Fantasy Rebel announces that award-winning author Rosemary A Johns (author of the #1 Amazon bestselling series REBEL VAMPIRES) will be contributing a story to the EPIC new space opera anthology 42 AND BEYOND.
Space operas are adventure science-fiction stories set in space. Expect battles, romance and danger.
Coming 2018…
Look what just arrived in my hot little hands…the first ever edition of SCAFFOLDING MAGAZINE!
My short story – HOW TO SCALP A DOLL – was commissioned for this special first edition.
Danny, a lonely long distance driver, is trapped in a world of human trafficking. He saw the slaves as no more than dolls. Until one day, he broke his boss’ rule, opened the back of the truck and looked inside…
The sea was a smudge of blue against the horizon; the salt was sharp on the dead air. Danny stiffened. For a moment, when he stared out across the beach, he saw rows of scalps, no longer miniature but life-size – brunette, blond, and bald. Danny blinked. And then they were gone.
The magazine also includes an interview with me.
I discuss the short story…
The girls are invisible because they’re viewed as less than human.
…why I write fantasy…
…it allows me to give a voice to the forgotten. Or the deliberately hidden.
…and freedom.
The free have choices. But that’s often hard to face. Ourselves.
The Editor reviews BLOOD DRAGONS:
‘The kind of book you’re likely to pick up a second time, finding new dimensions…an empowering book…about true love. It is a book with formidable literary ambition. Rebel to the core, Rosemary trailblazers through stigma… Highly recommended. 5*
Click here to read more.
Sometimes as an author you have chats with magazines, interviewers or TV hosts where everything just clicks. They get you, the book and more than that: how to challenge it.
You discover something about writing, yourself and life, as well as discussing your work in a far more fascinating way than you ever could alone.
That’s what happened with Scaffolding Magazine.
Freedom, domination, terrorism, my childhood, writing tips and James Dean…
And did I mention how gorgeous the podcast is..?
Start your escape into the Rebel Vampires series here…
I love short stories. They’re the quiet gems of the writing world – done right? They catch your imagination, worm under your skin and squeeze your heart…
The great ones..? You never forget.
A short story is harder to write than a novel. Flash fiction is the hardest of all. I’ve been a traditionally published short story writer since I was fourteen (of course the editor didn’t know I was a kid…)
I write science fiction, fantasy and dark fiction. What I really write? Emotion. That extra something, which will grab you and not let go.
My most recent short story is being featured in the very first edition of a new literary magazine Scaffolding. It’s passionate about the same things I am: inclusion, gender and mental health. The magazine itself pairs the very best writers with the most stunning artists.
The story “How to Scalp a Doll” is dark fiction about a human trafficker who makes the mistake of opening the truck door…then his whole world is turned on its head.
It’s about siblings, fear, loneliness, freedom…and what it means to be alive.
Danny had always hated geese…
Rebel Vampires will also be part of the magazine long-term, offering rewards to readers who subscribe. Click here to find out more.
Start the Rebel Vampires adventure today here.
What’s your favourite short story – and why have you always remembered it?
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