The Center of the Media Galaxy
I would like to offer a warm welcome to all of our new blog followers, Facebook fans and superlative fiction aficionados. Welcome to StarkLight Press- the Center of the Media Galaxy! What does our awesome tagline mean, exactly? Well you should ask. At StarkLight Press, we believe in two things above all else- the…
– in the best possible way! Robert Marquiss, CEO of Marquiss Films, personally took our posters to downtown Los Angeles the other day. Proud to be making inroads in Tinseltown with our fabulous, first-rate, immersive fiction universes and our short story anthologies, StarkLight Press is now advertising in various venues in Sunny Southern California- including…
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StarkLight Press and our intrepid reporter had a whirlwind Saturday at VCON, making new friends, meeting old friends, and going to the regal Victorian High Tea for the renowned Aurora Awards. Many thanks to all the friendly faces and gregarious creative minds at VCON for making a truly memorable convention experience! See you in…
VCON, like any convention, is all about the costumes, the collectibles, and the fellowship. All three are in evidence on the floor over the weekend, where garage sale collectibles, handmade gems and original art mingle for the science fiction-minded peruser. For those lucky enough to be scooped from the convention floor by Virginia, (and who…
What a wonderful, magical, personal way to connect with the authors of some of Canada’s most innovative and imaginative fiction! Before a live audience, Canadian authors sit in an accessible, comfortable chair and share a passage from their new releases. Steampunk-inspired Harry Houdini fiction to dystopian futures to magical forest fables to cthonic sagas were…
Once landed at VCON 39, Virginia had a multitude of difficulties with poor organization that included, but were not limited to- a) the complete lack of registration forms or passes, despite the very real presence of their fees on our StarkLight Press Accounts b)the organizers’ refusal to provide a table for our wares, despite more…
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Well, brave StarkLight Press soldiers, you only have until midnight PST on September 30 to send us your short story submissions and win a spot in our third anthology! It’s a hard mission, and I won’t lie to you- there may be some underpants on your heads before you’re through. However, those of you…
Bravo to all our brave short story contributors who overcame their own desires to hide and sent us such awesome stories! At this rate, we will have to start up an e-zine to post some of these, as our printing press can only publish so many anthologies at once- thoughts? Should StarkLight Press start an…
At long last, here is the interview for StarkLight Press from E.L. Caine, winner of our StarkLight Short Story Contest with her entry, “Watcher at the Door.” Interview with E. L. Caine about her short story ‘Watcher at the Door’. Do you have any sources of inspiration for your world? I think bad thoughts, like…
Here is StarkLight Press’ interview with “AstroHal” Hal Friesen, author of The Afterscience. His remarkable short story won StarkLight Press Short Story Contest #2 and is published in our new compendium, due to hit shelves the last week of July. Congratulations to Hal! Interview With Hal Friesen regarding ‘The Afterscience‘. Do you have any sources…
