D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Tag Archives: Short Story
“Still Life Through Water Droplets” Emails Tomorrow
Daily Science Fiction will email my story “Still Life Through Water Droplets” to subscribers tomorrow (January 3rd). It will be available for free reading online January 10th. If you can’t wait another week to read it, then head over to Daily Science … Continue reading
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So…How Did I Do in 2011?
With the last few hours of 2011 winding down, now seems like an appropriate time to reflect on what I’ve accomplished this year as writer. Last January, I decided to get serious about my writing, so I set concrete goals for the year. … Continue reading
“Observations on a Clock” Available December 20th
I had a spike in the number of visitors to my site today, so I figured something was up. A little looking around and a timely Google Alert lead me to SFScope. They’ve posted the contents and release date for … Continue reading
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Tagged Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Observations on a Clock, Short Story
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A Little Love for Thief
Rusty Keele runs a site called Best Science Fiction Stories. Every few days, he features a story that has caught his eye, and last Monday he featured my story “Thief of Futures.” Considering the number of speculative fiction stories published every … Continue reading
“Clownspace” Finds a Place
My flash fiction story “Clownspace” has been accepted by 10Flash Quarterly for their January 2012 issue. Each quarter they publish ten flash pieces (thus the publication’s title) around a theme; January’s theme will be: “The end of the world as we know it.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 10Flash Quarterly, Clownspace, Sale, Short Story
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National Short Story Week
Did you know it’s National Short Story Week in Britain? I didn’t until fellow Hopefull Monster Terry Kidd alerted me to the fact. National Short Story Week is an annual awareness event in Britain aimed at focusing attention on short stories … Continue reading
How Many Times is Enough?
How many times do you submit a story before it sells? The flippant answer is as many times as it takes to sell it. In reality, that’s not such a flippant answer—it’s the truth—it’s just not particularly helpful. I know … Continue reading
What Motivates You?
Some days I’m simply unmotivated, so I lounge on the couch drifting in an out dreamland. On days like that, my life wouldn’t make very compelling reading—I expect when my biography eventually gets written <wink, wink>, it’ll gloss over those days. … Continue reading
A Gothic Bit of Schlock (Magazine)
Teodor Reljic and Michael Vella, fellow members of my writing group Hopefull Monsters, produce an online publication called Schlock Magazine. It’s a quarterly publication that contains, well, “schlocky” speculative fiction stories. What does that mean? The editors describe schlock as “trash, treasures, … Continue reading
“Observations on a Clock” Set for February 2012
A quick update: My story “Observations on a Clock” has been scheduled for the February 2012 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Now I need to send information for my author’s bio…always a challenge…hmmm….
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Tagged Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Observations on a Clock, Short Story
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D. Thomas Minton 