It's 43 years since you thought it safe to go back into the water

43 years ago today, Jaws was released upon unsuspecting cinema-goers for the first time!

Which means that 3 years ago, this happened.

SHARKPUNK - an anthology of killer shark stories - is still available from Snowbooks in both pulped tree format and as one of those new-fangled electronic books. You can even listen to it in the bath or in the car!

Come on in. The water's fine....

You've gotta love that original Simon Coleby cover!

SHARKPUINK at Forbidden Planet's Small Press Expo

On Saturday, 24th February 2018, the Forbidden Planet London Megastore will be hosting an event with a difference – welcoming a host of authors and editors from four small press publishers into a mini convention in the store, from 1:00-2:30pm!

Snowbooks will be among them and one of the books that they will be promoting is SHARKPUNK.

If you're in town on the day, why not stop by and pick up a signed copy?

SHARKPUNK cover artist at Forbidden Planet this Saturday!

This Saturday, Simon Coleby - the ace artist behind the SHARKPUNK  cover - will be at London's Forbidden Planet Megastore, on Shaftesbury Avenue, from 1:00-2:00pm, signing copies of Ian Livingstone's Freeway Fighter comic.

Also in attendance will be the selachian anthology's editor, Jonathan Green, and it is rumoured that Alec Worley, who wrote Sharkcop 2: Feeding Frenzy, will also be attending the event.

So if you're in London on Saturday, and maybe planning on attending the signing already, don't forget to bring along your copy of SHARKPUNK to get that signed too!

SHARKPUNK 2 is now live on Kickstarter!

SHARKPUNK 2 is now live on Kickstarter! Please back the project and then tell all your friends to back the project too.

Thank you!

The SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter kicks off tomorrow!

That's...

Saturday 28th January 2017 at 12:00pm GMT!

Still wondering whether you should back the Kickstarter or not? Well here's what some readers had to say about SHARKPUNK (Volume 1) on Amazon...

"This collection is well worthy of your time. Every story is a winner in my opinion and they are all a great deal of fun. In all honesty I’d have great difficulty picking a favourite."

"If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would... Usually, I go into an anthology expecting to like about 75-80% of the stories and to find an uneven quality of story-telling, but I didn't find a single one I didn't like."


"In the interests of transparency, I should probably fess up to being a huge fan of anything with a fin in it. I am that person who happily watches the likes of Sharknado... While some of the stories featured in Sharkpunk are as gloriously silly as anything Asylum has ever offered, equally there is also some really thrilling horror and some surprisingly touching psychological chillers... There's not a weak story among the lot, probably because it would get turned on and eaten by the others."

"This book was, pardon the pun, fintastic. Each story revolving around Sharks in one form or another, be it physical or mental and in some both. The calibre of writers assembled to contribute to this book was impressive... I cannot recommend this book enough and you don't even have to be a fan of sharks to enjoy it...but it helps. 10/10"

"Put simply, Sharkpunk is twenty unique visions of what it means to be either predator or prey. This anthology contains stories that don’t just feature sharks, they also dissect the mind of a perfectly evolved killer. Nestled deep in the pages of this collection you’ll find everything from stories set in feudal Japan to tales featuring men with an impressive olfactory sense. Steampunk, horror, science fiction and thriller blend together to create a collection that revels in the raw, bloody savagery of an apex carnivore."

And lastly, this one, via Twitter...

"Thank you for creating the greatest book I never knew I needed. Literal jewel of my literary collection... Treat yourself guys and give in to Sharkpunk!" 

You can sneak a look at the SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter, and the rewards on offer, here.

The SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter launches in 2 days!

As well as the rewards to receive copies of SHARKPUNK 2, the Kickstarter also features a number of add-ons. These can either be selected by themselves, or added to the other pledge levels by adding the appropriate funds to the total pledged.

Some people who back the Kickstarter will have already read SHARKPUNK (Volume 1) but some won't, so that's one of the rewards on offer, along with the other anthologies I have edited for Snowbooks, including GAME OVER and Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu.

The other anthologies I have edited for Snowbooks.

There is also the option to add the SHARKPUNK Audiobook, produced by Circle of Spears, which backers of the SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter can get for the reduced price of £15.

Remember, these add-ons can be selected by themselves or added on to any other pledge level.

So, for example, if you want the hardback of SHARKPUNK 2 and would also like the SHARKPUNK Audiobook, then you would pledge £50 for the GREAT WHITE reward + £15 for the audiobook, making your total pledge £65.

Or, if you would like the MEGALODON reward (£80), and SHARKPUNK (Volume 1) (£13), GAME OVER and Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu (£20), as well as the SHARKPUNK Audiobook (£15), then you would pledge a total of £128.

This handy table will help you work out what comes with what reward:

Click the above image to enlarge it.

The SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter launches in 3 days!

And those people who get on board early will be rewarded by having access to a number of Early Bird rewards.

Usually these kinds of rewards are limited in number, but Kickstarter have now introduced an alternative option, whereby a project's creator can dictate how long a reward is available for. So, for the first week of the Kickstarter's run, the GREENLAND SHARK, HAMMERHEAD, GREAT WHITE and WHALE SHARK rewards (which all include physical copies of SHARKPUNK 2) will be available with a £5 discount.

However, there is still one limited reward, and that is the MEGALODON reward, which includes a very special reward that fans of Sky Sharks will want to get their hands on.

The SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter launches in four days!

The Kickstarter to fund production of SHARKPUNK 2 launches at midday GMT on Saturday 28th January 2017.

SHARKPUNK 2 will be available to backers of the Kickstarter in three different formats - eBook, paperback, and a special faux sharkskin effect bound hardback.

If you just want the eBook, your basic pledge is the MAKO SHARK reward.

If you want the paperback, your basic pledge is the GREENLAND SHARK reward.

And if you want the hardback, your basic pledge is the GREAT WHITE reward.

But remember, there are also are all manner of other rewards on offer, including a very limited number of Sky Sharks postcards signed by the movie's director Marc Fehse.

Check out the preview of the Kickstarter here and please share it with all your friends, whether you intend to back the project yourself or not, although any and all support is most welcome.

Thank you. :-)

The SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter launches in 5 days!

The Kickstarter to fund production of the sequel to 2015's SHARKPUNK launches at midday GMT on Saturday 28th January 2017.

There are all manner of rewards on offer, including a very limited number of Sky Sharks postcards signed by the movie's director Marc Fehse.

Check out the preview of the Kickstarter here and please share it with all your friends, whether you intend to back the project yourself or not, although any and all support is most welcome.

Thank you. :-)

Sharks seen hunting and killing a whale for the first time

Even though it is 4 metres long, this humpback whale calf was no match for a group of dusky sharks. To read more about this story, click this link.

The SHARKPUNK 2 Kickstarter launches 2 weeks today!

The Kickstarter to fund the SF, F and WTF? anthology SHARKPUNK 2 launches two weeks today, at 12:00pm GMT* on Saturday 28th January 2017.

The Kickstarter includes various limited rewards as well as a number of Early Bird rewards that will only be available for the first week of the Kickstarter's run.

More about what those rewards are will be revealed over the next fortnight, so make sure you join the SHARKPUNK 2 Facebook group today, to be kept up to date with any updates.


* Which is 7:00am in New York and 11:00pm in Sydney.

Largest ever shark was doomed by its taste for dwarf whales

Apparently.

To read more about Megalodon and its penchant for a diminutive, extinct species of baleen whale called Piscobalaena nana, and how this habit for fussy eating got it into trouble, click this link.

SHARKPUNK 2 - Coming soon to Kickstarter

SHARKPUNK 2 - a second anthology of killer shark stories, following on from 2015's SHARKPUNK - is coming soon to Kickstarter.

The anthology features brand new SF, F and WTF? stories by master genre authors such as James Lovegrove, Gavin Smith, Gav Thorpe, Guy Haley, Sarah Peploe, Al Ewing and many, many more.

SHARKPUNK 2 also features a brand new original short story set within the world of the forthcoming Sky Sharks movie!

Make sure you keep up to date about exciting and unique rewards by joining the SHARKPUNK 2 Facebook group here!

SHARKPUNK 2 is coming...

Man Immediately Regrets Jumping Onto A Dead Whale Being Eaten By Great White Sharks

Harrison Williams, of Quinns Rock, north of Perth, was videotaped jumping from his friend’s boat and swimming across to the dead whale, because one of his mates said “it would be pretty funny to surf the whale.”

However, there were several large great white sharks circling and feeding on the other side of the whale. The 26-year-old said he knew they “busy chomping on the whale,” but told Seven News he knew it was a stupid thing to do once he was on top of the whale.

SHARKPUNK - The Audiobook!

Fresh from the minds of twenty-two top writers comes an anthology of killer shark stories to sate all appetites. From SF to WTF, from gritty to whimsical, these stories all have weight and depth as vast as the deep blue ocean. And now you can get it as an audiobook from Circle of Spears Productions!

This is the first release featuring all the members of Circle of Spears, which presents SHARKPUNK in its entirety in both Download and MP3 CD format. Over 13 hours of shark-themed stories available for the first time in audio!

And if you need any more persuading, just check out the reviews the print edition has received.

Even if you've already read the stories contained within the anthology, you owe it to yourself to download and listen to the audio version as well - and it really helps make the time pass while you're preparing supper, or paintings your wargaming miniatures.

So what are you waiting for? Come on in... The water's fine...

You can buy the 2-disc MP3 CD set here, and you can buy the MP3 Digital Download here.

SHARKPUNK 2

SHARKPUNK - a new review!

SHARKPUNK, my first anthology as editor, has recently received a new, and very thorough review that originally appeared in Black Static #51.

In the introduction, the reviewer, Peter Tennant, says:

"In the circumstances, an anthology of shark stories might seem like a further unnecessary libel on this species’ good name, but fortunately Green casts his net wider than the archetypal killer shark template and hauls in a rich and varied catch, and as ever the biggest and most deadly of predators is man himself."

You can read the review in its entirety, with each story getting its moment in the spotlight, here.

Close Encounters of the Selachian Kind!

400 year-old Greenland shark is the oldest vertebrate on the planet!

Grey, plump and growing to lengths of around five metres, the Greenland shark is one of the world’s largest carnivores. With a reported growth rate of less than one centimetre a year, they were already thought to be long-lived creatures, but just how long they lived for was something of a mystery.

That is, until Julius Nielsen and an international team of researchers set about determining the age of 28 female Greenland sharks, collected as by-catch during scientific surveys between 2010 and 2013.

And here's the record-breaker. She was born during the reign of James I, she was a youngster when the Great Fire of London raged, she reached adulthood around the time of the American Revolution, and lived through two world wars.

To read more about this story, click this link.

Now wouldn't it be great if somebody submitted a story for SHARKPUNK 2 about a Greenland shark. Oh, hang on, somebody already has. ;-)