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Short Story 'Fashion Bites Back' Published

4/30/2017

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PictureArctic Fox Fur
My weird, crime fiction / sci-fi / conservation-themed short story, Fashion Bites Back, has recently been published in That's Life! magazine in Australia.

Based on the incidences of PETA direct action against fashion models wearing animal furs, this story injected alien intervention as conservators of Earth's wildlife into the mix.

To be quite honest, it was surprising to me that a story crossing the sci-fi, crime fiction genres (the story includes an investigating detective totally flummoxed by a dead fashion model's fur's mysterious disappearance) would be picked up by a magazine that has an audience more likely to read other, more mainstream, genres.


Anyhow, I'm flattered the editors, and, apparently the readership too, were entertained. It just goes to show that even if a story is pushing the boundaries of the guidelines, it's still worth having a go at submitting - just in case.


Below are links to my Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition) and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:

http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments


Happy Writing!



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'A Night of Murder' Published

4/16/2017

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PictureTheatre of Blood
The ideas behind the Vincent Price-Diana Rigg classic Theatre of Blood helped enormously in writing my story A Night of Murder which was published recently in a crime fiction supplement to Fast Fiction magazine in Australia.

In the story, just like in the film, we have vengeance, a gang of down-and-outs and an arrogant character who looks down his nose at his audience.

The story also touches on the subject of sock puppetry, whereby some authors have been giving their own books glowing reviews, even setting up websites in praise of themselves (though not giving away it is them that set up the websites, and even viciously trolling those who dare to expose their nefarious activities.

What I enjoyed most about working on this story was going back to my roots as a crime fiction writer.

Well, back to the grind.


Below are links to my Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition) and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:

http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness

http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments


Happy Writing!

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    Paul A. Freeman

    Paul A. Freeman is an English instructor working in Abu Dhabi, in the Middle East. He lives there with his wife and three young children.

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