author of contemporary gothic, dark fiction, horror and fairy tales
On Monday night I gave a reading from Madigan Mine at The Wheeler Centre, as part of their "Debut Mondays" series. It's the first time I'd read that particular section in public, and it's one of the nastier scenes in the book. There is a knife involved, and quite a bit of blood, and someone … Continue reading Not for the faint of heart, apparently
Next Sunday is Halloween! It's also my birthday! Double Huzzah! Fittingly, I'll be at Dymocks Southland for their Halloween HorrorCon on the 31st, eating too much sugar and signing books along with four other might fine local authors of dark fiction -- Alan Baxter, Bruce Kaplan, Bob Franklin and the dashingly handsome Jason Nahrung. Come … Continue reading Things that go bump in the night
I'll be at The Wheeler Centre next week as part of their Debut Mondays series of new author readings. Joining me will be other debut authors Lara Fergus, Lisa Lang and Anna Krien. It's a free event, in a lovely venue (with wine!), and books will be available for purchase in the foyer afterwards if … Continue reading Debut Monday at the Wheeler Centre
While we're on the subject of the magnificent and utterly brilliant Catherynne M. Valente, here is a most wonderful poem she wrote to open the Monsters Ball at StrowlerCon last weekend in Boston, USA: If you are a monster, stand up. If you are a monster, a trickster, a fiend, If you’ve built a steam-powered … Continue reading A Monstrous Manifesto
No, really, it does. The busier I get, the more life grins and says, "Oh, wait, there's also this you need to look at, please. Um, like yesterday." Still, I've managed to find time to get this fledging website off the ground. There's not a lot of content thus far, but hopefully that will change, … Continue reading Life Abhors a Vacuum
