author of contemporary gothic, dark fiction, horror and fairy tales
I have a surprise new publication today! Not a complete surprise, obviously, but not one I expected to happen quite this soon. The latest edition of Review of Australia Fiction (Volume 12, Issue 3) features two novellas -- my own "By the Moon's Good Grace" and "The Fate of All Wens" by Tessa Kum. Released … Continue reading New Story in Review of Australian Fiction
Such exciting news! The Table of Contents for Cranky Ladies of History, due to be published by FableCroft next year, has just been officially announced and it is a corker. I am so pleased and proud to have my story, "Mary Mary" -- about author, critic, philosopher, and pre-feminist Mary Wollstonescraft -- included in the … Continue reading Cranky Ladies of History TOC
It's always an honour and a delight to have a story selected for the Ticonderoga Publications series The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror, edited by Talie Helene's and Liz Gryzb. The 2013 volume contains many fine works of Australian speculative fiction, including my own "Caution: Contains Small Parts" from the collection of the same … Continue reading Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013
I've been busy this last week finishing a PhD story which decided it wanted to be a novella, but meanwhile the 2014 Snapshot of Australian Speculative Fiction has bee running since 28 July and will continue for the rest of this week. The wonderful Alex from Galactic Suburbia has interviewed yours truly right here. To … Continue reading 2014 Snapshot of Australian Speculative Fiction
Well, if it was going to happen, it was going to happen with this book. We picked up the copies of Perfections for the launch late on the Friday afternoon before Continuum -- the nick of time, thinks we -- only to find that the second-to-last page was blank. BLANK. That's right, my novel literally … Continue reading (im)Perfections Launch and a Ditmar!
