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					<title>Urban Fantasist now on Duotrope</title>
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					Here's a very brief reminder the UrbanFantasist.com is now on Duotrope and looking for flash fiction.

https://duotrope.com/market_7428.aspx
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/urban-fantasist-now-on-duotrope-2621</link>
					<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:27:06 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>CraftTalk #101: Bad, no very bad, SF&amp;F book covers</title>
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					While in the process of looking for some ideas for bookcovers, I can across this great website dedicated to &quot;only the worst sci-fi and fantasy bookcovers&quot;. The added delight is the sarcastic commentary that goes with the bookcovers.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/crafttalk--101--bad--no-very-bad--sf-f-book-covers-2595</link>
					<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:32:08 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>These books you have loved - the Top 10 titles over the past 50 years</title>
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					Here's an interesting graphic showing the 10 most widely read books of the past 50 years. We'll have to gloss over The Bible, as that's been a best-seller 2000 years however I find fascinating is that in the fiction category, the dominion genre is fantasy
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/these-books-you-have-loved---the-top-10-titles-over-the-past-50-years-2592</link>
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>The Future Radio Podcast</title>
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					Here's a link to a podcast of my 19th February interview on Future Radio's Platform arts programme in which I ramble amiably about Urban Fantasy and my book This is the Quickest Way Down. My slot is about half way through.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/the-future-radio-podcast-2587</link>
					<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 20:15:31 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>CraftTalk #101: Christopher Priest on redrafing</title>
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					The Clarke Award winning novelist Christopher Priest has been writing a long-running column in the BSFA magazine Focus for several years and in his latest (and final) installment, he considers the issue of redrafting novels...
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/crafttalk--101--christopher-priest-on-redrafing-2583</link>
					<pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 13:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Best Zombie + End of World story ever?</title>
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					Just encountered possibly the best apocalyptic sci-fi short story I've ever read. It is called The End of the World Show by David Barnett.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/best-zombie---end-of-world-story-ever--2573</link>
					<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 19:33:10 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>The Wicked World of Publishing</title>
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					Or why you can't trust your publisher further than you can throw them !
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/the-wicked-world-of-publishing-2563</link>
					<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:06:27 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>How U2 inspired a Ken McCloud story</title>
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					Talking at this weekend's Alt Fiction event in Leicester, sci-fi author Ken McCloud said that the idea for his novel Night Sessions came from watching the U2 video for the band's single Beautiful Day.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/how-u2-inspired-a-ken-mccloud-story-2526</link>
					<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Blade Runner at 30: no glittering C-Beams for us</title>
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					Just back from the excellent Olympus 2012 Eastercon UK sci-fi convention, where I saw that in June it will be 30 years since the movie Blade Runner was first released. The movie remains an archetypal dystopian sci-fi/urban fantasy cinematic tour-de-force.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/blade-runner-at-30--no-glittering-c-beams-for-us-2517</link>
					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Craft Talk #101: Being in the Zone</title>
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					Time for another look at the craft of creative writing – this time getting in 'the Zone' so you can really get started in writing, whether with a new short story, a novel or a poem.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/craft-talk--101--being-in-the-zone-2507</link>
					<pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>T-shirt modelled by Snickers addict to make you look good</title>
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					We've just launched our new designer Urban Fantasist T-shirts – see the story on the Home Page or follow the Shopping Gallery links – and you will notice that one of the quote/unquote models is Old Mister Scowly Chops himself – that'll be me.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/t-shirt-modelled-by-snickers-addict-to-make-you-look-good-2504</link>
					<pubDate>Sun, 1 Apr 2012 12:01:27 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Quickest Way Down nominated for another award</title>
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					My short story collection This is the Quickest Way Down has now been longlisted for another literary award – this time it is the prestigious Edge Hill Short Story Prize.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/quickest-way-down-nominated-for-another-award-2498</link>
					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:49:33 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>Quickest Way Down longlisted for award + another 5 star Amazon review</title>
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					I'm trying not to feel smug but my short story collection This is the Quickest Way Down has just been longlisted for this year's Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award - and received another 5 star review on Amazon.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/quickest-way-down-longlisted-for-award---another-5-star-amazon-review-2492</link>
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>New Crime Flash Fiction Competition</title>
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					Got some news here of a new flash fiction competition to coincide with the upcoming CrimeFest 2012 international crime fiction convention – the competition is called Flashbang.
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/new-crime-flash-fiction-competition-2489</link>
					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:27:47 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title>I'm in The Author magazine this month</title>
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					OK, so I haven't made it onto the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine but I am in this month's issue of The Author magazine, from the UK's Society of Authors, writing about things you learn at writers' Christmas parties...
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					<link>http://www.urbanfantasist.com/article/i-m-in-the-author-magazine-this-month-2485</link>
					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:44:55 GMT</pubDate>
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