Kim Lakin-Smith: Fantasy Fiction in a more exquisite vein

'Alt.Fiction is an annual one-day literature event which takes place in Derby, aiming to bring together UK talent in the fields of science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing. The event typically takes place in late April/early May and the date for 2008 is Saturday 26th April'

Authors appearing at Alt.Fiction 2008:

Sarah Ash
Chaz Brenchley
Eric Brown
Mike Carey
Simon Clark
Pete Crowther
Christian Dunn
Steve Gallagher
Marc Gascoigne
Lee Harris
Stephen Hunt
John Jarrold
Graham Joyce
Kim Lakin-Smith
Tim Lebbon
Brian Lumley
Michael Marshall Smith
Mark Morris
Philip Palmer
Sarah Pinborough
Adam Roberts
Justina Robson
Brian Ruckley
Simon Spurrier
Charlie Stross
Darren Turpin
Conrad Williams

Posted at 10:05 29th Jan 2008 by WebAdmin

Supernatural Romance Panel at Eastercon 2008

Kim will be on a panel with Tanith Lee, Jo Fletcher, Mark Newton and Paigan Stone.

11:30-12:30 Saturday 22nd March Victoria/Edward Suite.

More details see Orbital 2008 (Eastercon) website.

Posted at 15:19 18th Feb 2008 by WebAdmin

The Killing Fields included in BSFA 50th Anniversary Anthology.

Kim's latest SF short story, The Killing Fields, is to be published in a special anthology celebrating 50 years of The British Science Fiction Association. Celebration will be launched at Orbital 2008 (Eastercon).

With original stories from: Brian Aldiss, Stephen Baxter, Molly Brown, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, M. John Harrison, Dave Hutchinson, Kim Lakin-Smith, Ian R. MacLeod, Ken MacLeod, Christopher Priest, Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Martin Sketchley, Brian Stableford, Tricia Sullivan, Ian Watson, Liz Williams and an introduction from Pat Cadigan

Posted at 13:58 10th Feb 2008 by WebAdmin

Short story, ‘Heart Song’ in Myth-Understandings Anthology.

Kim is delighted to have her short story Heart Song included in a new anthology of all women writers called Myth-Understandings.

Newcon Press bring together some of the most well known names in SF, Horror and Fantasy for what promises to be an outstanding anthology themed around communication. Myth-Understandings will be launched at Orbital 2008 (Eastercon).

Posted at 08:13 25th Jan 2008 by WebAdmin

Short story, ‘The Shadow Keeper’ in All Hallows magazine.

The Ghost Story Society of Canada will be publishing one of Kim's more haunting short stories, The Shadow Keeper, in their magazine All Hallows. Expect to see it mid/late 2008.

Posted at 11:42 18th Dec 2007 by WebAdmin

BBC Radio Nottingham Interview - Listen again.
Just Press Play to listen to Kim being interviewed on Radio Nottingham.

Posted at 21.24 18th Sept 2007 by WebAdmin

FantasyCon 2007 .
Fantasycon, the convention run by the British Fantasy Society is on again this year on 21st - 23rd of September. Kim will be attending as always, and will be on a panel at 11.00am on Sunday morning.

11.00-11.45 - (Main Bar) Readings from Time Pieces, disLOCATIONS, Tourniquet, talk on small press, launch of the Immanion Press edition of Ian Watson's The Gardens of Delight... Ian Whates, Storm Constantine, Ian Watson and Kim Lakin-Smith

Posted at 15.48 13th Sept 2007 by WebAdmin

Interview on BBC Radio Nottingham.
BBC Radio Nottingham will be conducting an interview with Kim on Friday 14th September at approx 2.15pm. To listen to the live interview go to the BBC website.

Posted at 09.30 12th Sept 2007 by WebAdmin

New Convention new Design.
NewCon 4 is coming to town. A new convention featuring special guests Iain M. Bank, Ken Macleoad and Storm Constantine. Kim is acting as design consultant for the con and is proud to be part of this new and exciting convention.

Posted at 19.20 11th Sept 2007 by WebAdmin

New role with the BSFA.
Kim has accepted with great pleasure the role to be the new co-editor for the British Science Fiction Association's newsletter magazine Matrix. Kim will also be acting as BSFA design consultant. More information on the BSFA can be found here

Posted at 10.30 10th Sept 2007 by WebAdmin

Tourniquet reviewed in BTN.
BTN the glossy magazine placed a review of Tourniquet in their August issue. Read the review here

Posted at 12.32 18th August 2007 by WebAdmin

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'Ever glimpsed your kind in the Metal aisle of a music store, on a graffitied sit-up-and-beg bench in a hippy café, or across the sweated flesh of a nightclub? Ever wished you’d got a way to preserve that sense of kinship, in a glass vial, say, that’s kept in a bedside cabinet, a rucksack pocket, or a shoe-box alongside love-letters, scraps of art, a poem, the threads of severed friendship bracelets, and a few old, faded photographs? Imagine how tempting it would be to rise up in the dead of night, remove the stopper and inhale that precious scent. Yes, your lungs might balk at the effort, your head begin to spin. But you’d persist, and for one elemental reason; if you just learnt to breathe that dark gas instead of oxygen, you’d stand a fighting chance against the weight of so much nothingness..'

Chapter 3, Tourniquet