Ray Daley, Writer
@raydaleywriter.bsky.social
Published UK Writer, SF/F/H/LitFic, RAF Veteran.
Former Full SFWA member (lapsed, cant afford it). Qualify for HWA (cant afford it).
Former Full SFWA member (lapsed, cant afford it). Qualify for HWA (cant afford it).
No on The Winds Will Carry You Home from Astrolabe & on Crime Of The Century from Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=79, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=79, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 28, 2024 at 8:49 AM
No on The Winds Will Carry You Home from Astrolabe & on Crime Of The Century from Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=79, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=79, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
Me, 2017 "Because if you can't write more than a 1000 words about someone like Lemmy going to Mars, you may as well give up writing and become a peach."
I did not give up writing & become a peach.
I did not give up writing & become a peach.
March 26, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Me, 2017 "Because if you can't write more than a 1000 words about someone like Lemmy going to Mars, you may as well give up writing and become a peach."
I did not give up writing & become a peach.
I did not give up writing & become a peach.
No on The Sex Lives Of Robots from ANVIL.
No=77, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=77, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 25, 2024 at 9:39 PM
No on The Sex Lives Of Robots from ANVIL.
No=77, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=77, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No on The Bounty from Fission.
No=76, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=76, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
No on The Bounty from Fission.
No=76, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=76, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No on Welcome, Home from Worlds of Possibility.
No=75, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=75, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 24, 2024 at 8:47 PM
No on Welcome, Home from Worlds of Possibility.
No=75, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
No=75, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
Back From The War [REPRINT] subbed to Androids and Dragons.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/submissions
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/submissions
Submissions
General submissions to Androids and Dragons are now OPEN through March 25. We look forward to reading your stories! General Submissions Guidelines What we publish: We accept flash fiction and short st...
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March 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Back From The War [REPRINT] subbed to Androids and Dragons.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/submissions
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/submissions
No on We Grow The Legs Last from Every Day Fiction.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
March 22, 2024 at 9:59 PM
No on We Grow The Legs Last from Every Day Fiction.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
On this day 8 yrs ago, I got my 1st cheque for a story. $50, from Deserts Of Fire or £35.17 GB pounds.
March 22, 2024 at 1:33 PM
On this day 8 yrs ago, I got my 1st cheque for a story. $50, from Deserts Of Fire or £35.17 GB pounds.
No on 11 Walls In The World from Analog. Commence With Enthusiastic Dancing to Seize the Press.
No=73, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
No=73, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Seize The Press Magazine is an anticapitalist publication looking to publish dark speculative fiction. Bleak sci-fi, dark fantasy, horror and all kinds of weird, messy, genre-de...
www.seizethepress.com
March 21, 2024 at 4:22 PM
No on 11 Walls In The World from Analog. Commence With Enthusiastic Dancing to Seize the Press.
No=73, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
No=73, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
RIP Vernor Vinge.
March 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
RIP Vernor Vinge.
I've now got dates for closures/queries on all outstanding subs. All 42 of them. Had to run about a dozen of them down.
March 20, 2024 at 10:31 PM
I've now got dates for closures/queries on all outstanding subs. All 42 of them. Had to run about a dozen of them down.
While Nunum may charge for certain subs, I didn't pay to sub either story today.
Stating this in the interests of transparency.
I do NOT pay to sub.
Stating this in the interests of transparency.
I do NOT pay to sub.
March 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
While Nunum may charge for certain subs, I didn't pay to sub either story today.
Stating this in the interests of transparency.
I do NOT pay to sub.
Stating this in the interests of transparency.
I do NOT pay to sub.
No on Assessment from Stranger.
The Winds Will Carry You Home to Astrolabe, Home Turf to Nunum's Opolis Anthology & Crime Of The Century to Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=72, Yes=7, Sub=104, Held=3.
www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
www.nunum.ca/submissions....
The Winds Will Carry You Home to Astrolabe, Home Turf to Nunum's Opolis Anthology & Crime Of The Century to Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=72, Yes=7, Sub=104, Held=3.
www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
www.nunum.ca/submissions....
Submissions
NUNUM - Blending Flash Fiction & Art - A Canadian literary journal dedicated to blending flash fiction and art.
www.nunum.ca
March 20, 2024 at 4:40 PM
No on Assessment from Stranger.
The Winds Will Carry You Home to Astrolabe, Home Turf to Nunum's Opolis Anthology & Crime Of The Century to Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=72, Yes=7, Sub=104, Held=3.
www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
www.nunum.ca/submissions....
The Winds Will Carry You Home to Astrolabe, Home Turf to Nunum's Opolis Anthology & Crime Of The Century to Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=72, Yes=7, Sub=104, Held=3.
www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
www.nunum.ca/submissions....
Today I learned...
I've been in anthologies with 2 Star Trek writers.
Richard Matheson & Norman Spinrad.
I've been in anthologies with 2 Star Trek writers.
Richard Matheson & Norman Spinrad.
March 19, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Today I learned...
I've been in anthologies with 2 Star Trek writers.
Richard Matheson & Norman Spinrad.
I've been in anthologies with 2 Star Trek writers.
Richard Matheson & Norman Spinrad.
I enjoyed writing this, and I hope it shows.
This week's story at Androids & Dragons is a good one! You can read Ray Daley's tale of a customer service executive for a weapons manufacturer who may not be quite what he seems.
#writingcommunity #speclist #sff
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#writingcommunity #speclist #sff
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
Dear Transnational Death Tank Company
By Ray Daley
androidsanddragons.substack.com
March 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I enjoyed writing this, and I hope it shows.
Reposted by Ray Daley, Writer
This week's story at Androids & Dragons is a good one! You can read Ray Daley's tale of a customer service executive for a weapons manufacturer who may not be quite what he seems.
#writingcommunity #speclist #sff
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
#writingcommunity #speclist #sff
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
Dear Transnational Death Tank Company
By Ray Daley
androidsanddragons.substack.com
March 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM
This week's story at Androids & Dragons is a good one! You can read Ray Daley's tale of a customer service executive for a weapons manufacturer who may not be quite what he seems.
#writingcommunity #speclist #sff
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
#writingcommunity #speclist #sff
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
And that is another contract signed & returned. You'll find who & what it's for when they give me permission to announce. Suffice to say it's something I've never done before.
This is the only Merry Vaguemas I am still currently celebrating.
This is the only Merry Vaguemas I am still currently celebrating.
March 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM
And that is another contract signed & returned. You'll find who & what it's for when they give me permission to announce. Suffice to say it's something I've never done before.
This is the only Merry Vaguemas I am still currently celebrating.
This is the only Merry Vaguemas I am still currently celebrating.
Third Flatiron will be opening to subs April 1st-21st, Theme: Offshoots: Humanity Twigged – SF, fantasy, positive futures thirdflatiron.com
Third_Flatiron | Speculative fiction for the discerning reader
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March 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Third Flatiron will be opening to subs April 1st-21st, Theme: Offshoots: Humanity Twigged – SF, fantasy, positive futures thirdflatiron.com
My story "Dear Transnational Death Tank Company" is now live at Androids And Dragons. It's free to read, too!
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
Dear Transnational Death Tank Company
By Ray Daley
androidsanddragons.substack.com
March 18, 2024 at 7:08 PM
My story "Dear Transnational Death Tank Company" is now live at Androids And Dragons. It's free to read, too!
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
No on Benchmark from Waystation.
No=71, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
No=71, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
March 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM
No on Benchmark from Waystation.
No=71, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
No=71, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
Sad to hear Jayhenge have gone on hiatus.
t.co/IFvKBvQXlh
t.co/IFvKBvQXlh
JayHenge Publishing
t.co
March 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Sad to hear Jayhenge have gone on hiatus.
t.co/IFvKBvQXlh
t.co/IFvKBvQXlh
No on King Of The Mountain from Shoreline of Infinity.
Don't Forget Your Potato! to Lightspeed (Fantasy Flash).
No=70, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Don't Forget Your Potato! to Lightspeed (Fantasy Flash).
No=70, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
March 15, 2024 at 5:36 PM
No on King Of The Mountain from Shoreline of Infinity.
Don't Forget Your Potato! to Lightspeed (Fantasy Flash).
No=70, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Don't Forget Your Potato! to Lightspeed (Fantasy Flash).
No=70, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Odd Jobs has been sold to GASPS Anthology.
No=69, Yes=7, Sub=100, Held=3.
This is the official cover, created by Betty Rocksteady.
No=69, Yes=7, Sub=100, Held=3.
This is the official cover, created by Betty Rocksteady.
March 15, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Odd Jobs has been sold to GASPS Anthology.
No=69, Yes=7, Sub=100, Held=3.
This is the official cover, created by Betty Rocksteady.
No=69, Yes=7, Sub=100, Held=3.
This is the official cover, created by Betty Rocksteady.
The Safety Of Checkpoints has been sold to Altitude Press Flash Fiction Anthology.
No=68, Yes=6, Sub=100, Held=3.
And yes, it was both rejected & sold in the same day.
No=68, Yes=6, Sub=100, Held=3.
And yes, it was both rejected & sold in the same day.
March 12, 2024 at 8:22 PM
The Safety Of Checkpoints has been sold to Altitude Press Flash Fiction Anthology.
No=68, Yes=6, Sub=100, Held=3.
And yes, it was both rejected & sold in the same day.
No=68, Yes=6, Sub=100, Held=3.
And yes, it was both rejected & sold in the same day.
No on The Doppler Effect from Haven Spec Magazine.
No=68, Yes=5, Sub=100, Held=3.
No=68, Yes=5, Sub=100, Held=3.
March 12, 2024 at 3:16 PM
No on The Doppler Effect from Haven Spec Magazine.
No=68, Yes=5, Sub=100, Held=3.
No=68, Yes=5, Sub=100, Held=3.