Author: Eamonn Murphy - Writer

Eamonn Murphy has published over seventy stories in small press magazines and collected them into small, cheap volumes for posterity. They are available at all good eBook retailers and libraries. In his spare time, he writes reviews for sfcrowsnest. Retired now after years of hard labour (building sites and call centres), he lives near Bristol, England, with a nice lady, a nasty Jack Russell, an untrainable loony Labrador and some ducks. He has a BA (Hons) from the Open University but very little common sense. Find out more at eamonnmurphywriter.com.

Trysts of Fate

I had another story published in the February issue of Trysts of Fate # 7 which is put out by Alban Lake Publishing. My romantic yarn is called ‘Pluck It Out’ and although the reference is Biblical the story is science-fiction, though set in the present day.

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I like being published anywhere and online is great but the best thing about Alban Lake is that they also do hard copies – and send the author one for free! As they are in the U.S. and I’m in England this is greatly appreciated.

They publish a number of SF and fantasy magazines as well as anthologies and stand alone novels and novelettes. The website is worth a look.

Unfinished Business

I’ve decided to try and finish all my unfinished novels this year. They may not be very good but at least they’ll be done. Heinlein’s second rule was ‘Finish what you write.’ Actually some are more novellas than novels but they are longer than short stories. I’ll probably self-publish them to the deserved obscurity of Amazon kindle where they can sit unloved on electronic shelves alongside Arnos Hell.

Dark Sherlock

I quite enjoyed the new episode of Sherlock on Sunday but not sure I like it going all dark. My girlfriend left when the man sat in the chair started getting beaten and I was tempted to turn it off. Drama nowadays seems to consist of men – or women – being tied to chairs and beaten. This has made me stop watching Agents of Shield and Gotham. I don’t mind a bit of action, or even violence but this new fashion for torture is off putting. I only put up with it in Sherlock because the program is so clever in other ways.