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Thrilled I have had my short story accepted by shotgunhoney.net They have some really exciting writers contributing and its just awesome to be a part of it. Elephants and Eagles on ShotgunHoney  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for allowing us to review "Elephants and Eagles" for consideration at Shotgun Honey. I'm pleased to let you know that your story has been accepted. I'm happy to see you've made it through the editorial gauntlet. Your story has been tentatively scheduled for September 4th. Thank you and look forward to seeing future stories. -Ron http://www.shotgunhoney.net/ https://www.facebook.com/shotgunhoney
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My short story 'As Heroes Fall' A tale of Violence and Justice has just been published in -  ACTION: PULSE POUNDING TALES VOLUME 2 . This antholgy has been complied and edited by UK international bestselling author Matt Hilton. (Joe Hunter series] Its Bad News for Bad Guys as a Galaxy of Stellar Action Pumped writers dispense justice from a time when men where men, negotiation rhymed with cordite and women thought Humphrey Bogart was Hot! Hot! Hot! ACTION: PULSE POUNDING TALES VOLUME 2   does exactly what it says on the tin! Get it now via Amazon.  http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D7L66NE
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Here's the final line-up to ACTION: Pulse Pounding Tales Vol 2: CONTENTS Introduction by Matt Hilton Dirk Ramm: Unsheathed by Matt Hilton Sins of Omission by Ian Graham See Saw by James Oliver Hilton Uninvited Guests by Rod Glenn The Missionary by Paul D Brazill Hard Wood by Tyson Adams Black Tuesday by Alex Shaw .50 Contingency Plan by Jochem Vandersteen Cold Redemption By Les Morris Kokoro by Andrew Scorah Get Cutter! By James Hopwood Jardine Rides Again by Ian McAdam Jack Be Nimble by Gavin Hunt Exit Wound by Steve Christie As Heroes Fall By Frank Sonderborg Goofy Brings The House Down by Richard Godwin Grand Central: Terminal by Terrence P. McCauley The Fixer by Dean Breckenridge Soup Sandwich by Christopher L. Irvin Pasnuta Means Arena of Death! by Richard Prosch Mududa’s Revenge by Graham Smith 97 Ways To Die In Istanbul by Paul Grzegorzek It’s Noir or Never by Absolutely*Kate Push by Kevin Michaels You Only Die Once by Rhesa Sealy Man About Town by Alan Griffiths Hanoi Heat ...
Just had one of my stories accepted for the next Action: Pulse Pounding Tales Series https://www.facebook.com/ActionPulsePoundingTales   And I am chuffed to bits. Its run by the talented Matt Hilton who is famous for his high octane Joe Hunter books.  http://matthiltonbooks.com/ Matt has also written an article about the present state of of publishing for authors and it does make sobering reading if you are a newbie or even a well established writer like Matt. http://pulppusher.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/guest-blog-matt-hilton.html
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                                       Another Billy the Kid His flashing teeth hit you as soon as you saw him.  Laughing happy a twist of the head. A smile black jacket tight jeans Nikes.  A red scarf mischief in movement. Eyes big alert alive.  He played guitar. So where were the spiders. Ziggy classics a Billy speciality. Borrowing a guitar to busk.  Generating cash for beer to smooth talk easy girls. All girls came easy to Billy. Saw him in a restaurant with twelve girls and he still left them to check out some more. Confident. So sure always so sure. I warned him about stealing from a restaurant we dish-washed in. Rat-faced on expensive wine. Piss-eyed on cheap cheap kitchen brandy.  There we worked long happy hours exhilarated by the warm a...