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Black-Winged Angels, Sourdough, and The Girl With No Hands are available now. Find where you can buy them.
And now featured in the upcoming Stephen Jones anthology: A Book of Horrors.
Tag Archives: Kirstyn McDermott
Tuesday Therapy on, err, Wednesday
Forgive me. In my defence I was somewhat distracted by sleepless haikus.
Lisa Hannett givesAdvice on the obsessiveFrom La K McD.
See what I did there? Sorry, tired again.
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If you only listen to one Writer & Critic this year …
… make it this one – Kirstyn and Ian talk about Lisa Hannett’s Bluegrass Symphony and Robert Shearman’s Everyone’s Just So So Special.
If you are in Adelaide …
… then you need to go to the launch of Lisa L. Hannett‘s debut collection, Bluegrass Symphony. Ze details:
When: Friday, August 19 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Where: SA Writers Centre, 2nd Floor, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia
RSVP: lisa.hannett@gmail.com by 12th August 2011
Blurbery: “Lisa L Hannett’s
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Again with the remiss
Where is my head at? Again with the missing of things.
Go to Read Horror and bathe in the dark glory that is Kirstyn McDermott.
What first attracted you to horror writing??
I’ve always been a voracious reader and the kinds of stories
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Tagged Kirstyn McDermott, madigan mine, read horror
Shiny, shiny awards suitable for hand to hand combat
Brain (Lisa L Hannett) and I arrived in Sydney on Friday and promptly indulged in our major vice: ordering room service. We talked until late, then woke up to more room service (What??)
Then we went for a walk on Saturday morning and wandered through the Pitt St mall
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Tagged fantastic queensland, Helen Merrick, Jodi Cleghorn, Jonathan Strahan and Marianne S Jablon, Justin Randall, K.J. Bishop, Karen Healey, Kirstyn McDermott, Lian Tanner, liz grzyb, margo lanagan, marianne de pierres, richard harland, russell b farr, Sonya Hartnett (writer) & Lucia Masciullo (illustrator), SpecFaction NSW, talie helene, tansy rayner roberts, Thoraiya Dyer, ticonderoga publications
Swancon Booty
Behold, the reasons why my luggage was so damned heavy on the way back from Perth … in addition to the books in the con showbag … and there may have been some clothing purchased too (shhhhhhh!).
Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts. I mentioned this before in
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Tagged Alan Baxter, amanda pillar, Damon Cavalchini, ellen datlow, Felicity Dowker, haunted legends, Helen Merrick, jason nahrung, justina robson, Kirstyn McDermott, Lisa L Hannett, liz grzyb, magic dirt, nicole murphy, Scary Kisses Two, sean williams, tansy rayner roberts, Teeth, The Beastly Bride, The Secret Feminist Cabal: A cultural history of sf feminisms, the twelve planets, ticonderoga publications, Women of Other Worlds: Excursions through science fiction and feminism
The Gilgamesh Drive-by: Amanda Pillar
Amanda Pillar is one of those talented combo-folk: both writer and editor. Her short stories have been published in anthologies such at More Scary Kisses (‘Philomena and the Blond God’) and Dead Red Heart (‘Out of the Grave’). She is also Editor-in-Chief for Morrigan Books, which has produced
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Swancon – Part Deux (or Stop Nagging Me, McDermott)
Part Two
On Friday morning we finally made it to the con proper (as opposed to simply being located in the same city and a bit around the block from it), we schlepped to the Hyatt and registered. There’s always a lovely sensation when you walk into a con hotel and see faces you don’t usually see except for a few
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Tagged Alisa Krasnostein, dirk flinthart, Ditmars and the Tin Ducks, ellen datlow, Helen Merrick, jason nahrung, Justin Ackroyd, justina robson, kaaron warren, kate eltham, Kirstyn McDermott, Paul Haines, peter m ball, richard harland, robert hoge, Robert Hood, sean williams, Stephen Dedman, swancon 2011, Tansy Rayner Roberts’ Love and Romanpunk, TPP’s Twelve Planets
Australian Shadows Awards 2011
The 2011 Australian Shadows Awards winners have been announced and I’m extremely happy to say that the Duchess of Darkness, Kirstyn McDermott, has won the short fiction category for her story ‘She Said’.
Bob Franklin took out the long fiction category for Under Stones, his debut collection and Macabre was the edited publication winner for Angela Challis and Marty Young.
Ze official announcement
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Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #22
How could I forget this? My story, Lavender and Lychgates, from the Sourdough and Other Stories collection has been selected for the latest Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.
#22, no less – longevity much?
The editor is legendary Stephen Jones, and a ToC buddy is the awesome Robert Shearman
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