Yesterday I started and finished Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton. The novel tells the story of a four year failed relationship between the eponymous Lenore (a epicurean columnist specialising in cakes) and Harold (a photographer whose work [...]
Well, isn’t that nice?
I’ve just been alerted to the fact that my story, “Painlessness”, has gained yet another accolade. It’s received an Honourable Mention in The Year’s best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Edition, edited by Rich Horton and published by Prime Books. Looking through the list of the other HM authors published on Fantasy Magazine’s blog, it’s [...]
twenty-six lies/one truth
Last night, roughly ten minutes after midnight, I finished reading twenty-six lies/one truth by Ben Peek. I’d started it yesterday morning, kept sneaking back to it during the day – pages 48 & 49 have tiny brown specks on them now; salad dressing splatter from lunch (sorry Ben) – and couldn’t go to sleep without [...]
Once upon a midnight dreary
For any interested Melbournians, I’m speaking at the Nova Mob tonight about Edgar Allan Poe. I originally decided upon Edgar as a whim, and am now very glad I did. I thought I knew a little about his life and work, but how very wrong I was. Such an extraordinary person and so appallingly doomed. [...]
Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian writer living in Melbourne. Mostly. 
