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I read stuff. I write stuff. You read my stuff. Hallelujah.
It was great meeting you! Hope to meet again and do stay in touch.
06.11.2025 12:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Available now. In print and as an ebook
06.11.2025 12:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Box of books. Ooh pretty. I think release date is 30th October at World Fantasy Con
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It's alive!
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Completed at 40,000 words. Achievement unlocked. Now the hard part. Wrestling with this thing so that it makes sense.
08.09.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of a review blurb by Donna Scott for ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà, saying: “Carmelo Rafalà has deservedly made a name for himself in genre short-fiction over the last few years. ‘The Clarity of Ice’ paints in a few deft strokes a complex world, a fraught history, an unfair society, and a complicated friendship. The language of the story is at once lyrical and alien, and yet Rafalà is a benevolent teacher and guide, trusting us to follow and recognise what he asks us to see. This is skilful storytelling.” — Donna Scott.
Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social on ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social
Many thanks Donna!
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Wednesday
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Publish Day! ZamaShort #4 ‘The Clarity of Ice’ by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social Now Out!
Routine planet human-seeding run compromised. Bio-engineers Karlyn and Cruz must troubleshoot catastrophic failure in a desperate bid for survival.
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Tej Turner @tejturner.com on ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social
"Intriguing and original, well realised. The prose is excellent, the characters feel real, relatable and compelling. Overall, a very enjoyable read." — Tej Turner.
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More love.
31.07.2025 13:49 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Pre-orders available. Drops Friday
28.07.2025 21:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0On ZamaShort #4 'The Clarity of Ice' by Carmelo Rafalà
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“Carmelo is a real talent. A bleeding-edge biotech thriller of far-future planetary colonisation. He explores the nature of society and what drives us. An excellent story.” — Gustavo Bondoni.
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Cover image for ZamaShort #4 ‘The Clarity of Ice’ by Carmelo Rafalà
ZamaShort #4 ‘The Clarity of Ice’ by Carmelo Rafalà @carmelorafala.bsky.social
In a remote solar system, a routine planet human-seeding run has gone terribly wrong. Racing against the clock Karlyn and Cruz must solve their dilemmas. Failure is not an option.
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Pre-orders available on Amazon and other venues. Drops August 1st. Proud to be part of this endeavour to bring you fresh, new short fiction.
25.07.2025 12:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Truth
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Reposting, with emphasis 😵💫🤯
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If you like gothic fiction, you'll find me here.
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Despite 2025, I have three reprints and two new stories coming, plus a collection around October.
06.06.2025 17:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can't wait to read this
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Next up on my grand tour of the past.
29.05.2025 12:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lots of good publishing news I wish I could share. But not yet...maybe in a month, I hope.....This is going to be a real test of my self-control....
17.05.2025 13:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's what's for breakfast
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Their first short is already out. Zama is going to do amazing things.
Book Cover for ZamaShort#1 'Piss Corpse" by Muthi Nhlema.
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ZamaShort #1 'Piss Corpse' by Muthi Nhlema, debut short story of the ZamaShort series.
Meet Charlotte, Peace Corps volunteer fresh off the plane from Iowa to Malawi and ushered into a culture clash more like a train smash and she has never felt more alive.
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Rod Serling. Still relevant
"For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own-for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to The Twilight Zone."
Snap shot. A nice novella to pass on hour on a lazy afternoon
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