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My drabble "Sealskin" published by the Horror Tree

Trembling With Fear is the weekly fiction section published by the Horror Tree. This week's selection includes my 100-word drabble "Sealskin".

The TWF fiction is free to read here:
https://horrortree.com/trembling-with...

AHWA Mentorship Program 2021 is off and running

The Mentorship Program organised annually by the Australasian Horror Writers Association is off and running in 2021. For 12 weeks, I will be helping J.M. Merryt to develop her fantasy-horror novel.

Here is this year's list of mentees and their mentors:
https://australasianhorror.com/mentor...

OUT NOW: my crime novelette GARLAND COVE

New from Demain Publishing and #6 in their Murder-Mystery-Mayhem series, my crime novelette Garland Cove is out now.

https://www.amazon.com/Garland-Cove-M...

Shane Croft, part-time crim, moved with his wife from Melbourne to the coastal town of Garland Cove to make a fresh start. Instead, he became the reluctant informant of corrupt detectives, Terry Patterson and Michaela Green. Shane's one chance: gather evidence against them for a covert investigation in return for immunity from prosecution. However, suspecting they are under scrutiny, Patterson and Green decide to stage a fake robbery. Patterson plans to arrest the robber in the middle of a bank job, believing that positive media attention will derail the corruption investigation. Shane must set up the job. Despite his perfect planning, the bank job goes horribly wrong. Now Shane is persona non grata to the good guys and the corrupt coppers are hell-bent on killing him...

Preorders available for crime novelette GARLAND COVE

My crime novelette Garland Cove (Demain Publishing) is available for preorders.

Shane Croft is a small-time crim forced into working for corrupt detectives. Meanwhile, the detectives realise they are under scrutiny, and tell Shane to arrange a bank robbery where the robber has a replica gun. The detectives will save the day and therefore derail the corruption investigation. Since every player is lying, mayhem ensues...

https://www.amazon.com/Garland-Cove-M...

Crime novelette GARLAND COVE - interview on Kendall Reviews

Kendall Reviews posts an interview with me about my upcoming crime novelette, Garland Cove. Demain Publishing will release the novelette on August 21.

From the interview: “Shane Croft…the protagonist…is a small-time crim forced into working for corrupt detectives. Meanwhile, the detectives realise they are under scrutiny, and tell Shane to arrange a bank robbery where the robber has a replica gun. The detectives will save the day…and therefore derail the corruption investigation. Naturally, since every player is lying, shenanigans ensue."

http://kendallreviews.com/demain-publ...

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

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.

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-...

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/

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...