Book News: Stories from Freaks! in The Moth Magazine

I am very VERY delighted that four stories from ‘Freaks!’ have been selected to appear in Issue 7 (Winter 2011) of The Moth Magazine.

This is a biggie for me (and I’m sure for the talented Mr Perring too). The stories chosen will give people the first taste of what to expect in ‘Freaks!’ (eek!) but also not quite. By this I mean that the mighty Darren’s illustrations won’t be in The Moth Magazine, so that big reveal is still to come (in only FOUR months now!). It’s all a bit terrifying really (these are my first short stories to be published!), but having four stories selected to be in a magazine that is so well-respected in the short story world is a huge honour. I am very proud of ‘Freaks!’ but that’s a different blog post, one for nearer publication (FOUR months!).

And, I especially like that the four stories selected are said to be written by both Nik and I. This reflects the actual collection of short stories. Because, in ‘Freaks!’ the writer of each separate story is NOT revealed (I mean, it could even be that some of the stories were written together). Because that’s what ‘Freaks!’ is all about. It’s about secret identities and not everything being as it first appears.

To buy Issue 7 (the current issue) of The Moth Magazine and get a taste of four of the stories from ‘Freaks!’, go here. And, as an additional selling point, there is a poem in there from the talented Mr Pack. Bonus!