Graham J. Darling writes stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, and singular hybrids thereof.

Stories

Schiaparelli, 1888

“Jon Carver of Barzoon, You Misunderstood” — the strange culmination of a planetary romance (250 words).

• “Short but outstanding… tantalizing hints at a complex fantasy world” (Publishers Weekly).
• “Oddly impeccable” (epiphany_maria).
• Best Short Fiction of 2014 – Honourable Mention (Apex Magazine).
• “Stood out for me… beautiful in its simplicity” (Sepiidae: The Right Venue).
• “Cleverly deconstructing the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs” (Martian Migraine Press).
• “Stayed with me… a powerful prose poem that brilliantly brings to life a faraway world with vivid, alien imagery” (Benito Corral Reviews).
• “Standout… Pages completely subvert their source material” (Lisa’s Reviews).
• “Made my brain hurt… I like it” (OBIR Magazine).

• In Manawaker Studio’s Flash Fiction Podcast n°307 (audio), posted March 1, 2018.
• In Great Jones Street, posted January 2017 to January 2018.
• In Sword & Mythos, published May 2014.

A Life of Fiction

All systems go!

Graham J. “GrayJay” Darling has long been a voracious consumer of speculative literature. The first novel he ever read was Alice in Wonderland: after learning that by heart, he went on to sip from entire fields of such flowers of the imagination. Eventually he was moved to share the wonder with like-minded fans in clubs, conventions, productions and games. He now writes as fiction what the world isn’t ready for as fact, in parallel to his activities as a scientist and as a medieval reenactor.

• Interview by Christel Bodenbender for Reality Skimming, a blog hosted by Lynda Williams, January 2015.