So, so honored to be the winner of the 2021 Austin Clarke Fiction Prize. Still hasn't fully sunk in.
It's my first contest win. The story was incredibly difficult to write and means the world to me. I hope you check it out.
https://t.co/xCScROZe73
Announcing the second of two runners-up in Fiction for the 2021 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence: “Playing Possum” by @the_write_ian!
“Playing Possum” unfolds masterfully.” -fiction judge @franekwuyasi
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Delighted to announce that my short story "It Won't Go Away," is featured in the horror-fiction anthology "Dead Keys: Typewritten Tales of Terror."
Available here: https://t.co/DmSAJHzoPZ
@JellyfishReview It may have something to do with “target fixation,” which involves steering toward what you’re looking at. Motorcyclists are taught to “look where you want to go.”
@SubPress @neilhimself I spent my early years writing fiction. Then, desperate to "grow up" & "be responsible" and, ah, "eat," I switched to journalism. That was good. Then it wasn't. (Anyone remember newspapers?) Now I'm back where I was 40 years ago. Out of work. Scribbling dreams. And I need help.
After 30 eventful years in the newsroom -- including 12 years as an arts reporter and 13 years as city columnist -- today is my final day at the London Free Press. It's been grand. But like somebody said: "Newspapers. They'll break your heart."