Welcome to my Publications page. Take your time, browse around. Enjoy!
Novels
Debris
Veiled Words, Book One
In a far future where technology is all but indistinguishable from magic, Tanyana is one of the elite. She can control pions, the building blocks of matter, shaping them into new forms using ritual gestures and techniques. The rewards are great, and she is one of most highly regarded people in the city. But that was before the “accident”. Stripped of her powers, bound inside a bizarre powersuit, she finds herself cast down to the very lowest level of society. Powerless, penniless and scarred, Tanyana must adjust to a new life collecting “debris”, the stuff left behind by pions. But as she tries to find who has done all of this to her, she also starts to realize that debris is more important than anyone could guess.
Published by Angry Robot Books.
UK/Rest of World
October 2011, 464pp paperback
£7.99
ISBN 978 0 85766 153 1
US/Canada
October 2011, 464pp mass-market paperback
$7.99 US, $8.99 CAN
ISBN 978 0 85766 154 8
eBook
October 2011
£4.49 / $5.99 ePub ISBN 978 0 85766 155 5
Read a couple of sample chapters here
Short fiction
Out Hunting For Teeth
Wype, part machine, part dead boy, hunts humans through the insides of a crippled starship, so he can extract their useful material, such as skeletons and neural networks. He usually ignores the whispers from his dead boy’s brain and listens to his programming instead, until he finds the body of a man hanged by his own people. What he discovers on the dead man’s networks will change everything. Published in Midnight Echo 6, November 2011.
From the Dry Heart to the Sea
When the drought finally breaks in a dry, far-future, the suddenly raging river brings more than water with it. Damla, the only female ferrymaster in Town, doesn’t trust the river or the changes it makes to the people around her. With ‘Ararat’, her trusty ferry, she must decide where she belongs, and what she is willing to sacrifice to survive the river’s deadly waves. Published in After the Rain by FableCroft Publishing, April 2011.
The Sea at Night
Joe is homeless, and every night he digs through the sand of Maroubra beach, looking for the life that was stolen from him. Then he meets Gideon, who offers him an alternative to his misery and loneliness, but only at a terrible price. Published Dead Red Heart by Ticonderoga Publications, April 2011.
Breathtaker
Published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue #44 in August 2010.
Graffiti
Matt thought scribbling a little graffiti would be harmless fun. But when he discovers the truth can he save his mate Jason from the ghosts he has awakened? A YA story published in Worlds Next Door, FableCroft Publishing in August 2010. Visit the accompanying website - containing free teaching materials, story downloads, podcasts, guest blogs and more.
A Little Courage
The real-life story of how my husband and I met, and came to realise what we meant to each other (no dragons or ghosts in this one!) Published in Out of the Frying Pan: Bittersweet Tales of Stumbling Into Adulthood by Finch Publishing in March 2010.
Little Ghost Boy
The little ghost boy, too frightened to join the other dead playing in the ocean, meets a little living girl… who just might be scarier than any of the dead. Published in Midnight Echo 3 in November 2009.
Albatross Ghosts
A lonely old man knows the truth about a world ravaged by ghosts. Published in Kaleidotrope #7, October 2009.
Shadow of Drought
For a small, drought ravaged community, salvation comes with a price. Published in Midnight Echo Issue 2 in June 2009, I will forever think of this as ‘The Creepy Statue Story’. This story was recommended for a 2009 Stoker award!
Dragon Bones
An outback emergency, a powerful secret, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service… with dragons! Published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #39, June 2009. Shortlisted for a 2009 Aurealis Award for ‘Best Young Adult Short Story’.
Trail of Dead has been reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror Vol 3! By Brimstone Press in 2009.
Death Masque
Henry is willing to risk everything to give his dead son a second chance at life. But does he really understand the cost? Published in the CSFG anthology, Masques, in March 2009.
Cold Beneath the Bougainvillea
Even dead cats need a bed to snuggle into on a cold night. Published in 2008 in the innovative Black Box.
Wordwitch
When a prison guard falls for one of his prisoners it changes not only him, but the rest of his world. July 2008 issue feature story at A Fly in Amber.
Dogs
In the walls of a plague-ravaged city, a secret, dark war is being raged. This story won the Conjure short story competition in 2006, and was published in Aurealis in 2007.
Demons and Gin
Can a drunk, ex-powerful sorcerer save the world from the reanimated corpse of a woman he failed to protect the first time? Published in 2007 in Niteblade.
Trail of Dead
Where would you go if you were cursed to raise the dead in your footsteps, and a driza-bone wearing, samurai sword wielding hunter was bent on getting rid of you? How about the Australian outback? Published in 2007 in ‘Zombies’ by Altair Australia.
When the Mountain Weeps
The mountain is a jealous mother. Eventually, her sons must return home. Published in 2007 in ‘Touched by Wonder’ by Meadowhawk Press.
Whale Fall
At the bottom of the ocean, whole societies depend on the body of a dead whale to survive. Who will they feast on, if all the whales are gone? Published in 2007 at Daikaijuzine.
Flightless
The girl and her dragon (or was that the other way around) return! What will happen to their relationship if the dragon is a dragon no more? Published in 2007 at Arcane Twilight.
Thread Embrace
Some outfits really like their owners, and aren’t happy when they’re murdered by a dress-obsessed serial killer. This strange story was published in 2007 at The Harrow.
Mirror Dirt
A good reason to keep your mirrors clean! This flash fiction story was published in 2007 in Flashspec Volume Two.
Darkened
A ‘dark soldier’ attempts to flee army life, and makes a friend who shows her there is hope in even the darkest of magics. Published in 2007 in the very first Staffs & Starships Magazine.
Threefold
In this story a witch does a Goddess’ dirty work to bring a supernatural nasty to justice. Published in 2007 at Bewildering Stories.
Swinging the World
A very, very short story inspired by spending my lunch break on a set of swings near work. Won Flash Me Magazine’s October 2006 ‘Lightning Flash Fiction’ competition.
Bond
A story about a girl and her dragon. Or maybe that’s a dragon and his girl? Published in 2006 by Deep Magic, a gorgeous magazine that is sadly no longer with us.
The Feast
A kind-of zombie story, and my first ever publication! Came 3rd in the Australian Horror Writers Association flash fiction competition in 2005 and was published in Shadowed Realms. Reprinted in Book of Shadows Volume One.
