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Welcome to the website of author and writer Graeme S. Houston.
About me
I come from Scotland, although I might not necessarily be in Scotland at any particular time. I love to travel, and I enjoy exploring the quiet corners as well as the busy aggregations of people and cultures. I enjoy rain and cold significantly less…
I studied computing and psychology in Edinburgh, originally with a view to a career in A.I. research, but then I realized that machine intelligence is such a complicated undertaking that nothing short of evolution could result in a spiritual machine. Being the impatient type, I decided to leave that art to those with more patience than me. I have been writing for many years now, first web content, then as an editor in the magazine industry; writing has been my long term passion. Recently I began to write fiction full time.
My first novella, a fantasy story entitled ‘The Shade of the Soul’, has been electronically published and is available from all major ebook retailers such as mobipocket and fictionwise. My bundle of short stories entitled ‘Folding Infinity’ is also available at all good ebook retailers. I have completed another novella, ‘Six-hundred and sixty six’, this time science fiction, as well as one science fantasy novel, and hundreds of short stories.
Ever since I was first introduced to the work of Philip Jose Farmer and Robert Silverberg I knew that I would someday write fiction. I have to thank the masters for the inspiration they gifted me (and all of us), and also I love this age we live in where amazing possibilities are now imaginable and truth is unlocked by science on a daily basis. It’s a great time to be a writer.
Latest News
30th January, 2008
I’ve just signed a contract with Still Waves Publishing for my novel ‘The Secrets of Aeternius’ for paperback and digital formats. The story is Science Fiction / Fantasy - set in the world of Aeternius.
It follows Orion Stargazer, a young man (125 being young by Aeternian standards) whose father Vincent is missing. Orion sets off to find him. But it turns out there are those who don’t want Vincent found, especially among the priests that rule Aeternius, and it seems that his father may have been harboring a number of deadly secrets. Many are willing to help Orion, to find his father and help fight against the ruling priests, but the problem is, who can he trust?
It’s my first novel - I actually wrote it in 2005 and as you can probably guess It’s been sitting in a drawer for a while. At the end of last year I took it out and dusted it off, and went back over it again, knowing that after everything I’ve learned since then, if I didn’t get around to it sooner then it could sit there forever! So here it is, practically rewritten, but ready to be unleashed upon the unsuspecting public! *grin*
1st December, 2007
I’ve just signed a contract with Stonehedge Publishing of Alabama, for a bundle of short fiction entitled ‘Folding Infinity’. This will be due for publication sometime in the next couple of months. This will include a number of my stories which encompass a range of genres and themes. Though the stories may be subject to change, tentatively this bundle will include six short stories, one novelette and one flash piece, namely the following: Mistaken (Thriller), A Last Wish (Literary), Loyalty Comes at a Price (Thriller), Beside the Balcony (Murder Mystery), No More Than Two (Speculative), The House of Childhood Memories (Literary), The Whispers Before the Scream (Speculative, Novelette), Folding Infinity (Speculative, Flash).
Update, 26th December, 2007
This is great news and a real boxing day treat. Folding Infinity has now been released, ISBN : 978-1-60276-031-8 it can be purchased in all good ebook stores. Link to Folding Infinity and my other ebooks below.
Click here to buy Graeme S. Houston’s ebooks at Mobipocket.com
Click here to buy Graeme S. Houston’s ebooks at Fictionwise.com
6th November, 2007
Brian L. Porter and I have just signed a contract with Stonehedge Publishing of Alabama, for the electronic publication of “A Binary Convergence”. This is Dual Contributor Science Fiction featuring three stories by myself, and three stories by Brian L. Porter as well as a co-authored, stunning finale. ABC will be in all the top online e-book retailers within the next couple of weeks. More details will follow soon.
Remember to visit Brian L. Porter at: http://www.freewebs.com/brianlp/
I generally steer clear of science fiction. When I read this work of my fellow authors, I found myself thoroughly amazed at the sheer power of their imaginations. Their stories took me through space and time, across uncharted galaxies and inside the minds of characters in extraordinary circumstances. “A Binary Convergence” will whisk the reader away and provide a pleasurable safari in the worlds created by two vividly creative writers at the top of their game.
~ Kristina Dalton, author of Vampire’s Lover, The King’s Right, The Ring, Taken, Unleashed, and Untold.
Update, 13th November, 2007
A Binary Convergence ISBN: 978-1-60276-027-1 is now on sale at all top e-book stories such as fiction wise and mobipocket.
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Published Works
Novella: The Shade of the Soul – Stonehedge Publishing, 07.
novelette: Verisimilitude - Due 2007/2008 Eternal Press.
Dual Author Science fiction:
A Binary Convergence with Brian L. Porter - Stonehedge Publishing, 07
Short Fiction published as follows:
Dr Razamuth – Write out Loud, a Malaysian anthology, 06.
Birdsong – Peccary Magazine, issue 1, 06.
Loyalty comes at a price – e-book, RS Publishing, 07
The Unregistered Daydreamer – Forgotten Worlds, issue 9, 07.
When Budgies go extinct – Drabbler 8, Sam’s Dot Publishing, 07
Not quite what Arthur envisaged – Drabbler 9, Sam’s Dot Publishing, 07
Fate; a hypothetical construct – “A Twist of Fate” anthology, Eternal Press, 07
Apotheosis - Due for publication, e-book by RS Publishing, 07/08
A Circlet of Paradox (Art & Story) - The Writer’s eye Magazine, 07
Work that can be read online
To make it easier for you, the links below will take you directly to any of my stories that can be read online for free.
Birdsong
http://peccarymagazine.5u.com/1birdsong.html
A Circlet of Paradox
http://www.thewriterseye.com/thewriterseye_fiction_001_3.html
Where to buy
If you would like to read more of my work then the links below will take you directly to the stores that stock my work.
