Author Archives: Peter Darbyshire
Ceaseless West now available on Weightless
Ceaseless West: Weird Western Stories from Beneath Ceaseless Skies, is now available on Weightless Books. My first Azrael story, “The Angel Azrael Rode Into the Town of Burnt Church on a Dead Horse,” is included, along with a whole other bushel of western weirdness. And it’s only $3.99! That’s less than the price of a burnt coffee at the Starbucks outlet in the general store!
Read This! – Operation Arcana
Swords and sorcery! Assault rifles and arcana! Elves and evil! Wizards and weaponry! Military maneuvers and eldritch evasions! What more do you want out of an anthology?
Appearing at the Creative Ink Festival
I’ll be appearing at the Creative Ink Festival on Saturday, April 25. What is the Creative Ink Festival? It’s a day of workshops, presentations and panels from authors and artists.
I’ll be on the “How to Market Yourself” panel at 5 p.m., along with Danika Dinsmore, Kristine Perron and J.P. McLean. Here’s the description:
Whether you’re a writer or artist, indie or traditionally published, marketing yourself is vital to a successful career. What are the best tools out for getting your product out there? What should be avoided? What should your marketing budget look like? Are there any unique ideas left?
Hope to see you there!
Creative Ink Festival
Executive Inn and Suites
4201 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby
Podcasting the Puppies
I talked to Kristi Charish yesterday for my Book Rogues podcast at The Province. What did we talk about? The Sad Puppies controversy, of course. What else is there to talk about these days?
Ich bin ein Storm Crower
Thanks to everyone for coming out to my reading at the Storm Crow the other night — especially the German film crew that randomly showed up. That’s Vancouver for you.
That was my last reading for a while but I’ll still be making a few appearances at conferences and such. Please check my Appearances page for updates.
Puppies puppies puppies
I’ve posted another update about the Sad Puppies thing over at The Province. This one is about writers withdrawing from the nominations. I’m trying to keep track of the major developments, but it’s become almost impossible to follow this thing. I feel for everybody involved. Wherever you stand on this, it’s not an easy situation. Carry on.
Keep the west weird
Hell yeah! I’m thrilled to be part of the Ceaseless West weird west anthology with my first Angel Azrael story, “The Angel Azrael Rode Into the Town of Burnt Church of a Dead Horse.” Get a whole whack of six-gun strangeness for only $3.99 later this month. Just check out this table of contents:
A Feast for Dust • Gemma Files
The Angel Azrael Rode into the Town of Burnt Church on a Dead Horse • Peter Darbyshire
Mister Hadj’s Sunset Ride • Saladin Ahmed
Hangman • Erin Cashier
Bandit and the Seventy Raccoon War • Don Allmon
The Good Deaths, Part II • Angela Ambroz
Between Two Treasons • Michael J. DeLuca
Splitskin • E. Catherine Tobler
The Sixth Day • Sylvia Anna Hivén
Enginesong • Nathaniel Lee
The Crooked Mile • Dan Rabarts
Walking Still • C.T. Hutt
The Heart of the Rail • Mark Teppo
The Judge’s Right Hand • J.S. Bangs
Not the Worst of Sins • Alan Baxter
Songdogs • Ian McHugh
Haxan • Kenneth Mark Hoover
Pale • Kathryn Allen
I said “book rouge” but they misheard me
I’ve launched a new books podcast over at The Province. First up, Kristi Charish of Owl and the Japanese Circus fame. Read the blog! Listen to the podcast! Pine for the video!
Reading is coming
Hey, just a reminder I’ll be reading at the Storm Crow Tavern next Thursday, April 16. I’m supposed to be reading from my latest book, The Dead Hamlets, but I may read from my new Cross book, The Apocalypse Ark, due out next spring. Hope to see you there! Details are as follows:
Vancouver launch
Storm Crow Tavern
1305 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m.
Facebook event
In between writing those posts about the Sad Hugo Puppies, I did manage to write about something truly important over at The Province: Deadpool is filming in Vancouver! Of course, I treat the subject with the utmost professionalism and respect.
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