2020 has been a strange and difficult year, we all know that. But as we step into 2021 it’s important to remember that good things can happen in dark times, and one of those good things are stories! So here are a couple of short stories of mine that just snuck into 2020, being published right at the end of the year.

Hideous Armature came out at the end of November in Midnight Echo 15, published by the AHWA.

A story about body image and taxidermy, it’s dark and weird and very personal.

Read more about it in an interview I did with the editor, the amazing Lee Murray.

Midnight Echo 15 has an amazing TOC and can be found here.

And just making it into 2020, is the beautiful Unnatural Order published by the CSFG. Check it out here.

Edited by Alis Franklin and Lyss Wickramasinghe, Unnatural Order shines a light on the monstrous beings of myth and legend; framing the beast as the protagonist and seeking their humanity.

My contribution, New Things, is a story of robots and dragons, of purpose and identity.

And, I hope, it ends the year on a high note. Here’s to 2021.

My story ‘Human Error’ is out now in Issue 21 of Dimension6. It’s a great Aussie publication that has published some amazing stories over the years, and I’m super excited to be there. Sadly, Issue 21 will be the final issue. So I encourage you to check it out, and all the previous issues too. Also… it’s free!

Human Error
‘Used up and worn out. Machines and people. We’re all the same in the end.’

In very exciting news, ‘Wreck Diving‘ has won the 2019 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story! This is so cool, not only because it’s lovely to see a story get some love (particularly a story as close to my heart as this one) but also because look at that trophy!

The Awards were hosted over Zoom this year thanks to the ongoing pandemic, and while I missed the socialising and the seeing everyone in person, it was still so heartening to watch the Australian science fiction come together and support each other this way.

Congratulations to the organisers for doing an amazing job under such circumstances, and to all the winning and shortlisted authors!

You can read ‘Wreck Diving’ in Aurealis issue #123.

I’m so thrilled to share that my 2019 stories ‘Loose Stones’ and ‘Wreck Diving’ are both listed on the 2019 Aurealis Awards shortlist!

‘Loose Stones’ was published in Infinite Threads, the 2019 UTS Writers Anthology. It has been shortlisted for Best Horror Short Story AND Best Fantasy Short Story!

‘Wreck Diving’ was published in Aurealis #123 and has been shortlisted for Best Science Fiction Short Story.

The full list of finalists can be found here. It’s an absolute honour to be among them!