I’m absolutely delighted to have a story in the new anthology, Strange Tales: Tartarus Press at 30!
The ToC:
Rebecca Lloyd, Mark Valentine, Andrew Michael Hurley, N.A. Sulway, Stephen Volk, Inna Effress, Ibrahim R. Ineke, Eric Stener Carlson, Jonathan Preece, Tom Heaton,
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So, the editing course I wrote for the Australian Writers’ Centre is now live – on sale until 6 Sept 2020.
It’s self-directed (does what it says on the can), so you can start at any time and you’ve got twelve (12) months
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Photo by Trudi Canavan
What do readers need to know about you?
I’m a Melbourne novelist though I spent 7 years living in Denmark which turned me into a rampant democratic socialist. I love prose that’s light and rich and rollicking. I have
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Art by Kathleen Jennings
We’ve all been there, had those moments when even cleaning the toilet seems better than writing. Some days the words are not interested in you at all and you reciprocate in kind. However, you’ve got to finish this piece
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So this happened.
I’ve got a new collection of microfictions out today from Brain Jar Press.
Now, if you have queries about availability, etc, please direct them to the publisher, Brain Jar Press – coz I will just tell you
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I’m absolutely delighted to have a story on the Norma shortlist for 2020! The Norma K. Hemming Award, which is designed to recognise excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class or disability in a published speculative fiction work.
And I’m absolutely
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1. What do new readers need to know about J. Ashley-Smith?
I’m a British–Australian writer of dark – often speculative – fiction.
I’m not in any way nationalistic or even particularly patriotic, either to my new or my old home
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Art by Kathleen Jennings
And by “stuff” I mean a career as a writer.
To start off, remember this: it’s unlikely that the first thing you write – be it short story or novel or article – will be the first thing you publish.
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1. What do new readers need to know about Damien Angelica Walters?
She is the author of The Dead Girls Club, Cry Your Way Home, Sing Me Your Scars, and Paper Tigers, which is no longer in print, although I think there are
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What do new readers need to know about Eugen Bacon?
My writing is a curiosity, unconstrained by form or genre. I take on aspects of my characters, immerse myself into their worlds. The writing is a search, a coming through. It
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