Steampunk Reloaded

Angela Slatter and I have collaborated on a couple of short pieces for Jeff and Ann VanderMeer’s Steampunk Reloaded, including “Notes & Queries: The Curious Case of Physically-Manifested ‘Bed-Sheet Mania’” with related interrogatories on “The Prisoner Queen,” “The Great Air Ferry Disaster,” and "Oyster Rime Spores", and including correspondence related to the Mecha-Ostrich’s inquiries.Take a quick gander at…… Continue reading Steampunk Reloaded

Commonplace Sacrifices

I sold this story about 18 months ago, and at last it has come out in the Winter 2009 issue of On Spec! Hooray!Check out the groovy cover:My favourite part is the mutant rabbit. (I have a fondness for bizarro rabbits, like this one:I want one.) At any rate, the story is available now: Canadians,…… Continue reading Commonplace Sacrifices

Snapshot!

In the past two weeks, around 90 Australian authors/editors/publishers of speculative fiction have been put in the spotlight after a migthy fine effort by  ,  , Rachel the Mechanical Cat ,  ,  , and Tansy RR! I was lucky enough to have   ask me some awesome questions, and you can read the interview here.In other news,…… Continue reading Snapshot!

Tesseracts 14

This has been an awesome week.First, there was the sale to Midnight Echo 4.Then, on Friday I found out that I sold ‘Soil From My Fingers’ to the Tesseracts 14 anthology in Canada! Two sales in one week?!?! Unheard of. What’s even better is that Tesseracts 14 is going to come out in September, right…… Continue reading Tesseracts 14

And yet more coolness…

I have just discovered that my Clarkesworld story, ‘On the Lot and In the Air’ is on Locus Magazine’s Recommended Reading List! How cool! What’s even more cool is that Australian authors are fairly well-represented on this list — too many to repeat here, actually. Besides, I’m sure you are dying to go and check…… Continue reading And yet more coolness…