“The Darkness in Clara” to be published in SQ Mag 14

I’m very happy to announce this one. SQ Mag approached me recently and asked if I’d be interested in submitting a story for their Australiana-themed issue 14, due out in May next year. I was honoured to have been asked and offered them my novelette, The...

2013 British Fantasy Award and World Fantasy Award winners announced

The British Fantasy Society announced the winners of the 2013 British Fantasy Awards at a ceremony during the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England on November 3, 2013. The full list of nominees is shown below, with the winner being the first entry in each...

Not the Worst of Sins published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #133

I’m very happy to announce that my western ghost story, Not the Worst of Sins, has been published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #133, their Halloween issue. I’m very proud of this story, so I’m pleased it found such a good home. I’ve long wanted...

Escape Artists need our help

You all know by now what a huge fan I am of short fiction podcasts. I listen to a whole bunch of them. I also love it when my own short fiction gets podcast, and that’s happened a few times now. I made a page here with all my own podcast fiction linked up and a...

All Hallow’s Read 2013

All Hallow’s Read is a new tradition. It was started a couple of years ago by Neil Gaiman and the concept is very simple: On Halloween, or during the week leading up to Halloween, give someone a scary book. Brilliant. You can learn all you need to know here:...

Year’s Best contributor copy in my paw

This arrived today and it makes me very happy. It includes a reprint of my story, Tiny Live, originally published at Daily Science Fiction. And it’s an honour to share the pages with so many other amazing authors and their work. This is the third Year’s...