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Kirstyn McDermott

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Newcastle, Australia

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http://www.kirstynmcdermott.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

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July 2010

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Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian author of two award-winning novels, Madigan Mine and Perfections, as well as a collection of short fiction, Caution: Contains Small Parts. Until recently, she produced and co-hosted a literary discussion podcast, The Writer and the Critic, and is currently undertaking a creative PhD at Federation University with a research focus on retold fairy tales.

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Midnight Echo 20: “It Will Only Hurt If I want It To”

Cover of Midnight Echo 20, artwork created by David Schembri. The image depicts the head and shoulders of a young woman with her features slowly rotting, possibly in the throes of a hideous disease. She is staring up at the sky as though salvation may yet come.

In delightful news, I have a short story about to be published in Midnight Echo 20, the magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA), edited by Marty Young.

“It Will Only Hurt If I want It To” is an odd and icky little body-horror (of a kind) that has been knocking around in my head for a handful of years. I didn’t have the full story worked out, merely an idea and a character

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	Triquetra 3.88 avg rating — 768 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madigan Mine 3.85 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caution: Contains Small Parts by Kirstyn McDermott (Goodreads Author), Kij Johnson (Introduction) 4.43 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfections 4.26 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burnt Sugar (Never Afters #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Wife (Never Afters #2) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winterbloom (Never Afters #6) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You are mine 2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Hard Places 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kirstyn McDermott wrote a new blog post Midnight Echo 20: “It Will Only Hurt If I want It To” In delightful news, I have a short story about to be published in Midnight Echo 20, the magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA Read more of this blog post »
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“Though I’ve heard it said that these lands where we make our home were prosperous before he took governance of them, that it has been his taxes and sporadic, unannounced levies that have brought poverty among its people and made them fear what each new season might bring”
― Kirstyn McDermott, Triquetra

tags: fable, greed

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