50 Stories For Pakistan Arrives and Other Good News

This is my very own copy of 50 Stories For Pakistan sitting on my kitchen table.
And look! Here is my story, Lines.











And here is me holding my book.















I've read about half the stories now and they really are very good. You can read one in about the length of time it takes for a kettle to boil, which suits me very well.

In other news, I've had a story accepted by the wonderful magical realism/speculative fiction magazine, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, which will be out in their latest issue and also in their next anthology, apparently. I am very happy about this, although I don't know if it will be as suitable for elderly relatives as Christmas presents as 50 Stories For Pakistan.

50 Stories For Pakistan - Out now!

This is Greg McQueen, founder of Big Bad Media and 'creative juice' behind 100 Stories For Haiti and his latest project, 50 Stories For Pakistan.

He is holding his very first copy of 50 Stories For Pakistan, which is available from Blurb Books NOW! To order your own copy, please go here.
All proceeds will go to the Red Cross Pakistan Floods Appeal.

The link will also take you to a list of the other authors. I am in some very good company! The introduction is written by the very fabulous Vanessa Gebbie, author of Storm Warning and Words From a Glass Bubble.

50 Stories For Pakistan

You may remember me talking about Greg McQueen's book 100 Stories For Haiti in previous posts,the proceeds of which went to the Red Cross Haiti Appeal to help victims of the Haiti Earthquake which struck in January 2010.

The tireless man has been at it again.
In his words:
“Once again I have found myself in the position where I cannot ignore the need to do something. This time it is Pakistan … The United Nations estimates that twenty million people have lost their homes as a result of the flooding that started last July. Add to this the thousands who have already lost their lives, and the thousands who will lose their lives because of famine and disease … And well, it is once again time to do something!”
– Greg McQueen

He appealed for writers to donate stories to 50 Stories For Pakistan and I am delighted that one of my stories, Lines, is included in the anthology! The book is being put together in record time and will be hitting bookshops soon... I will let you know the release date once it is announced and will put up links to Amazon etc. All proceeds will go towards the Red Cross Pakistan Floods Appeal you can click on this link to donate now or see the work that the Red Cross have been doing.