Monthly Archives: February 2015
Some Perspective for Awards Season
Look at all of the books, so many many books.
Just a little note for some perspective during awards season.
While I’m utterly delighted and very humbled to be nominated for
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Aurealis Awards Shortlists are GO!
The shortlists for the Aurealis Awards are out and there are some wonderful works nominated.
I’m truly grateful and humble to have six noms this year.
“St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls” and “The Badger Bride” are up for Best Fantasy Short Story along with
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In the mail: Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013
Another beautiful volume in the Australian Best Of series from Ticonderoga Publications, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene. 
The Monstrous
The new anthology from Ellen Datlow is The Monstrous, out from Tachyon Publications in October.
The cover by Reiko Murakami is amazing.
Pre-order here.
Graced: Amanda Pillar
One of my favourite peeps, writer and editor (as well as archaeologist, coz over-achiever) Amanda Pillar has her debut novel out this week from Momentum. Graced can be purchased here. Amanda kindly took the time to answers
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The Best Horror of the Year Volume 7
The delightful Ellen Datlow has released the ToC for The Best Horror of the Year Volume 7, and I’m stoked to have a story in it. In fact, it’s a record year for new faces: Rio Youers, Keris McDonald, Rhoads
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Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
The lovely Paula Guran has another fantastic reprint anthology coming out in May, Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (published by Prime Books) and available for pre-order here.
The ToC is great, including Margo Lanagan, Elizabeth Bear,
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The Bitterwood Posts: The Burnt Moon
In “The Burnt Moon” I wanted show a bit of the history of the ex-Abbot Adelbert (when he was still Abbot of St-Simeon-in-the-Grove) and of Larcwide the Librarian. I wanted to give readers more information about Gytha and her mother
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Reminder the Second: QWC Short Story Clinic
April is creeping towards us, so this is just a reminder that I’m running a Short Story Clinic for Queensland Writers Centre this year. Got a friend or family member with writing dreams and a birthday coming up? Or just writing dreams?
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She Walks in Shadows, full ToC
Amazing cover art by Sara Diesel
And the full ToC for She Walks in Shadows is below – excellent company I am in, yes.
“Bitter Perfume” Laura Blackwell
“Violet is the Color of Your Energy” Nadia
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