What if Departure came before Arrival? Short Story Writer’s Journal: (May Contain Spoilers) I had a rollercoaster of a time with this story.

I like to think, to ponder, before I write. In some ways, that is good because it gives time for ideas to stew and gestate somewhere in my head.

Release date: 2019-08-15: Womens Sci-Fi Anthology Distaff I heard about this science fiction anthology through Jo Zebedee, one of the nine contributors, in her capacity as a founding member of Otherworlds NI, a group for science fiction and fantasy (and horror) writers in Northern Ireland.

Short Story Writer’s Journal: (May contain Spoilers) This story began with a writing prompt of summer solstice and then drew on a what if element to a story published in the New Scientist magazine titled Mice given ‘night vision’ by injecting nanoparticles into their eyes.