Tag: short stories

Dec 05

Another short story in a big wide world

Today I learned Death Masque has been accepted into the CSFG‘s Masques anthology! Horray! My thanks go out to Gillian for her fantastic editorial feedback. And I couldn’t do any of this without dearest Rabia, the best critique-buddy a writer could hope for.

Nov 23

Reality is harder than fiction

At least I find it harder to write. Why is that? I have recently written a short auto-biographical piece, and in the process discovered just how much I prefer to write about imaginary characters. So I started wondering what the difference could be. I don’t think it’s as simple as ‘imaginary characters do what you …

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Sep 08

Black Box!

My contributor’s copy of Black Box arrived today! Oh, it is so pretty. And that’s just the outside. The e-anthology is amazing, so slick and professional. But that’s hardly surprising coming from Brimstone Press. So if you’re in the mood for dark flash-fiction, artwork, and music I can only say grab it! It’s for a …

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Jul 21

And we’re back!

The husband and I have just spent most of the past week at my parents’ place, a lovely property about 45mins outside of Tamworth in NSW. I have pictures – some of them involve fire! – and will update soon but at the moment my traditional ‘returning to the horrible dirty crowded city’ let-down has …

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Jul 10

A little short story in a big wide world

Wordwitch has sold to A Fly in Amber, and will be the feature story for their July issue. This story had a rough start to life, so I’m really pleased to see it taking steps into the big wide world out there. Wish it luck, and I’ll let you know when it comes online!