Last week, the shortlists for this year’s Australian Shadows Awards were announced, and I’m delighted to see that my story ‘Outside, A Drifter’ is on the list for best short fiction! What’s even cooler, though, is that my work is in such great company — including excellent writers like Margo Lanagan, Kaaron Warren, and my … Continue reading
I had such a wonderful surprise this morning when my lovely friend Margot texted to congratulate me on being shortlisted for an Aurealis Award this year — that was the BEST way to find out that ‘Outside, A Drifter’ is nominated for Best Horror Short Story!! So cool! This story first appeared in Looming Low, edited … Continue reading
This year’s Australian Short Story Festival is being held here in Adelaide, and it’s a great pleasure to be participating in the program (which you can access in full here). The festival starts tomorrow and runs through the weekend; you can catch me chatting about speculative fiction with Sean Williams and Helen Dinmore on Saturday … Continue reading
Very excited to finally announce that I’ll have a story in a forthcoming issue of Apex Magazine! Sigrid Ellis has bought ‘Heirloom Pieces’ for the March 2015 issue (which is not the one featured in the lovely image to the left; that is the cover for the current issue, which you can purchase here.) Hooray!! … Continue reading
Woke up to discover that my short short, ‘Twice Full’, is now up at This Is Horror — accompanied by an absolutely gorgeous illustration by Rich Sampson (a detail of which I’ve included to the left.) Tonight, they dig a second pit on our beach. Big men, all of them, dark hair and skin slick … Continue reading
