Deborah Sheldon's Blog, page 17
July 18, 2021
OUT NOW: Trembling With Fear 4
Published by the Horror Tree. From the editors: "Each story falls within the realm of speculative fiction. While many are darker works, we include the full range from horror to science fiction to fantasy and beyond."
Trembling With Fear 4 includes my drabble, "Mourning Coffee".
You can purchase the anthology here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097X7S7T7
Trembling With Fear 4 includes my drabble, "Mourning Coffee".
You can purchase the anthology here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097X7S7T7
July 16, 2021
AHWA Mentorship Program 2021
The Australasian Horror Writers Association runs a Mentorship Program every year. The program matches novices with established writers for three months of intense one-on-one guidance and advice. I’ve been an AHWA mentor since the program’s inception, and will be participating again this year.
The 2021 AHWA Mentorship Program submission window is open until midnight on Friday 31 July.
https://australasianhorror.com/mentor...
Applications are available on the AHWA website. This year's mentors in prose, poetry and screenwriting include Shayne Armstrong, Eugen M. Bacon, Silvia Cantón Rodoni, Geneve Flynn Paul Mannering, Dan Rabarts, Kaaron Warren, and me.
The 2021 AHWA Mentorship Program submission window is open until midnight on Friday 31 July.
https://australasianhorror.com/mentor...
Applications are available on the AHWA website. This year's mentors in prose, poetry and screenwriting include Shayne Armstrong, Eugen M. Bacon, Silvia Cantón Rodoni, Geneve Flynn Paul Mannering, Dan Rabarts, Kaaron Warren, and me.
July 14, 2021
Author interview with The Write Start
The Write Start is a new blog that interviews authors, shares release news, and aims to bring together authors and readers. It's run by S.C. Cornett, who wants to support the writing community.
In my interview, I chat about my current releases and upcoming titles, plus the challenges of being a writer with a physical disability.
https://www.thewritestart.net/author-...
In my interview, I chat about my current releases and upcoming titles, plus the challenges of being a writer with a physical disability.
https://www.thewritestart.net/author-...
July 8, 2021
New book contract with Severed Press
Great news! I've signed with Severed Press to publish my action-oriented creature-feature novella, which is set in Outback Australia, 1913. Publication should be sometime around October.
This will be my fourth title with Severed Press. The others include my novels Devil Dragon (2016) and Body Farm Z (2019), and the novella Thylacines (2018), all of which were award-nominated.
Severed Press is a leading independent publisher of horror and science fiction, publishing trade paperbacks and ebooks. Their titles are a regular feature in the top 100 horror and Sci-Fi best seller lists.
http://www.severedpress.com/
This will be my fourth title with Severed Press. The others include my novels Devil Dragon (2016) and Body Farm Z (2019), and the novella Thylacines (2018), all of which were award-nominated.
Severed Press is a leading independent publisher of horror and science fiction, publishing trade paperbacks and ebooks. Their titles are a regular feature in the top 100 horror and Sci-Fi best seller lists.
http://www.severedpress.com/
July 6, 2021
Author interview for Pulp Modern
Pulp Modern, established in 2011, is the original multi-genre independent fiction digest.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Pulp Modern is featuring interviews with some of its authors. Here's mine.
http://www.pulpmodern.net/authors/deb...
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Pulp Modern is featuring interviews with some of its authors. Here's mine.
http://www.pulpmodern.net/authors/deb...
June 24, 2021
Night's End Podcast - "What the Sea Wants"
The Night's End is a short story podcast. With a focus on dark speculative fiction, it hopes to leave you wishing for the night's end before each story is through.
My horror story, "What the Sea Wants", is performed by the Night's End Podcast. Please note this story contains themes of a sexual nature and might not be suitable for all listeners.
https://www.nightsendpodcast.com/podc...
My horror story, "What the Sea Wants", is performed by the Night's End Podcast. Please note this story contains themes of a sexual nature and might not be suitable for all listeners.
https://www.nightsendpodcast.com/podc...
May 21, 2021
Year's Best Hardcore Horror #6 is OUT NOW
The Year's Best Horror anthology series, published by Red Room Press, showcases the extreme, harder side of horror, featuring stories that break boundaries and trash taboos.
Year's Best Hardcore Horror #6 out now in print, ebook and audiobook formats. It includes my story “All the Stars in Her Eyes”, which is currently shortlisted for an Aurealis Award.
https://www.amazon.com/Years-Best-Har...
Year's Best Hardcore Horror #6 out now in print, ebook and audiobook formats. It includes my story “All the Stars in Her Eyes”, which is currently shortlisted for an Aurealis Award.
https://www.amazon.com/Years-Best-Har...
May 19, 2021
Australian Shadows Award nomination!
My novelette, Barralang, pop. 63, has been shortlisted for the Australian Shadows "Long Fiction" Award. So exciting!
https://sinisterreads.wordpress.com/2...
Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees. The Australasian Horror Writers Association will announce the winners on Friday June 11th via online ceremony.
Barralang, pop. 63 was first published in Dimension6 #19 by Coeur de Lion Publishing.
https://coeurdelion.com.au/dimension6/
https://sinisterreads.wordpress.com/2...
Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees. The Australasian Horror Writers Association will announce the winners on Friday June 11th via online ceremony.
Barralang, pop. 63 was first published in Dimension6 #19 by Coeur de Lion Publishing.
https://coeurdelion.com.au/dimension6/
May 15, 2021
Aurealis Magazine review of SPAWN
Aurealis Magazine #140 includes a great review of my anthology Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy Birth and Babies.
In part, Tamantha Smith writes, “Who knew that a great conglomerate of dark minds and their equally dark thoughts lay in wait in obscure corners of Australia? […] Deborah Sheldon, as the editor of this brooding collection of short stories, has searched across Australia to fill a book with disturbing visions of parenthood…”
You can purchase the issue here:
https://www.smashwords.com/cart/revie...
The anthology is available from brick-and-mortar bookshops plus online retailers including Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
In part, Tamantha Smith writes, “Who knew that a great conglomerate of dark minds and their equally dark thoughts lay in wait in obscure corners of Australia? […] Deborah Sheldon, as the editor of this brooding collection of short stories, has searched across Australia to fill a book with disturbing visions of parenthood…”
You can purchase the issue here:
https://www.smashwords.com/cart/revie...
The anthology is available from brick-and-mortar bookshops plus online retailers including Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
May 5, 2021
SPAWN anthology is OUT NOW!
My anthology,Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, is out now through IFWG Publishing Australia.
The back-cover blurb reads: A selection of the darkest Australian fiction.
SPAWN: WEIRD HORROR TALES ABOUT PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BABIES taps into anxieties, painful memories and nightmares. Here, your worst fears come true.
Penned by established authors and fresh new voices, these stories range from the gothic and phantasmagorical, through the demonic and supernatural, to the dystopian and sci-fi.
Prepare for a visceral, frightening read.
Available from brick-and-mortar bookshops in Australasia, North America, UK, Europe (plus other places), and also from various online bookstores including Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
The back-cover blurb reads: A selection of the darkest Australian fiction.
SPAWN: WEIRD HORROR TALES ABOUT PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BABIES taps into anxieties, painful memories and nightmares. Here, your worst fears come true.
Penned by established authors and fresh new voices, these stories range from the gothic and phantasmagorical, through the demonic and supernatural, to the dystopian and sci-fi.
Prepare for a visceral, frightening read.
Available from brick-and-mortar bookshops in Australasia, North America, UK, Europe (plus other places), and also from various online bookstores including Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
