Matthew Sylvester
writing
If you don’t ask, you don’t get
I’m new to the world of science fiction publishing, although I do have experience in the martial arts journalism side of things – check out my bio – and I seem to have used that to my advantage. As many of you will know, I’m the editor for Raus! Untoten! Recently I was at the Sci-Fi … Continue reading
Raus! Untoten! – Or, social media and how I became an editor
Facebook, social media as a whole is one of the most positive technological developments that I’ve seen so far. Granted, there are some absolute idiots on Facebook, unfortunately they actually mirror society. The amount of illiteracy, bigotry, hatred, stupidity, gullibility, hell, any ‘ity’ you can think of would be depressing if – like me – … Continue reading
Lola: Trust No One – WIP
Chapter 1 – Never say never He screamed. It was a scream of pure pain. Then, it stopped. Mike was gone. Forever. A tear trickled down Lola’s cheek, she knew her heart would never mend without him. A big, burly man walked forward. “Well done agent 275, mission accomplished.” “You lied!” she shrieked, “You said … Continue reading
And it just keeps coming!
Not quite sure why all of this is happening right now, but I’m certainly not complaining! So far – as you no doubt know – I have had a short story accepted for the Grimm and Grimmer anthology by Fringe Works, I’m submitting my Shattered Lands: Torquemaster Rising novel, and I’ve been asked to edit a … Continue reading
Chubb Fellowes: Is anyone out there?
Range, five hundred metres. Wind, five kloms per hour, easterly. Target moving at walking pace. Breathe in, breath out, breathe in, hold. Squeeze the trigger gently, release and breathe out. Slowly crawl backwards and relocate. The sound that the rifle made would have been hard to distinguish at fifty metres, let alone five hundred. The … Continue reading
Matthew Sylvester 