Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter II - out now!

The second volume of Roving Reporter, Pencil Tip Publishing's collection of short stories, comic strips and critical essays on all things Sarah Jane is now in print. You can order a copy from Lulu, for the sum of £20/£36 (CAD). All proceeds go towards the British Columbia Cancer Foundation.

The volume includes some excellent new fiction starring Sarah Jane, rounded off with my own story "Remembrance."

Order here now!

Pencil Tip Publishing: Sarah Jane and Space: 1999!

Good news from Pencil Tip Publishing: Roving Reporter II, the second collection of new adventures for Sarah Jane Smith will be available before the end of the year. This will feature my story "Remembrance" as well as a host of prose and graphic stories, such as Russell McGee's "The Cocoon of Despair," which you can now explore in this timelapse artwork video.

In the meantime, the original Roving Reporter (featuring my story "Exposure") is available for a short time again via Lulu. A full library of PTP fiction and non-fiction books are also available, such as the recent What the Fans Think - Space: 1999, for which I had the dubious honour of reviewing "Space Warp."

 

It's out! The new charity anthology Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter, featuring my story "Exposure." 

It's can be ordered now for £16.99 via Lulu, with all proceeds to the British Columbia Cancer Foundation. The full press release follows:

Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter

It’s all about Sarah Jane Smith.

Sarah Jane Smith – without a doubt, the most popular Doctor Who travelling companion of all time. An investigative journalist – confident, courageous, compassionate, inquisitive – possessing a sharp mind and tongue, and unabashedly feminist.

Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter is a celebration of the lives of Sarah Jane Smith and Elisabeth Sladen and features:

• Twelve exciting short stories by authors Nick Walters, Paul Magrs, Simon Bucher-Jones, Rick Cross, Rob Nisbet, Tony Jones, Daniel Tessier, Russell McGee, Kevin Mason, Nick Krohn, Steve Ince and Matthew Kresal
• Two exclusive comic strips with story and artwork by Jon Huff and Ken Holtzhouser
• Essays by Jessica Chaleff, Sam Maleski, David Johnson, Niki Haringsma, Aidan C Matear, David McAllister, Thomas Spychalski, Claire Chaplin and Gary Phillips
• Selected Artwork by Russell McGee, Ken Holtzhouser, Jon Huff, Brian Gorman, Jessica Chaleff, Faiz Rehman, Anne-Laure Tuduri, Lee Hamill, John Monaco, Mark Hyland, Robert Hammond and Steve Ince
• A special foreword by Sadie Miller

All net proceeds from this publication will be donated in support of the British Columbia Cancer Foundation, the fundraising partner of the BC Cancer Agency and the largest charitable funder of cancer research in this province. The BCCF enables donors to make contributions to leading-edge research that has a direct impact on improvements to cancer care for patients in British Columbia.

Two new critical review books are upcoming from Pencil Tip Publishing.

What the Fans Think presents "unapologetic and critical fan reviews and assessments" of popular sci-fi and cult series. The series now presents What the Fans Think: Torchwood and What the Fans Think: Blake's 7. 

The Torchwood volume covers all forty-one televised episodes of Torchwood including Children of Earth and Miracle Day, while the Blake's 7 volume covers all fifty-two episodes from all four television seasons. Each book includes one review by me ("From Out of the Rain" from Torchwood season two and "Time Trap" from Blake's 7 season one).

 Both books will be available to order via Lulu in late summer or early autumn this year. The exact price is yet to be announced but a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

CHROMAKEY Issue 4

Issue four of Chromakey, the Cult TV magazine, is now available to purchase!

It features pieces by myself on Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death and Farscape, plus articles on Battlestar Galactica, Northern Exposure and From the Earth to the Moon, and of course, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

It's available to order from Lulu for £6, or $9.99 CAD/ $7.99 USD/ $11.25 AUD/ €7.99 plus shipping.

CHROMAKEY ISSUE 3

Don't forget, you can pick up issue three of the sci-fi and cult television magazine Chromakey now via Lulu.

There are articles on a whole range of new and classic sf TV, including Doctor Who, Quantum Leap, Good Omens, Dark Skies, Max Headroom and Star Trek, plus a tribute to the late Terrance Dicks and an interview with BSG's Sarah Rush.

You can order the magazine for just £5.22 (plus postage, natch) here.