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The first television broadcast signal is now almost 90 light years away from Earth. What would human colonists on distant worlds feel like receiving these ancient transmission for the first time?
TRANSMISSION has first been published in eFiction magazine in June 2012, and received Honorary Mention in On The Premises magazine in November 2012
A journalist tracking the last survivors of the most infamous Martian War massacre discovers the gruesome truth - and more...
KING MIDAS'S BARBER has first been published in Polish as "Kosci Chudych Dzieci" in Science Fiction magazine in February 2002
This time the aliens did not come to destroy us - but to employ us...
FACTORY BLOCK S3 has not been published before.
A day in the life of a member of the RSPD - the Royal Society for the Protection of Dragons.
THE TWITCHING has been first published on Wattpad in July 2012
In a world of the luckless, the Lucky Men are kings.
O LUCKY MAN has been first published in Polish as "Szczesciarz" in Fahrenheit magazine
Every God has to start somewhere...
TEOPHANY has not been published before.
TRANSMISSION has first been published in eFiction magazine in June 2012, and received Honorary Mention in On The Premises magazine in November 2012
A journalist tracking the last survivors of the most infamous Martian War massacre discovers the gruesome truth - and more...
KING MIDAS'S BARBER has first been published in Polish as "Kosci Chudych Dzieci" in Science Fiction magazine in February 2002
This time the aliens did not come to destroy us - but to employ us...
FACTORY BLOCK S3 has not been published before.
A day in the life of a member of the RSPD - the Royal Society for the Protection of Dragons.
THE TWITCHING has been first published on Wattpad in July 2012
In a world of the luckless, the Lucky Men are kings.
O LUCKY MAN has been first published in Polish as "Szczesciarz" in Fahrenheit magazine
Every God has to start somewhere...
TEOPHANY has not been published before.
58 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 12, 2012
13 people want to read
About the author
James Calbraith
48 books82 followersJames Calbraith is a Poland-born British writer, foodie and traveller.
Growing up in communist Poland on a diet of powdered milk, Lord of the Rings and soviet science-fiction, he had his first story published at the ripe age of eight. After years of bouncing around Polish universities, he moved to London in 2007 and started writing in English. His debut historical fantasy novel, "The Shadow of Black Wings", has reached ABNA semi-finals. It was published in July 2012 and hit the Historical Fantasy and Alternate History bestseller lists on Amazon US & UK.
Growing up in communist Poland on a diet of powdered milk, Lord of the Rings and soviet science-fiction, he had his first story published at the ripe age of eight. After years of bouncing around Polish universities, he moved to London in 2007 and started writing in English. His debut historical fantasy novel, "The Shadow of Black Wings", has reached ABNA semi-finals. It was published in July 2012 and hit the Historical Fantasy and Alternate History bestseller lists on Amazon US & UK.
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December 1, 2013
These six tales cover pretty much everything a reader could want, from the conspiracy theory/sci-fi combination of King Midas's Barber to the humour and fantasy of The Twitching (think this was probably my favourite...well it is today anyway!). Each of the stories stands alone brilliantly and leave plenty for the reader to interpret and imagine allowing for a more personal view of each of the stories. The writing itself carefully balanced with some superb one liners and digs at modern life (a few had me laughing out loud...) and the characters are portrayed and developed well (the god in Teophany was a particular favourite of mine on that front). Overall a good read.
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