Hey! What do you know? I've made the Bewildering Stories Quarterly Anthology with my story "Blood Moon" - and this on my first time in there! I am well chuffed I can tell you!

Amongst the other stories in there is work from 3 friends of mine:

Sarah Hilary's "Esme & O'Ryan"

Oonah Joslin's "Blast" & "Exposure"

Bill West's "Butterflies"

Go read them all, they're all good stuff!

here's the link:

http://www.bewilderingstories.com/anthologies/284-296_antho2.html

July's stories published so far this month:

2 stories in The Shine Journal. The first is titled "Veil wearing for beginners" and is about Iraq, and the second "On the head of a pin" is a philosophical musing about henges @:
http://www.theshinejournal.com/hickmangibba.htm

And 1 in Bewildering Stories - about the trade in human flesh. @:
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue296/blood_moon.html

And 1 in Static Movement @:
http://staticmovement.com/avis.htm

I do hope you go and read them. I enjoyed writing them. Tell me what you thought.

Backlog of work, as promised.

I am fairly new to writing, well not to writing as such, but being published! I have a small (but I like to think choice!) collection of stories which have already been published. here are the links of the stories which have been published before this blog's inception:

Absence of Hope & Only the Wind and Me
Deal with every parent's nightmare - the loss of a child. These are companion pieces and were published together in The Shine Journal, April 2008 @:
http://www.theshinejournal.com/hickmangibb.htm

Blood Moon
Is a cautionary tale about trust, drugs and the sex industry. Don't think your new friend is all he seems, girls! This was published in Bewildering Stories, July 08 @:
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue296/blood_moon.html

Crossing the Line
Shows us a snap shot of a childhood incident - clearly anticpiating the man who will grow from the boy. This was published in Every Day Fiction, 17th October 2007, and can be found in their archives @:
http://www.everydayfiction.com/crossing-the-line-by-avis-hickman-gibb/

Don't You Go Closing Them Baby Blues!
A story about a vulnerable child, pushed to a limit. This was published in The Pygmy Giant, April 19th 2008, @:
http://thepygmygiant.blogspot.com/2008/04/dont-you-go-closing-them-baby-blues.html

Drizzled Hope
One woman's fight back against a menace of whom we are all at the mercy! Published in May 2008 in Short Humour @:
http://www.short-humour.org.uk/writersshowcase/drizzledhope.htm

Hands Up
Is a short and sharp reminder of our mortality! This was published in Shine! Magazine, August '07 and can be found in their archive at:
http://www.theshinejournal.com/avishickmangibb.htm

Hawking - Master of the Universe
is a tribute to our greatest living physicist - Stephen Hawking. This story was published in The Pygmy Giant, 27th March 2008 at:
http://thepygmygiant.blogspot.com/2008/03/hawking-master-of-universe.html

If Takers, reboot - else, close
Deals with the inevitable consequences of human indifference. Published in Every Day Fiction, 22nd March '08 and can be found @:
http://www.everydayfiction.com/if-takers-reboot-else-close-by-avis-hickman-gibb/

Matters of the Heart
About organs grown to order, and a father's love. Published in Backhand Stories, 27th March 2008, @:
http://www.backhandstories.com/fiction/matters-of-the-heart-by-avis-hickman-gibb/

Mrs Wilson's Break
Deals with family violence. This story was published in Every Day Fiction, 25th January 2008 and can be found in their archives @:
http://www.everydayfiction.com/mrs-wilsons-break-by-avis-hickman-gibb

Once more...for Old Times' sake
Deals with addiction. Published in The Shine Journal, December '07 and can be found @:
http://www.theshinejournal.com/ahickmangibb.htm

Separation
A grizzly tale of sibling bonds. Published in MicroHorror, May 2008 and can be found @:
http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/author/avis-hickman-gibb/separation/

Surfing the Tube
Deals with multiple personalities. This was published in Twisted Tongue, August '07 and can be found in their archives @:
http://www.twistedtongue.co.uk/issue7.htm

The Angel on the Tree
This Christmas tale earned the distinction of being Every Day Fiction's offering on Christmas Eve 2007 and can be found in their archives @:
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-angel-on-the-tree-by-avis-hickman-gibb

The Centre of the World
Portrays the world-view of a little girl - sketching her insecurity, which is fuelled by a mother too preoccupied to notice. This story was published in The Shine Journal, August '07 and can be found in their archives @:
http://www.theshinejournal.com/avishickmangibb.htm

The House Spider
What to do when your life plan goes wrong!
Published in May 2007 in Static Movement and can be found in their archives @:
http://staticmovement.com/gibb.htm

The Lesson
Tells of a little boy who lost a precious treasure. Published in Every Day Fiction, 21st September 2007 and can be found @:
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-lesson-by-avis-hickman-gibb/