Category Archives: My Writing

New: Dead Souls

Dead Souls: An Anthology of Darkness and Mayhem (edited by Mark S. Deniz and published by Morrigan Books) was officially launched at Fantasy Con in Nottingham, England on 19 September 2009. To quote the website: Before God created light, there … Continue reading

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The Backbrain wins a Ditmar Award

For those that don’t know, the Ditmar Awards are the Australian equivalent of the US Hugo Awards — awards voted for by members of the previous and current (Australian) National SF Convention from a shortlist of nominations received via the … Continue reading

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Review of Creeping in Reptile Flesh

My short story collection, Creeping in Reptile Flesh (published by Altair Australia, 2008) has just been reviewed very positively — and dare I say insightfully — by Keith Stevenson for Aurealis #43. Here is the review: In the Collection shortlist … Continue reading

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Ditmar Awards Nomination List

The 2009 Ditmar Awards shortlist of nominated works for fiction, non-fiction, artwork and achievements during 2008 has just been released. Undead Backbrain has fared well in the nomination stakes (see titles highlighted in red), in a field that is very … Continue reading

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Exotic Gothic 2 and Shirley Jackson

The excellent new Gothic anthology Exotic Gothic 2, in which my story “Kulpunya” appears, has just been announced as a finalist in the Shirley Jackson Awards anthology category.  These Awards salute original works for their “outstanding achievement in the literature … Continue reading

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Poddying the Blob

A gross, slime-dripping blob from another dimension who wants nothing more than to achieve stardom as a Shakespearean actor! An overweight, insecure loser who might be the key to the amorphous creature’s diabolical plan! All he has to do is … Continue reading

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Creeping to the Top

Much to my own self-satisfaction, the good folk over at Not If You Were the Last Short Story in the World have included my novella “Creeping in Reptile Flesh” (the lead story in the recent collection of the same name, … Continue reading

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New Publication: Scary Food

A zombie grabbed at him from behind the breakfast cereals. He actually smelt it before he saw it – a nasty mix of rotting meat, rancid blood and something else, something deep and sorrowful. He ducked away, thinking that maybe … Continue reading

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New Publication: Creeping in Reptile Flesh

Creeping in Reptile Flesh is a new collection of stories, gathered around a loose (a very loose) theme that is dictated by the title story — a 20,000 word novella that can be described this way (to quote from the … Continue reading

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New Publication: Black Issue 2

The latest — and second — issue of the magazine BLACK: Australian Dark Culture is about to be released, and it’s a superb one. Apart from the regular columnists, the issue includes a chthonian cornucopia of articles on new dark … Continue reading

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