Speculative Fiction

Where the Dead Go, Eamon Harrigan

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:09:50 +0100

Having already pitched the idea for a gritty noir fantasy story, but unable to find a home for it, Harrigan’s idea would form the backbone for his novel.

Much of the action takes place in a city Cafè where outside and inside people’s lives are intersecting, and at the same time hurtling to a crashing and violent end. The story has two main sections: the first being the events leading up to the passing from one life into – not an afterlife, but a ‘Hereafter’.

As you read on through th...

Building Fantasy Worlds with RF Long

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:12:17 +0100

As writers, we create. And to me, as a fantasy writer, there’s nothing more creative than a story that crafts a whole new world, with cultures, species, folklore and traditions unique to it. A world I, as a reader, can get completely lost in. The type that leaves me blinking at the end of the book, wondering where all that time went and what’s that funny thing in the corner of the living room with the moving pictures on it. The wonder of writing is to be able to take readers t...