Monthly Archives: December 2014

Over at The Writing Platform …

thewritingplatform-logo-250x250… I talk about online presence for writers in Online Presence: Pros, Perils and Possibilities. Thanks to Dr Donna Hancox for the opportunity to opine!

I often hear newer writers (of varying ages) say they want their writing to speak for itself. They’re
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Special Offer: The Female Factory

Screen Shot 2014-11-09 at 1.13.32 pmTo celebrate the forthcoming release of The Female Factory by the award winning duo Lisa L Hannett and Angela Slatter, we’re giving away the ebook version with every preorder of the paperback for the
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Goodreads competition: Black-Winged Angels

BWA giveawayAnd so in the lead-up to Whatevermas I’m running another book and bag giveaway on Goodreads. The prize is a signed limited edition hardcover of my Black-Winged Angels collection, with illustrations by Kathleen Jennings and an Introduction by Juliet
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Nick Mamatas: The Nickronomicon and Other Stuff

bio01The Nickronomicon is the latest collection from author Nick Mamatas (Innsmouth Free Press). Nick’s other works include Love is the Law, The Last Weekend, The Damned Highway (with Brian Keene), and Move Under Ground. He is an anthologist
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Huzzah! Postscripts 32/33 Far Voyager

postscripts-32-33-far-voyager-jhc-edited-by-nick-gevers-2524-p[ekm]298x418[ekm]At long last the latest PS Postscripts anthology is available! It contains my story “Winter Children”, as well as tales by Lisa L Hannett, Angie Rega, Suze Willis, Alan Baxter, Gio Clairval, Rio Youers, Alison Littlewood, Gary Fry, and many
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2015 Short Story Clinic

logoSo for those of you in Brisbane who are familiar with the Queensland Writers Centre, you’ll know they run a great range of courses for writers at all stages of the learning process.

Next year I’ll be teaching the Short Story Clinic again
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Over at Tor.com …

FemaleFactory-cover… an extract from The Female Factory is appearing! tor

If you’d like to read part of the first story, “Vox”, then head
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New Work: Corpselight

Source: http://www.fairyist.com/fairy-sightings/joshua-coslet-meets-the-corpse-candle-carmarthenshire/

Source: http://www.fairyist.com/fairy-sightings/joshua-coslet-meets-the-corpse-candle-carmarthenshire/

We, now that the final tweaks are on Vigil and it’s off on its journey, there’s no reason not to start writing the sequel. Corpselight is the second of the Verity Fassbinder books. The first draft
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Horizon by Keith Stevenson

keithLong-time leading light amongst Australian editors, Keith Stevenson, has recently released the science fiction novel Horizon through HarperCollins. Ze blurb:

Thirty-four light years from Earth, the explorer ship Magellan is nearing its objective – the Iota Persei system. But when ship commander Cait
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