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2025 Awards Update
The Reading List for the 2025 Cóyotl Awards has now been released and I’m delighted to have a few stories included. ‘Back to the Molly House’ and ‘Would?’ both feature in the Short Stories section, while ‘Votive’ can be found in Other Works. Meanwhile, the two anthologies in which ‘Back to the Molly House’ and
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February 2026 Update – A Rather Quiet Month
It has been a quiet month regarding writing as I’ve attended two furry cons and have been visiting friends and family in the UK. The Scotiacon panels I ran with Huskyteer were both well received. The Writers’ Social is always a good opportunity to meet fellow authors and chat about our projects and influences. Meanwhile,
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The Echoes Of Three Centuries Ago
One Sunday evening in February 1726, the premises of Margaret Clap in the London district of Holborn were raided by police constables. By dawn, around 40 gay men had been rounded up and arrested. Margaret or “Mother” Clap was arrested herself and sent to the pillory the following July for ‘keeping a Disorderly House…for the
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Scotiacon Panels Reviewed
It was great meeting so many fellow authors at Scotiacon over the weekend and I think our panels were well received. The Writers’ Social was in a different format to usual as it took place in the Breakout Cafe. This meant that we were in the middle of a corridor and everyone was siloed on
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January 2026 Update – Ursa Majors and Looking To Scotiacon
It has been a busy month of writing, but illness hampered my progress towards the end. I submitted three stories for consideration in anthologies in January and have had one rejection. I also finished another story, which I’m hoping to submit to a horror-themed collection once it has been crowdfunded. The nominations for the 2025
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Scotiacon 2026 Writing Panels
I will be hosting two writing panels with my friend Huskyteer at this year’s Scotiacon. The first will be the Writers’ Social, which takes place in the Conference Cafe (Breakout Foyer) on Friday, 6 February, at 5:30pm. All writers and aspiring writers are invited to come along to this meet and greet where we chat
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The 2025 Ursa Major Awards
The nominations for the 2025 Ursa Major Awards are now open and will run from today through to 5 February. 2025 was the biggest year yet regarding my own furry publishing and I have two eligible stories for the Best Short Fiction category. They are: ‘Back to the Molly House’ in The Wideness of the
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Looking Ahead To 2026
As we enter a new year, it’s only natural to consider our plans for the next 12 months. Regarding my writing, I am largely going to continue where I left off in 2025, but these are my main targets.
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2025 Year In Review
It has been a rather busy year, with 12 short stories submitted to various publications. I spent most of the first half of 2025 furiously writing, using my anger about the state of the world to fuel my productivity. Most of my stories have developed a political edge and up until June, I felt I
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December 2025 Update – The Wideness of the World
This month has been dominated by the release of The Wideness of the World anthology from the Furry Historical Fiction Society. It was initially available as a small batch release at Midwest FurFest prior to the official launch a week later. On 13 December, we held a launch party where over half of the authors
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