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About C. J. Carter-Stephenson
C.J. Carter-Stephenson was born in the county of Essex in the United Kingdom . He is currently flirting with careers in acting and writing, while engaging in more mundane jobs to stay afloat on the turbulent sea of life. He has recently completed an MA course in Creative Writing at the University of Southampton, has been a Writers of the Future finalist, and has had three books published by Bonito Books. Other publication credits include stories and/or poems in the following magazines: 'AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review', 'Dark Horizons' (the former journal of the British Fantasy Society), 'Aesthetica', 'Möbius', 'Murky Depths', 'The Willows' and 'Writer's Muse'. For further information, visit his website...
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Blog postIt hasn't been long since my last post, but there have been a few more developments in my literary world. Firstly, my short story, Dog Woman was published today on the Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase website. Page & Spine has been running since 2012 under the leadership of N.k. Wagner and has built up a large archive of quality fiction, so it's definitely worth a look (especially as it's entirely free of charge). My own contribution was something I came up with while studying for my M3 months ago Read more
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Blog postWelcome to 2021. COVID-19 still has the world under siege, but things have got off to a good start for me writing wise. Firstly, I have some publication news. The latest episode of The Night's End Podcast featuring The Timeless Dance was released on New Year's Day as planned and seems to be doing well. It's a highly atmospheric dramatization of the story, so definitely worth checking out even if you've already read the print version. They've also come up with a great promotional imag3 months ago Read more
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Blog postI've just found out that my short story The Timeless Dance is being adapted into audio form for an episode of The Night's End Podcast .
The episode is scheduled for release at 10 AM on 01/01/21 (Australian time) and will be accessible via the above link.
The Timeless Dance originally appeared in Issue 57 of Youth Imagination back in 2018 and is about a magic mask which steals faces. It falls firmly in the horror genre, but has a surrealist sensibility such as you migh7 months ago Read more -
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Blog post12 years ago, They Come From Below, my tale of a Shakespearean fairy running amok in subterranean London was published in the inaugural issue of Teresa Ford’s Ethereal Tales magazine. Now in the troubled year of 2020, I am excited to report that the story is about to make a comeback in a forthcoming anthology from Corrugated Sky Publishing, LLC tentatively titled Pixies, Fae and Sprites – A Mythical Rebellion. As the name suggests, the book is all about the mythical beings commonly descr8 months ago Read more
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Blog postIn my last post, I invited you to step forward in time with me to February 2020 to talk about the publication of my speculative poem Jungle Secrets in Volume 1, Issue 4 of Utopia Science Fiction . Now February 2020 📆 has actually arrived and the magazine has been duly released. It's a riveting read with a particular focus on environmental issues. Appearing alongside my poem are works by acclaimed sci-fi writers like 🚀Holly Schofield, 🚀David Barber and 🚀Carmen Lucía Alvarad. By al1 year ago Read more
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Blog postHope everyone out there is having a good Sunday. For me, it's a day of announcements... a tale of a publication past and a publication future . I'll start with the past...
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This one slipped through the net at the time, but my story, Freeing the Flames found a home last Halloween in Scary Snippets: A Halloween Microfiction Anthology from Suicide House Publishing.
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Blog postOnce again, it's been a while since I last posted, so it's time for an update. Firstly, some good news... my short story, The Ether Existence was published this month in Volume 2, Issue 9 of The New Accelerator . It's an epic space opera this time, so not lights years away from my children's novel, The Crystal Ship , though it's aimed at an older audience. You'll need to pay a membership fee to read it, but it's a small amount which will give you access to a great new story every w2 years ago Read more
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Blog postI am pleased to report that another two episodes of my classic fiction podcast, Back of the Bookshelf , have successfully launched since my last post. In episode 6 we journey back to a 19th Century iron works in a story called The Cone by the legendary H.G. Wells. Wells' science fiction writing is regularly adapted for stage and screen, and his debut novella The Time Machine is widely regarded as a seminal classic of the genre, but in line with my mission statement, I've sought ou2 years ago Read more
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Blog postQuite a lot has been happening since my last post, so I thought it was about time I wrote another one.
Anyone out there who enjoys audiobooks may be interested to hear that two more episodes of my classic fiction podcast, Back of the Bookshelf , have been released. Episode 4 features a J. Sheridan Le Fanu story called The White Cat of Drumgunniol, which is about a family in 19th century rural Ireland who are afflicted by a strange curse. It's a classic of the horror genre - scary,3 years ago Read more -
Blog postHot on the heels of my last post, I've just received notification that my short story The Animal Inside has now been published in the Dark Fiction section of the The Eastern Iowa Review website. As I said before, it's a short and snappy piece about werewolves and dissociative identity disorder (aka Multiple Personality Disorder). If you fancy checking it out, you can find it entirely free of charge at the following link...
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Breaking Bizarro
Sep 15, 2019
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Death’s Head Press
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David W. Barbee
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John Wayne Comunale
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Chandler Morrison
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Robert Essig
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Duncan P. Bradshaw
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Elana Gomel
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Patrick C. Harrison III
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Mara Malins
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Frank J. Edler
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"Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre, which often uses elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive, weird, and entertaining works."
--Wikipedia
Breaking Bizarro is a twenty-six story melting pot of weirdness, from some of the best authors in the genre. Enjoy!
Contributing Authors: John Wayne Comunale, David W. Barbee, Patrick C. Harrison III, Chris Miller, J.D. Graves, Dani Brown, Cody Higgins, Frank J. Edler, Catherine J. Cole, Chandler Morrison, G. Arthur Brown, Shoshana Sumrall Frerking, Robert Essig, Mara Malins, Michael Brueggeman, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Brian Asman, Sam Richard, Elana Gomel, Porsche B. Yeary, Mike Sherer, C.C. Parker, Luciano Marano, C.J. Carter-Stephenson, Kyle Rader, and James Dorr.
--Wikipedia
Breaking Bizarro is a twenty-six story melting pot of weirdness, from some of the best authors in the genre. Enjoy!
Contributing Authors: John Wayne Comunale, David W. Barbee, Patrick C. Harrison III, Chris Miller, J.D. Graves, Dani Brown, Cody Higgins, Frank J. Edler, Catherine J. Cole, Chandler Morrison, G. Arthur Brown, Shoshana Sumrall Frerking, Robert Essig, Mara Malins, Michael Brueggeman, Duncan P. Bradshaw, Brian Asman, Sam Richard, Elana Gomel, Porsche B. Yeary, Mike Sherer, C.C. Parker, Luciano Marano, C.J. Carter-Stephenson, Kyle Rader, and James Dorr.
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Scary Snippets: A Halloween Microfiction Anthology
Oct 25, 2019
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Kyle Harrison
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N.M. Brown
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Alanna Robertson-Webb
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AJ Horvath
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Charlotte O'Farrell
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Michele Vail
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Trick or treat Bloody feet A hundred souls for ghosts to eat. Nothing screams Halloween more than horror. And nothing can be more horrific than scary stories. Here in this collection, we’ve gathered together over a hundred micro sized pieces of terror. From all around the world we’ve put together an anthology that will make you hungry for more. So take a seat, pull out a bowl of candy and sink your teeth into the most terrifying treat you’ll get this holiday season.
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Insurgence: A Fae Rebellion
Oct 31, 2020
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Nicole Walsh
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K Shelby Tench
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DJ Tyrer
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Jonathan Shipley
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Noa Rose
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AJ Rocca
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Richard Pulfer
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Mike Morgan
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Jonathon Mast
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Cathryn Leigh
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Stories of the fae are wild and varied. From mischief-makers to baby takers, their supernatural abilities enthrall us.
But what if they were real, waiting and calculating a time to take back the world that was once theirs? Would they do it peacefully, or take over violently? Would humans even notice?
Dive into this anthology and explore the myriad possibilities of what a fae insurgence just might be like.
But what if they were real, waiting and calculating a time to take back the world that was once theirs? Would they do it peacefully, or take over violently? Would humans even notice?
Dive into this anthology and explore the myriad possibilities of what a fae insurgence just might be like.
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Frost Zone Zine 2 Winter 2020/21
Dec 7, 2020
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M.M. MacLeod
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various authors
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C.J. Carter-Stephenson
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Ian A. Bain
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Harris Coverley
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Clark Boyd
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Hazel Ann Lee
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David Henson
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John Harker
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Meg Smith
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The poems and short stories in this anthology zine will take you away to strange places, to meet odd characters in scary or strange situations.
Included poetry by: Ian A. Bain, Lisa Timpf, Meg Smith, and Hazel Ann Lee.
Included fiction by: Clark Boyd, C.J. Carter-Stephenson, Harris Coverley, Nika Župan, M.M. MacLeod, David Henson, Hazel Ann Lee, John Harker, Joseph Farley, and Eleftheria Tsichli.
Frost Zone Zine is a Canadian Horror/Speculative/Literary Quarterly Zine of short fiction and poetry.
Included poetry by: Ian A. Bain, Lisa Timpf, Meg Smith, and Hazel Ann Lee.
Included fiction by: Clark Boyd, C.J. Carter-Stephenson, Harris Coverley, Nika Župan, M.M. MacLeod, David Henson, Hazel Ann Lee, John Harker, Joseph Farley, and Eleftheria Tsichli.
Frost Zone Zine is a Canadian Horror/Speculative/Literary Quarterly Zine of short fiction and poetry.
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The Colored Lens: Summer 2018
Jul 17, 2018
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Marc Humphrey
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Dawn Vogel
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Burris D. Nichols
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K.G. Delmare
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Jim Meeks-Johnson
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G. Allen Wilbanks
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C.J. Carter Stephenson
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Andrea Tang
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Jacob Adams
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J.A. Becker
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The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is.
The Colored Lens strives to do exactly that. By publishing short stories and serialized novellas every quarter in genres ranging from fantasy, to science fiction, to slipstream or magical realism, we hope to help our readers see the world just a bit differently than before they came to us.
Featuring works by Marc Humphrey, Jamie Lackey, Dawn Vogel, Burris D. Nichols, K.G. Delmare, Jim Meeks-Johnson, G. Allen Wilbanks, C.J. Carter Stephenson, Andrea Tang, Jacob Adams, and J.A. Becker.
Edited by Dawn Lloyd and Daniel Scott. Henry Fields, Associate Editor.
The Colored Lens strives to do exactly that. By publishing short stories and serialized novellas every quarter in genres ranging from fantasy, to science fiction, to slipstream or magical realism, we hope to help our readers see the world just a bit differently than before they came to us.
Featuring works by Marc Humphrey, Jamie Lackey, Dawn Vogel, Burris D. Nichols, K.G. Delmare, Jim Meeks-Johnson, G. Allen Wilbanks, C.J. Carter Stephenson, Andrea Tang, Jacob Adams, and J.A. Becker.
Edited by Dawn Lloyd and Daniel Scott. Henry Fields, Associate Editor.
The Crystal Ship
Sep 21, 2017
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In a forgotten corner of a distant galaxy, a crystal escape pod drifts through space. Inside this escape pod is the beautiful Princess Sky, who has spent the last thousand years frozen in time. When King Axor hears the tragic tale of her life from a mysterious stranger at his birthday party, he vows to rescue her. He can't search for her himself because of the demands of his kingdom, so he decides to hold a contest to find a champion. A lowly farmer's son called Tik hears about the contest and is determined to be the one the king chooses. The only thing that stands in his way is a fearsome robot dragon. Can Tik defeat this dragon and prove his worth to the king? If so, what strange adventures await him in the void of space? Find out in this action-packed adventure from the pen of C.J. Carter-Stephenson...
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These Lips Are Death
Aug 18, 2017
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In the year 1896, Verity Lamont took her own life after losing her fiancée in a tragic accident, but there are those who believe her spirit lives on. Kiss the memorial bust in her family chapel in the midnight hour and it is said she will exact a terrible vengeance. Johnny Morris hears this story on a visit to the chapel, but assumes it is superstitious nonsense. He playfully kisses the bust a few nights later to prove to his wife that there is nothing to be afraid of, only to start receiving ghostly visitations. Can Johnny survive the kiss of death or will he become the latest cautionary chapter in the history of Verity Lamont? Find out in this gripping tale from the pen of C.J. Carter-Stephenson.
Originally written as a play script, 'These Lips Are Death' was later adapted into a short story by the author to allow him to explore some of the themes from a different angle. Now, both versions are can be enjoyed together in this combined edition from Bonito Books.
Originally written as a play script, 'These Lips Are Death' was later adapted into a short story by the author to allow him to explore some of the themes from a different angle. Now, both versions are can be enjoyed together in this combined edition from Bonito Books.
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Bloodlust Variations
Apr 10, 2013
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Here for the first time is the collected vampire fiction and poetry of C.J. Carter-Stephenson in eBook form – six variations on the vampire theme, bound together by their protagonists’ burning lust for blood.
A disembodied spirit fighting to be reunited with his vampiric body… Two vampires braving the wilderness of space in search of a new home… A vampire with no recollection of his mortal life…
All this and more you will find in these pages. Sometimes sensual, but always deadly, these dark denizens of the night are waiting to infiltrate your dreams. Drink deeply of their adventures and they will open your eyes to the darkness inside yourself, but be warned, there will be blood. For the blood is the life and they are always hungry for it.
A disembodied spirit fighting to be reunited with his vampiric body… Two vampires braving the wilderness of space in search of a new home… A vampire with no recollection of his mortal life…
All this and more you will find in these pages. Sometimes sensual, but always deadly, these dark denizens of the night are waiting to infiltrate your dreams. Drink deeply of their adventures and they will open your eyes to the darkness inside yourself, but be warned, there will be blood. For the blood is the life and they are always hungry for it.
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Featuring daily doses of adult flash fiction, DAILY FLASHES OF EROTICA QUARTERLY is published four times per year. As a daily flash fiction calendar anthology, a 1500 word or less short story is featured for every day of the calendar year (January - March 2011). This is a fun and steamy anthology designed for busy adult readers.
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