Issue 7 Spotlight: Oscar Windsor-Smith
There’s a story behind Oscar Windsor-Smith’s Issue 7 story. In Oscar’s own words: ‘Wings of Nemesis’ is a short story about the rehabilitation of a […]
Authors
Brenda Carre to Judge 2015 Raven Short Story Contest
We’re delighted to announce that Brenda Carre will be the final judge for the Raven Short Story Contest. Brenda has been writing fiction for many […]
The Ideas on the Train
Your characters are most obliging about bringing you the best story ideas. JK Rowling once said that she was sitting on the train one day and Harry […]
2015 Winners of the Hummingbird Prize
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Hummingbird Prize! ‘The Last Neanderthals’ by Cristina Crocker Escribano Judge Bob Thurber says of this […]
Hummingbird Shortlist
We’ve had some fabulous entries for the Hummingbird Prize for Flash Fiction — so fabulous that we had a hard time culling the stories for […]
Issue 7 feature author: Robert J Sawyer
Canadian readers will especially recognize the name of our feature author for Issue 7 as a leading name in science fiction: Robert J Sawyer has […]
Contest Special: Paperboy by Bob Thurber
Word must have spread about the keen eye and discerning taste of our Hummingbird Prize judge, the multiple award-winning Bob Thurber, because entries are coming […]
Spinning Straw into Gold
Life is full of pain. As writers, we feel the blows keenly, yet the best of us utilize that pain. Instead of letting tragedy or […]
Pen & Sword: The Author’s Journey in Writing Swordfights
How far would you go for your art? Would you risk a duel at dawn? Face an armoured warrior? Fight an axe-wielding assailant, with only […]
Spring is here!
Or at least the print proof of our Spring 2015 issue is. We never get tired of that first glimpse of the book in its […]