if ever there was one. I like to use the full range of my dubious talents.

http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue340/damselflies.html

Living Proof was written using as many ...no get it for yourself... :)
http://www.short-humour.org.uk/writersshowcase/livingproof.htm

I'm still wondering what's happening at Flash Scribe who accepted two stories from me way back and hasn't put either up yet. I e-mailed them but got no reply. I live in hope...

Angels and Demons

This is one worth seeing on the big screen! Ron Howard is a genius, of course and if you suspend your disblief about that much anti-matter meeting matter over a city, then it's probably the best explosion you'll have seen. - Very entertaining and the woman isn't there as romantic interest - for a change :)

And if you've never see The Dish - an Australian film of some years ago, I strongly suggest you celebrate the 4oth anniversary first moon landings in July, by getting hold of a copy. It's simply one of the best written scripts I know and the more you watch it, the funnier it gets.