Deborah Sheldon's Blog, page 18
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...
April 26, 2021
Part Four: Ginger Nuts of Horror "Behind the Scenes" of SPAWN anthology
What inspires horror stories?
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published the final instalment, "Part Four", of a Behind the Scenes series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly.
"Part Four" includes insightful and candid essays by contributors J.M. Merryt, H.K. Stubbs, Kaaron Warren, David Kuraria, and Renee De Visser.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
IFWG Publishing Australia will release the anthology worldwide on 3 May 2021.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published the final instalment, "Part Four", of a Behind the Scenes series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly.
"Part Four" includes insightful and candid essays by contributors J.M. Merryt, H.K. Stubbs, Kaaron Warren, David Kuraria, and Renee De Visser.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
IFWG Publishing Australia will release the anthology worldwide on 3 May 2021.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
April 19, 2021
Part Three: Ginger Nuts of Horror "Behind the Scenes" of SPAWN anthology
What inspires horror stories?
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published "Part Three" of a "Behind the Scenes" series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly.
"Part Three" includes insightful and candid essays by Janeen Webb, Charles Spiteri, Ash Tudor, Jason Fischer, Jack Dann, and Mark Towse.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
This anthology will be published by IFWG Australia on 3 May 2021.
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published "Part Three" of a "Behind the Scenes" series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly.
"Part Three" includes insightful and candid essays by Janeen Webb, Charles Spiteri, Ash Tudor, Jason Fischer, Jack Dann, and Mark Towse.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
This anthology will be published by IFWG Australia on 3 May 2021.
April 14, 2021
Part Two: Ginger Nuts of Horror "Behind the Scenes" of SPAWN anthology
What inspires horror stories?
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published "Part Two" of a "Behind the Scenes" series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly. This anthology will be published by IFWG Australia on 3 May.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
"Part Two" includes insightful and candid essays by Sean Williams, Paul Mannering, Samantha Murray, Robyn O’Sullivan, and Geraldine Borella.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published "Part Two" of a "Behind the Scenes" series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly. This anthology will be published by IFWG Australia on 3 May.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
"Part Two" includes insightful and candid essays by Sean Williams, Paul Mannering, Samantha Murray, Robyn O’Sullivan, and Geraldine Borella.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
April 6, 2021
Ginger Nuts of Horror "Behind the Scenes" of SPAWN anthology
What inspires horror stories?
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published "Part One" of a "Behind the Scenes" series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly. This anthology will be published by IFWG Australia on 3 May.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
"Part One" includes insightful and candid essays by editor Deborah Sheldon, Matt Tighe, Tracie McBride, Rebecca Fraser, and Antoinette Rydyr.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
Ginger Nuts of Horror has published "Part One" of a "Behind the Scenes" series for Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly. This anthology will be published by IFWG Australia on 3 May.
https://www.amazon.com/Spawn-Weird-Ho...
"Part One" includes insightful and candid essays by editor Deborah Sheldon, Matt Tighe, Tracie McBride, Rebecca Fraser, and Antoinette Rydyr.
https://gingernutsofhorror.com/featur...
March 31, 2021
Aurealis Award nomination
My short story "All the Stars in Her Eyes" has made the shortlist for the Aurealis "Best Science Fiction Short Story" Award!
https://aurealisawards.org/2021/03/31...
"All the Stars in Her Eyes" was first published in Andromeda Spaceways #80 (October 2020), and then selected by Red Room Press for their anthology Year's Best Hardcore Horror vol.6, due for release May 2021.
https://aurealisawards.org/2021/03/31...
"All the Stars in Her Eyes" was first published in Andromeda Spaceways #80 (October 2020), and then selected by Red Room Press for their anthology Year's Best Hardcore Horror vol.6, due for release May 2021.
