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Catching the muse

May 6, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

Writing. It’s a funny old game, isn’t it? You want to write, you really do, but you find yourself making all sorts of daft excuses not to. For example, I’ve recently taken up knitting and I find myself wanting to relax in front of the TV, needles clacking away as my current project slowly grows, […]

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Submissions welcome

April 30, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

I just came across a delightful little flash fiction website which requires stories of 250 words or less – the ethos springs from the concept of what kind of stories could you fit on the back of a postcard. It’s an interesting idea, and I think that Postcard Shorts have hit upon something workable. After […]

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Tenth story online!

March 27, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

I’ve hit a mini milestone in that my tenth short story has now been published online – you can read it here. I’m particularly proud of this one, not least because it’s the third story I actually sold. So that’s five published in 2009 alone…onwards and upwards!

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On A Novel

March 26, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

God, where is this year going?! It seems like New Year’s Day was only yesterday. Oh well. Plenty more of experience means plenty more ideas. I’m trying to read as much as I physically can right now, meaning I’ve got George R. R. Martin’s A Sword of Storms, Warren Ellis’ Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life, Max […]

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March publications so far

March 9, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

Two of the three stories I’ve had accepted for publication in March are now online – you can find The Thwarted Stalker here, while Last Orders is here. Checkmate will appear on Noctober at the end of the month. In the meantime, I still recommend you check out Noctober and Everyday Weirdness as the work […]

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Published again!

February 8, 2009 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

My little flash fiction, Left, is online here at Everyday Weirdness. I’m really proud to be on there since they publish some truly remarkable work – I highly recommend Michael R. Fosburg’s Lot 19. Left is one of those things I’ve written of which I’m immensely proud, not least because it was inspired in a […]

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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