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: …
Category: short stories
Jul 02
The inspiration for The Bone Chime Song
- By Joanne
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 …
Jun 26
In which I have a pretty awesome couple of days
- By Joanne
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, …
Jun 25
Some nice words about my words, which is nice
- By Joanne
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 …
Jun 18
Continuum and Octopuses and Costumes, Oh My!
- By Joanne
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 …