Winter Rains and Same Boat in Twice Not Shy
Travel Derangements in Van Diemen Decameron
It's Later Than You Think in Outer Space, Inner Minds
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It's Later Than You Think appears in the Outer Space, Inner Minds anthology from Interactive Publications. |
My memoir about working in a science fiction and fantasy bookstore, Supernova Memories, appears in SF Commentary 104.
Mr Agoo in Not Keeping Mum
Ray in Archipelago Volume 02
Ray appears in the second annual Archipelago anthology from Seattle publisher Allegory Ridge. Ray, set on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, is about one man’s journey as south as he can go with two small children in tow.
Ray appears in the second annual Archipelago anthology from Seattle publisher Allegory Ridge. Ray, set on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, is about one man’s journey as south as he can go with two small children in tow.
The Ballard and Super Snipe in Once: A selection of short short stories
Two of my flash fiction stories, “Super Snipe” and “The Ballard”, appear in Once: A selection of short short stories from new WA outfit Night Parrot Press. “Super Snipe” is about a love triangle involving a vintage car and “The Ballard” is my love letter to the late, great J. G. Ballard.
Two of my flash fiction stories, “Super Snipe” and “The Ballard”, appear in Once: A selection of short short stories from new WA outfit Night Parrot Press. “Super Snipe” is about a love triangle involving a vintage car and “The Ballard” is my love letter to the late, great J. G. Ballard.
Wine in Digital Writers' Festival
Ever wondered what a lonely wine bottle thinks about once the wine has been imbibed? If so, you can explore the 'Room' as part of #DWF2018 and listen to six writers' tales on the secret lives of inanimate objects.
Ever wondered what a lonely wine bottle thinks about once the wine has been imbibed? If so, you can explore the 'Room' as part of #DWF2018 and listen to six writers' tales on the secret lives of inanimate objects.
Zap! in Stories of Perth
The Centre Cannot Hold in Award Winning Australian Writing 2018
The Centre Cannot Hold, which won the 2017 Joe O'Sullivan Writers' Prize, appears in Award Winning Australian Writing 2018.
Four stories in Just Off Message: a 20th year anthology
Four of my stories appear in Just off Message: a 20th year anthology from Interactive Publications. The stories are Epoch O'Lips:, Losing Her Zen, Killjoy and The Kennedys.
Frank in Award Winning Australian Writing 2016
Frank, which won the 2015 City of Rockingham Short Fiction Award, appears in Award Winning Australian Writing 2016.
Frank in Westerly: New Creative
Frank appears in Westerly's New Creative online issue.
Hard Travelin' in Writing the Dream
A non-fiction piece about my (torturous) pathway to publication, Hard Travelin, appears in Writing the Dream.
Enter Sandman, Exit Light in Tincture Journal #9
My 'Housos vs Raymond Carver' story Enter Sandman, Exit Light appears in Tincture Journal #9.
A Void in The Great Unknown
The third Tyler Bramble story, A Void, was shortlisted for the 2013 Carmel Bird Award and is published in The Great Unknown from Spineless Wonders alongside a host of talented writers like Mark O'Flynn, PM Newton and Deborah Biancotti.
The Last First in Alien Sky
My speculative fiction story The Last First features in the Alien Sky anthology from US indie publisher Another Sky Press. The Last First is a grisly little spaceship tale which harks back to the SF of Asimov and Clarke, but which inverts the optimism expressed in the works of those earlier writers.
Blue Swirls in Tincture Journal #1
The second Tyler Bramble story, Blue Swirls, was published in Tincture Journal in March 2013. Blue Swirls sees Tyler supposedly on holiday on the 'nightmare coast' coastal town of Kilgore, where he accidentally discovers a lead in a long-abandoned child sex case.
The Dying Rain in The Tobacco-Stained Sky
My post-apocalyptic detective story The Dying Rain appears in The Tobacco- Stained Sky anthology from US indie publisher Another Sky Press. The Tobacco-Stained Sky is a spin-off anthology from the universe depicted in Andrez Bergen's novel Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat. The Dying Rain is the first of my stories to feature down-at-heel Seeker, Tyler Bramble. Here he's sent to St Kilda to investigate the underworld dealings of the drug baron, Gabe Roshandro and his legion of Brazen-addled minions.
Discovering Philip K Dick in SF Commentary 83
My 40,000 word long article on the novels of Philip K Dick was published in 2012 in issue 83 of Bruce Gillespie's long-running SF fanzine SF Commentary. An extensive overview of the novels of this greatest of SF writers, it can be read freely here.
The Kennedys in Eclecticism Ezine #17
The Kennedys, which is set in the world of my novels Yellowcake Springs and Yellowcake Summer, was published in the final issue of Eclecticism Ezine. "The Kennedys" features Tim and Eleanor Kennedy and the town of Manjaring; here a would-be abductor comes between father and daughter, with violent consequences.
Yug's Memory in Eclecticism Ezine #16
My lighthearted time-travel story, Yug's Memory, featuring the oddly backward-sounding Yug Egdivlas, was published in issue 16 of Eclecticism E-zine. Poor old Yug is confused about a number of things, not least which way around jumper leads need to go on a car with a flat battery.
Manitee and The Remembery in Dark Edifice #1
Two of my speculative fiction stories, Manitee and The Remembery, were published in the first issue of Dark Edifice. Manitee is the oldest of my published stories; it's a dreamlike speculative fiction tale. The Remembery is newer and features an artificial intelligence struggling to make meaning of the corrupted 'rememberies' it finds around it. The Remembery was awarded a Commended Certificate in the KSP Speculative Fiction competition in 2010.
Vanish in Kurungabaa, Vol. 3 No 2
My speculative fiction story Vanish was published in surfing magazine Kurungabaa in 2011. This is a weird story about a disappearing civilisation and it takes place in WA's suburban frontier in the early 2000s.
The Ballard in Fiction on Demand
My flash fiction piece, The Ballard, won Dan Simpson's 'Book Love' competition and was published on his website in 2010. It can be read freely here.
