Right, so some more Samhain love: links to (Vaguely) Witchy Things I’ve Written That You Can Read for Free.
Thank you to all the wonderful publishers who’ve loved these stories and sent them out into the world.
St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls
(Originally appeared in The Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3, February 2014. Winner of the Aurealis Awards for Best Short Fantasy Story 2014. Translated into Chinese in Science Fiction World, 2018. Reprinted in The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Tartarus Press, 2014.)
The Coffin-Maker’s Daughter
(Originally appeared in A Book of Horrors, Stephen Jones (ed.), Jo Fletcher Books, September 2011. Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Short Story 2011. Reprinted in The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Tartarus Press, 2014.)
Bluebeard’s Daughter
(Originally published in SQ Magazine, Gerry Huntman (ed.), May 2015. Reprinted in The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015, Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene (eds.), April, 2017.)
Bearskin
(Originally published in The Dark, Sean Wallace (ed.), February 2015. Reprinted in A Feast Of Sorrows: Stories, Prime Books, 2016)
Rising, Not Dreaming
(Originally published in Innsmouth Free Press, February 2011. Translated into Russian in Darker Magazine, August 2015. Reprinted in Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth, Stephen Jones (ed.), Fedogan & Bremer, October 2013.)
By My Voice I Shall Be Known
(Originally appeared in The Dark, Issue 1, October 2013. Reprinted in The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Tartarus Press, 2014.)
Brisneyland by Night
(Originally appeared in Sprawl, Twelfth Planet Press, September 2010. Reprinted online at Lightspeed Magazine, August 2013.)