Category: short stories

Guest Post: Rabia Gale on fracturing fairy tales

I’m VERY excited to have Rabia Gale visiting today. Rabia’s a fantastic writer, and I’ve been lucky to know her as a friend and writing buddy for… um… well it’d be a few years now. Rabia, hon, how long have we been doing this? Anyway, to celebrate the release of her short story collections Shattered: …

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The inspiration for The Bone Chime Song

I’m hanging out with the lovely Sue Bursztynski over at her website The Great Raven, chatting about the inspiration for The Bone Chime Song. This is part of a series she’s running for Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear, and it’s fascinating to read about the different stories in the anthology and where they all came …

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In which I have a pretty awesome couple of days

So, yesterday I won the Australian Horror Writer’s Association short story competition. ‘Always a Price’ is a nasty little story about a nasty little cat. It’s an idea that’s been *ahem* clawing away at me for a little while, and I’m glad to see it do well. Congrats to the other winners and honourable mentions, …

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Some nice words about my words, which is nice

Here’s a bit of review linkage to warm up this cold Monday morning! Suited is released in the US this week, and the UK next week, but I believe ARCs are already floating around. Wait a minute. Let’s pause here, shall we, and give a quick OMFG Suited is almost out where did the time …

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Continuum and Octopuses and Costumes, Oh My!

or ‘what I’ve been doing for the past two weeks’ I know this is way late, but I have an excuse! Convention-flu. Let me take you back in time, before too much wine, not enough sleep, and an over-reliance on take away food turned me into the croaky, slouching creature you see before you. Back …

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