My interview with Bryan Talbot now online at steampunkmagazine.com

An interview I did a little while back with comic book legend and genuinely lovely chap Bryan Talbot is now online at

www.steampunkmagazine.com/inside/.

I especially like Leah's accompanying portrait of Mr. Talbot! Go read.

The End is Nigh... again.

The End is Nigh - official magazine of the apocalypse is back! And about time too seeing as we're all about to be turned into stranglets on Wednesday... well, maybe.

You can now download Issue #2 "War" for free as a PDF, and order #3 "The Sky is Falling" online via www.endisnigh.co.uk not no mention keeping abreast of the latest apocalyptic news via www.theendisnighmagazine.blogspot.com.

As if all that wasn't enough, you can read EiN editor Mike Molcher's thoughts on the coming apocalypse in this BBC News feature on people's facinations with the end times.

#4 of EiN is coming soon apparently which means that Leah and I should probably start thinking about our contributions...

More Haunted Liverpool

Issue #27 of the newly re-launch Paranormal Magazine is currently in the shops and features A Ghoulish Guide to Haunted Liverpool by yours truly.

Also in this issue, The South Sheilds Poltergeist, Tunguska - The Russian Roswell, Giant Octopuses, Exorcism in the UK, The Power of Voodoo and more.

Featuring articles from the likes of Lionel and Patricia Fanthorp, Nick Redfern, Karl Shuker, Janet Bord and Richard Holland.

The magazine costs £3.99 and is available in W H Smith stores and all good newsagents.

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Those of you who might have missed my recent, related interview on BBC Radio Merseyside can listen again by following THIS LINK.

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I will also be appearing on the Roy Basnett show on City Talk FM this coming Thursday (the 31st of July 2008) sometime between 2 am and 6 am (don't worry, it'll be pre-recorded earlier that day), again discussing 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool.

The show will be available online at
http://www.citytalk.fm/sectional.asp?id=25007
for 7 days after the broadcast.

(I'll also hopefully stick an MP3 of the interview on the 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool Blog after the fact too).

Spring-heeled Jack Visits Liverpool in this month's Fortean Times (#238)

This month's Fortean Times Magazine (#238), which officially goes on sale tomorrow, features an extract from my forthcoming book 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool. The article is all about the elusive Spring-heeled Jack and his reported appearances in Everton.

The magazine costs £3.99 and is available in all good newsagents.

SteamPunk Magazine #4 available now

#4 - Our Lives As Fantastic As Any Fiction

Contents

Narratives:
A Fabulous Junkyard. by David X. Wiggin
Doppler and the Madness Engine (Part One of Three). by John Reppion
The Duel. by Nicholas Cowley
Antonio’s Answer. by the Catastraphone Orchestra
An Unfortunate Engagement (Part Four). by G.D. Falksen

Interviews:
Donna Lynch & Steve Archer. a pair of remarkable creators
Ann & Jeff VanderMeer. power couple of speculative fiction

Features
Letters.
For Freedom. being the remarkable life of one Isabelle Eberhardt
Build Yourself A Jacob’s Ladder. mad science for the sake of mad science
An Unexpected Hat. an introduction to DIY millinery
Green Fairies, Witch-Cradles, and Angel Tongues. victorian approaches to altered states
Paint it Brass. the intersection of goth and steam
Brass Monkeying. how to turn copper into brass

Hire Our / About Our Contributors.
Publishing Schedule, Submissions, Etc.
The Future.
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Download in PDF format for free >>HERE<<

Or purchase a paper copy for 3 USD (+ P&P) >>HERE<<

All previous issues are also still available for download or purchase.

Happy reading.

John in SteamPunk Magazine #2

"SteamPunk Magazine is a publication that is dedicated to promoting steampunk as a culture, as more than a sub-category of fiction. It is a journal of fashion, music, misapplied technology and chaos. And fiction.
It just may be the most spectacular magazine to ever fight against the spectacle, and it is free. Or as cheap as we can possibly get it to you. Using the latest in Creative Commons technology, we undermine the fascism of copyright while protecting ourselves from direct co-option."

Issue two is entitled "A Journal of Missaplied Technology"

Contents:

Narratives
Uhrwerk: The Incredible Steam Band by John Reppion
Mining Medusa by Donna Lynch
Unbound Muscle by The Catastrophone Orchestra
An Unfortunate Engagement (part two) by G.D. Falksen
Yena of Angeline (part two) by Margaret P. Killjoy

Interviews
I-Wei Huang - contraptor extraordinaire

Features
To Electrocute An Elephant - how Edison killed a century on Coney Island
Steam Gear - a fashionable approach to the lifestyle
The Lady Artisan’s Apron - how to sew this functional, fashionable piece
The Pennyfakething - how to build an ingenious bicycle
A Steampunk’s Guide to Body Hair - how to find the hairstyle that suits you best
O Coal, You Devil - the environmental impact of coal
A History of Misapplied Technology - exploring the history of the steampunk genre
Earth Sea & Sky - an excerpt from an antiquated book of natural science

SteamPunk magazine #2 can be downloaded for free (in various , differently sized PDF documents) here http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/downloads.html

Or a printed copy can be ordered for just $3 (+ P&P) here http://www.steampunkmagazine.com/subscription.html