Space Pilot

Here's a wee animated Christmas tree I drew on the train today. Have a great Christmas.

What would your movie sound like with this guy on the team?

Multiverse One of my jobs is being the art director at Shoreline of Infinity Group and that gave me the great pleasure of attending the launch of our new poetry anthology Multiverse, which features a cover design by Jessica Good. The launch was in the form of an Event Horizon held at World Famous Frankenstein Bar and Beer Kellar in Edinburgh and it happened last night. Our Technical Department We had a lovely line up of contributing poets who read from their work as well as video appearances from around the world, reflecting the international nature of the publication. Add some music from Simon and Jessi Chate and from Roelle Blue and it was a very entertaining night. For more details and a chance to order the book, visit the Shoreline of Infinity website . The Multiverse Event Horizon Images from Behind the Scenes  

We've been enjoying this around the Shoreline of Infinity offices and I thought I'd put it up here while I look out my Christmas decorations.

Illustration and Art by Mark Toner Now Available! Tales of the Beachcomber Volume 1 A new print media comic book is out now. It features Beachcomber comics previously only available in the pages of Shoreline of Infinity, Scotland's award winning science fiction magazine. Volume 1 features four stories. "Who Is Mentor?" introduces Gail Scott, Space Pilot, who was previously a web comic heroine and who gave her title to this comics publication empire. "Mutable Martians" explains the huge popularity of Martians in the history of science fiction and why they have all but disappeared from the genre. "Where Have All The Time Machines Gone?" will have you wondering if what you remember as history today is the same as what you remembered as history yesterday. Finally, "The Centenary of Arthur C Clarke" celebrates a true legend of science fiction and science fact. Copies are available directly from Shoreline of Infinity and at

Drawing Stories returned to the Stove Cafe this evening and Mark and Steve welcomed a keen group of illustrators. They learned some basic drawing skills that will aid sequential art projects and started into drawing props for stories. You can still join the class for the remaining lessons by coming along to the Stove on a Wednesday night at 7pm. Discounts now apply.

BFS Award for best magazine bookending a pile of Shoreline of Infinities Guest post by Noel Chidwick The award was presented at the weekend at the annual British Fantasy Convention held this year in Chester. This was our first nomination, and we were up against some pretty tough competition; we are, as you can imagine, dead chuffed. Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine was launched in July 2015 and to win the award for Britain’s best science fiction/fantasy magazine in such a short time is an honour indeed. We’re based in Edinburgh, but the magazine is read world-wide and it’s a great privilege to present Scotland at its finest in genre fiction. Shoreline of Infinity is truly international: we’re proud to showcase not only Scottish creative talent, but also writers and artists from all over the world. The team behind Shoreline of Infinity are:  myself, Noel Chidwick – co-founder, Editor-in-Chief and Editor; Mark Toner – co-founder, Art Director; and Russ