Jonathan Cosgrove

Category: Stories

  • New story on Daily Science Fiction

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    I’m delighted to announce that my very, very story ‘Little Remarked Upon Vanishings and Disappearances‘ was published over on Daily Science Fiction. It’s my light hearted attempt at throwing some spotlight on the forgotten women of fairytales. It’s just over a hundred words, too, so it takes no time at all to read. Despite the…

  • Some lovely words about “Mouths Filled with Seawater”

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    Last week (on my birthday, no less) my friend Kev Harrison let me know of this interview over on Writers, After Dark. Mercedes M. Yardley, the editor of Arterial Bloom, said some lovely things about my first ever published story “Mouths Filled with Seawater”. “It is dreamy and obsessive and terrifying and beautiful.” Mercedes M.…

  • Arterial Bloom Review

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    “Arterial Bloom injects the ‘literary’ piece into the horror genre with works that excel in well-crafted surprises, powerful senses of place and character, and works that stand out from the crowd. Contributors to this anthology are diverse in their approaches, plot development, and themes, and so under the general ‘horror’ umbrella there is no unifying…

  • The Fire of Fiction

    The Fire of Fiction

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    So this is a little celebratory post* for myself because… Just hit 10,000 words on my current WIP which I shall name – OPERATION MEZZANINE. It is named for the Massive Attack album which I first listened to on the day I began writing this draft (March 19th). And also my girlfriend’s cluttered mezzanine where…

  • Six Easy Steps to Never Get Published

    Six Easy Steps to Never Get Published

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    My housemate and I were recently talking about jiu jitsu and goals. I say recently, but really we talk about these things every other day.  Essentially, we were talking about having hard and soft goals.  With jiu jitsu, for example, I aim to get to AT LEAST 1 class per week – this is my…