The second issue of Eclectic Projects features four original short stories and more from Aurealis and Ditmar award-winning author Peter M. Ball. The fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories in this issue include:

• The realities of high density living prove difficult for the sensitive ears of a troll in The Bridge Troll’s Upstairs Neighbours.
• A time travel agent’s night off turns violent when marauding Vikings invade On The Corner of Caxton and Petrie, 12:04 AM.
• A young martial artist questions her very humanity after she’s rebuilt following a deadly accident in The Fighter.
• Cows, Heavy Metal, and Karaoke unleash chaos in Captain Moo-Vell Takes The Mic.
• Professional thief Tallulah Wyndham-Pryce secure the aid of a vampire in The Shackleton Job Part 2: An Old Fashioned Exchange.

Issue 2 also features an original essay about the evolution of publishing scams alongside the internet in Here Be Dragons: Vanity Presses, Scams, and Publishing in the Digital Era.

Long regarded as one of Australia’s weirder speculative fiction authors, Peter M. Ball now brings you original fiction each month in his own magazine, Eclectic Projects. Peter is also the author of the novellas Horn, Bleed, Exile, Frost, and Crusade, and his short fiction collections include The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales, Not Quite The End Of The World Just Yet, and These Strange & Magic Things. He’s the brain in charge at Brain Jar Press and lives in Brisbane with his spouse and a very demanding cat. You can follow his writing life at www.PeterMBall.com.