Browsing Archive: January, 2026

At Last!

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Thursday, January 29, 2026, In : Coming Soon 

It can be very frustrating when you have some good news but you aren't allowed to share it. Before Christmas, one of my stories was accepted for publication, and I was bursting to let the world (okay, my friends and followers) know. However, not all the details of the anthology concerned had been finalised, and until they were, I was sworn to keep my lips sealed.

Well, now the news is out, and I can tell everyone that my story, 'The Silent War', will be appearing in Flame Tree Publishing's Dre...


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Out of Thin Air

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, In : Inspiration 

"Where did your inspiration come from?" It's a question that many authors dread. My answer is usually: "If I knew, I'd bottle it." Last year, I wrote a blog for Bacopa on the subject, especially about how fragile inspiration can be and how easy it is to crush it if you try too hard to catch it. Yet the question about how an idea arrive keeps cropping up, so I've decided, where possible, to make a note of it after I've jotted it down.

I'm hoping that this will have another benefit beyond being...


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Seasonal Shortcomings

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Sunday, January 11, 2026, In : Inspiration 
It's the same every autumn. Maybe the air nips my exposed fingers first thing in the morning, or a weighty sky presses upon me the thought that a season of perpetual twilight is approaching, and I realise that if I want to write something appropriate for winter, the solstice, Christmas, the season of good cheer etc., I'd better get on with it. My intention is always to write something profound or beautiful, but it never turns out that way. However wonderful the piece I have in mind is, the re...
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My writing career began as a freelance feature writer for the local press, businesses and organisations. Now a prize-winning playwright and short story writer, my work has appeared in numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic. I write as K. S. Dearsley because it saves having to keep repeating my forename, and specialise in fantasy and other speculative genres.

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