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PeterMBall

Peter M. Ball is a speculative fiction writer, small press publisher, and writing mentor from Brisbane, Austraila. He publishes his own work through Eclectic Projects and works as the brain in charge at Brain Jar Press.

My Writing

Collections

  1. These Strange & Magic Things: Short Stories (Brain Jar Press, 2020)
  2. Not Quite The End Of The World Just Yet: Short Stories & Strange Futures (Brain Jar Press, 2018)
  3. The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales (Brain Jar Press, 2017)
  4. Flotsam Trilogy Omnibus – Apocalypse Ink Productions (November, 2015)

Novellas

5. Crusade (Apocalypse Ink Productions, 2015, Reprinted by Brain Jar Press)
4. Frost (Apocalypse Ink Productions, 2014; Reprinted by Brain Jar Press)
3. Exile (Apocalypse Ink Productions, 2014; Reprinted by Brain Jar Press)
2. Bleed (Twelfth Planet Press, 2010)
1. Horn (Twelfth Planet Press, 2009)

Short Fiction

40. Counting Down – Daily Science Fiction (March 2017)

39. Hornets Attack Your Best Friend Victor and Other Things We Called The Band – at Speculate, Evil Girlfriend Media (Feb 2017)

38. Deadbeats – And Then: The Great Big Book of Adventure Tales, Vol 1. Clan Destine Press (December 2016)

37. The Things You Do When the War Breaks Out – Daily Science Fiction (December 2016)

36. On Discovering a Ghost in the Five Star – Daily Science Fiction (June 2016)

35. The Place Beyond the Brambles – Daily Science Fiction (November, 2015)

34. Rule 42 – Gods, Memes, and Monsters, Stoneskin Press (May, 2015)

33. Love is the Roar of a Chainsaw, Cutting Flesh in the Night – Cry Havoc Games (November, 2014)

32. The Seventeen Executions of Signore Don Vashta – Daily Science Fiction (February, 2014)

31. From Tuesday to Tuesday – Daily Science Fiction (November, 2013)

30. Tithes – Coins of Chaos (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, September, 2013)

29. On the Arrival of the Paddle-Steamer on the Docks of V—”  – Eclipse Online (February, 2013)

28. The Minotaur & The Signal Ghosts – The Lion & The Aardvark, Stone Skin Press (July, 2012)

27. Dying Young – Eclipse 4, ed. Jonathan Stahan (May, 2011)

  — Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012)

26. Visitors – After the Rain (April, 2011)

25. The Last March of the Silent Militia – Weird Tales (Spring, 2011)

24. Say Zucchini, and Mean It – Daily Science Fiction (May 2011)

23. The Birdcage Heart – Daily Science Fiction (February, 2011)

22. Memories of Chalice – Electric Velocipede #21/22 (February, 2011)

21. Briar Day – Moonlight Tuber #2 (January, 2011)

20. The Mike and Carly Story, Without the Gossip – Shimmer #12 (October 2010)

19. L’esprit de L’Escaleir – Apex Magazine #16 (September 2010)

18. One Saturday Night, With Angel – Sprawl, Twelfth Planet Press (August, 2010)

17. The Peanut Guy – Moonlight Tuber #1 (May, 2010)

16. The Clockwork Goat and the Smokestack Magi – Shimmer #11 (The Clockwork Junglebook) (January 2010)

15. Black Dog: A Biography – Interfictions II (November, 2009)

14. To Dream of Stars: An Astronomer’s Lament – Apex Magazine (October, 2009)

  — reprinted in DESCENDED FROM DARKNESS: APEX MAGAZINE VOL. 2, Apex Books

13. On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War Machines of the Merfolk – Strange Horizons (June, 2009)

  — reprinted in Years Best SF #15, ed. David Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Eos Books

12. Clockwork, Patchwork, and Ravens – Apex Magazine (May, 2009)

  — Reprinted in DESCENDED FROM DARKNESS: APEX MAGAZINE VOL. I, Apex Books

  — Winner, Best Science Fiction Short Story, Aurealis Awards 2009

11. The Dragonkeeper’s Wife –  Black Dragon, White Dragon (December, 2008)

10. The Warhol-Sleeping Quartet – Dog Versus Sandwich (September, 2008)

9. The Last Great House of Isla Tortuga – Dreaming Again (August, 2008)

8. Scene From Café Retro – Dog Versus Sandwich (April, 2008)

7. On the Finding of Photographs of My Former Loves – Fantasy Magazine (June, 2008)

6. Avenue D: Prayer – Antipodean SF #117 (Feb-Mar, 2008)

5. Midnight on Avenue D – Dark Recesses #8 (January, 2008)

4. Avenue D: The Tankboy’s Ride –  Antipodean SF #107 (Apr-May, 2007)

3. The Year the Zombies Came for Christmas – Antipodean SF #105 (Feb-Mar, 2007)

2. Avenue D: The Normal Guy – Antipodean SF #102 (Nov-Dec, 2006)

1. Night, Morning, Story – Ideation, ed. S. Dennis, K. McMahon, A. Wechter, (October, 2002)

Serialized Fiction

1. Flotsam, Edge of Propinquity, 2011 (Read It Online)

Part 1: Paradise City, January 2011
Part 2: Warnings, February 2011
Part 3: Local Hero, March 2011
Part 4: Underpass, April 2011
Part 5: Sabbath, May 2011
Part 6: Crusade, June 2011
Part 7: Deals with the Devil, July 2011
Part 8: Destinies, August 2011
Part 9: Coil, September 2011
Part 10: Sunlight, October 2011
Part 11: Fimbulwinter, November 2011
Part 12: Aftermath, December 2011

Non-Fiction

  • “Al Snow’s Advice for SF Writers” in Apex Magazine
  • “Space and Cyberspace: Some Thoughts on Online Communities,” in Writing Queensland 188, September 2009

Poetry

  • “Argument,” Rave Young Writers Page, July 1999
  • “Beautiful” Poetrysuperhighway.com, December 1998
  • “Crazy Crabs” Poetrysuperhighway.com, December 1998
  • “Drowning Ephemeral,” Overland #163, Winter 2001
  • “Eyes Nailed Shut,” SideWalk #7/8, March 2001
  • “Gold Coast Postcards,” Overland #162, Autumn 2001
  • “Headspace,” Poetrysuperhighway.com, December 1998
  • “Johnston Street, Southport, 9:27 PM,” Redoubt #29, 2001
  • “Neon,” Papertiger: New World Poetry #1, 2001
  • “Only 19,” Verso/Time-Off, July 2000
  • “Argument,” Rave Young Writer’s Page, July 7, 1999

RPG Work

E-Books

  • EN Arsenal: Pistols, EN Publishing, 2005
  • Tournaments, Fairs and Taverns(Co-Authored with Ryan Nock, Russel Morrisey, and the Enworld Community); Natural 20 Press, 2002

Articles

  • “Spellcraft: Visions of Fear,” Dragon #333
  • “The Adventuer’s Guide ot Surviving Almost Anything 1-6,” Enworld Gamer/The Enworld Players Journal (co-authored with Ryan Nock)

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