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10 Questions with Wren Handman

Wren Handman is a novelist and screenwriter from Vancouver, Canada. She writes a wide range of stories, from science fiction (Wire Wings) to YA contemporary paranormal (In Restless Dreams). All of her stories are connected by one thing: the magical blended with the everyday…probably because she secretly wishes magic was real. She's a firm believer in showing diversity in every project she takes on, and because she's pansexual she particularly loves writing strong queer characters just living the...

Midnight Echo 15 shortlisted in the Australian Shadow Awards

I'm thrilled to announce that Midnight Echo 15, annual magazine of the Australian Horror Writers' Association, has been shortlisted in the 2020 Australian Shadow Awards! Edited by Lee Murray, this collection of dark shories and poems was an absolute delight to read—and I'm stoked that it included my dark fantasy story The Dead May Dance among them. Congratulations to my fellow contributors (listed below).

"The Bone Fairy" by Martin Livings

"The Reaping" by Jay Caselberg

"Carbon Copy Consumables"...

10 Questions with Jae Waller

Jae Waller was born and raised in a lumber town in northern British Columbia, Canada. She was involved in local punk music and didn’t plan to attend university. Inexplicably, she now has a BFA in creative writing and fine art from UNBC and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

She also studied Japanese and French, and briefly attended UBC to study linguistics. Her life goal is to be quintilingual. Most interesting past job: streetside florist with a charity for homeless citizens in Vancouver.

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10 Questions with Nikki Moyes

Nikki Moyes writes YA fiction and her first book, If I Wake was published in 2016. She was born in Victoria and has moved around Australia amassing an eclectic range of occupations including tallship watch leader, apiarist, rose farm hand, and sandwich artist. In her spare time she learns tissu, static trapeze, and aerial hoop (she couldn't decide on one) in case she needs to run off and join the circus.

Nikki and her brother have also created a series of ‘blank books’ under the pen name Gimmick...