A.J Kirby: The Writer
Who is the writer A.J Kirby?
A.J Kirby is the award-winning published author of two novels and over forty short stories. He recently received an Honourable Mention in the worldwide Best Horror of the Year 2008/9, judged by the esteemed editor, Ellen Datlow.
BULLY: A NOVEL - A SUPERNATURAL TALE OF REVENGE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
The chances are, if you have visited this site, you are either:
a) interested in reading good writing; b) looking to find out more about Andy Kirby the writer; or c) spying on me.
I'd like to hope that you're here to find out how I'm doing with my writing, or that you are genuinely interested in understanding what exactly I'm trying to do...
... because, you see, I am writing because I always wanted to. I just never knew how to start, or what to write about. Then, like a lightbulb clicking on in my head, I realised that I just had to get on with it.
This site is testimony to how far that I've come, and also how far I've still got to go. It contains information about how I started writing, what drove me to write, and also examples of the actual writing. I write to try to make myself a better person, and I am proud of what I've done so far.
Now, if you've got through all of that claptrap above, then hopefully you'll want to read more; so enjoy the site, leave me a message, follow your own dreams!
If you're an editor or a publisher, then maybe just read the below:
"Andy Kirby is a writer whose portfolio includes short stories, features, non-fiction articles and full-length fiction. He has enjoyed publication in a number of quite different fields, although creative writing is his first love."
"It is harder to put your foot in your mouth when you have a pen in your hand." William Safire, On Language
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Latest Published Works
Since the beginning of 2007, Andy has been published, or has work accepted for future publication by the following:
Short Stories: Legend Press (in the 2009 anthology, 8 Rooms; Graveside Tales (in the anthology - Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths); Jupiter SF magazine; Skrev Press (in Texts' Bones), Nemonymous 8: Cone Zero; Nemonymous 9: Cern Zoo; Sein und Werden (published in both the print and online versions of the magazine); in the inaugural issue of Pumpkin magazine; on the Huddersfield Literature Festival website; on the Short Story Library website; in Telling Tales magazine from Meadow Publications; in the New Voices in Fiction anthology, Ten Nails; in the Word Weavers General Fiction Anthology; in the Earlyworks Press Fiction Anthology Loretta's Parrot; on the Byker Books website; in Champagne Shivers; Golden Visions magazine; in The Front View magazine from The View from Here; on the Wamack journal of the arts site; Clockwise Cat magazine, Underground Magazine; New Voices in Fiction magazine; Necrology magazine; The 2nd Hand; The Thinking Man's Crumpet magazine; Home Defence UK magazine; and Shortalk.
Longer Fiction: The Magpie Trap, A.J Kirby's debut novel, a crime thriller, was published by Youwriteon in May 2009 and is available for purchase from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other on-line retailers. Andy's second novel, the supernatural revenge story, Bully was published by Wild Wolf Publishing and is available to purchase from here and here.
Extract from the novel-in-progess, Background Noise published in the Spring 2009 edition of Monkey Kettle magazine.
Features and Reviews: Andy is a regular contributor to Essential Writers, BBC Sport, Sense Magazine (Natwest Bank), Writers' News, Risk-UK, IP Focus Magazine, Itchy Leeds Magazine, Itchy Leeds website, Itchy Leeds Guidebook (the proliferation of Itchy's there - the scratch of Itchy's if you will - is explained by the fact Andy acted as editor of the publication in 2008).
Radio/ Performance Art: 'Skeleton in the Closet' available on Podcast after a performance on BCB Radio (Bradford) - for your FREE CD Rom copy, please send a stamped addressed envelope to the address as listed on the Contacts Page.
