Steven Mace

My flash-fiction piece "Fox-Curse" has been published in the latest issue (Fall/Winter) of the literary magazine The Stray Branch , edited by Debbie Berk. You can check out and purchase a copy of this issue from Amazon Createspace here:  https://www.createspace.com/5741011   The Facebook Page for The Stray Branch is here:  https://www.facebook.com/The-Stray-Branch-136553993096921/ Stray Branch website:  http://www.thestraybranch.org/    Editor Debbie Berk on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/debbiedberk

My horror-fantasy short story "The Vacancy" has been published in KZine Issue 13 (unlucky for some...) It's a sinister tale about an unemployed man living in an eerie, unknown city; he accepts a job offer at an ancient mansion and begins work for a peculiar organisation. A few words about this story- "The Vacancy" was mainly inspired by the monochrome visions of the comics artist David Hine (see his blog here  and here ) and the writings of the notable American horror author Thomas Ligotti. As a child I first became aware of Hine's artwork and tales in the now defunct Revolver comic and 2000AD, and I was very impressed by Ligotti's work, notably his collection Teatro Grottesco . Ligotti was also a major influence on the creators of the American drama series 'True Detective'. I admire Ligotti's fatalism and ability to capture the eerie and surreal to a disturbing extent, and I hoped to emulate that with my own story. 'The Vacancy...

Publication Update: It is now possible to buy my short story collection "Echoes and Exiles" as a paperback from Amazon:   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Exiles-Steven-Mace/dp/1511997699

I'm very pleased to announce the publication of my latest book, Echoes and Exiles, which is a collection of my most recent short stories. You can currently buy 'Echoes and Exiles' as a Kindle book from Amazon:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Echoes-Exiles-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B00WSW0POE   as an e-book from Smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/538946 or in print form from Lulu:  http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/echoes-and-exiles/paperback/product-22149194.html I hope to make a print copy at Amazon CreateSpace available very soon. This is the cover artwork for Echoes and Exiles by Derren Toussaint, alias MonkeysvsRobots. "Echoes and Exiles" cover artwork by Derren Toussaint Derren's portfolio can be found here at his website:  http://www.monkeysvsrobots.co.uk/  and Derren's Facebook Page is  https://www.facebook.com/MonkeysvsRobots The Background to Echoes and Exiles, and some words about the stories I...

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Where you can buy The Splendour of Shadows: Lulu (hard print copy):  http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/the-splendour-of-shadows/paperback/product-22049351.html Amazon Kindle (eBook for Kindle version):  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Splendour-Shadows-Steven-Mace-ebook/dp/B005JJU322 Smashwords (eBook version):  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295027 The cover artwork for The Splendour of Shadows : "Fear No More" by Janne Olkkonen After Copper Moon Rising , Beyond Twilight , and The Pirate Princess were published in 2010, I had plenty of ideas for a new collection of short stories, entitled  The Splendour of Shadows . All of the stories in this collection were written between 2010 and 2011, with the exception of 'Bloodlines', which I had an earlier draft for, but rewrote in this period. Many of the stories in The Splendour of Shadows were almost mini-novellas rather than standard modern short stories, with lengths ranging between 10,000 and 25,000 ...

Where you can buy Beyond Twilight: Lulu (hard print copy):  http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mace/beyond-twilight-fourteen-short-stories/paperback/product-22049309.html Amazon Kindle (eBook for Kindle version):  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Twilight-Fourteen-short-stories-ebook/dp/B0057FKS32 Smashwords (eBook version):  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/295025 Cover artwork for Beyond Twilight My first short story collection Beyond Twilight contains most of my earlier writing. I wrote my first group of short stories between 1997 and 2002, and these were mainly horror, fantasy and SF stories, but there were even a couple of children's stories.  This first group which were written in this period consisted of the following stories: 'Death Head'; 'Martin'; 'The Baron's Cheesecake'; 'The Question'; 'The Lost Boy'; 'The Prodigal'; 'Electra'; 'Garden of Illusion'; 'Moonlight Bay'; 'R...