Deborah Sheldon's Blog, page 20
December 8, 2020
Galactic Chat podcast interview
Galactic Chat is a Ditmar award-winning podcast of Australian Speculative Fiction author interviews.
In the latest episode hosted by Helen Stubbs, I talk about my writing and research methods, a few of my releases (including the crime novella, The Long Shot, and zombie novel Body Farm Z), as well as my TV scriptwriting days for Neighbours and Australia's Most Wanted.
https://galactichat.podbean.com/e/gal...
In the latest episode hosted by Helen Stubbs, I talk about my writing and research methods, a few of my releases (including the crime novella, The Long Shot, and zombie novel Body Farm Z), as well as my TV scriptwriting days for Neighbours and Australia's Most Wanted.
https://galactichat.podbean.com/e/gal...
November 26, 2020
Author interview for Midnight Echo 15
Midnight Echo, the annual magazine from the Australasian Horror Writers Association, was edited this year by Lee Murray and will be published on November 30. It includes my sci-fi/horror story "Carbon Copy Consumables".
"Midnight Echo 15 Showcase" features behind-the-scenes interviews with the contributors. Here's the link to my interview:
https://www.leemurray.info/post/midni...
The Kindle edition of Midnight Echo 15 is available to pre-order:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MWD9F1J
"Midnight Echo 15 Showcase" features behind-the-scenes interviews with the contributors. Here's the link to my interview:
https://www.leemurray.info/post/midni...
The Kindle edition of Midnight Echo 15 is available to pre-order:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MWD9F1J
November 18, 2020
New book contract with IFWG Publishing Australia
Wonderful news! I've just signed a contract with award-winning press, IFWG Publishing Australia, for a fiction collection, due for release in 2022.
My collection, to be called "Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories", will comprise stories previously published in magazines and anthologies, plus original work.
My existing collections with IFWG include the award-winning "Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories" and the award-nominated "Figments and Fragments: Dark Stories".
Here's a link to the press release by Gerry Huntman, IFWG managing director:
https://ifwgaustralia.com/2020/11/18/...
My collection, to be called "Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories", will comprise stories previously published in magazines and anthologies, plus original work.
My existing collections with IFWG include the award-winning "Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories" and the award-nominated "Figments and Fragments: Dark Stories".
Here's a link to the press release by Gerry Huntman, IFWG managing director:
https://ifwgaustralia.com/2020/11/18/...
November 14, 2020
Author interview with the Horror Tree
The Horror Tree is a resource for horror authors, offering information on open submissions plus articles on every aspect of the writing process, fiction, guest posts, blog tours, and more.
The Horror Tree has posted an interview with me about my crime novella, The Long Shot (Twelfth Planet Press). The premise: "Simone Parker visits her home town of Brownbeck after six long years away. When she witnesses a brutal bashing, police officer Mitchell Ross needs her testimony. Simone is keen to help until she discovers her estranged sister, Claire, might be involved."
https://horrortree.com/author-intervi...
The Horror Tree has posted an interview with me about my crime novella, The Long Shot (Twelfth Planet Press). The premise: "Simone Parker visits her home town of Brownbeck after six long years away. When she witnesses a brutal bashing, police officer Mitchell Ross needs her testimony. Simone is keen to help until she discovers her estranged sister, Claire, might be involved."
https://horrortree.com/author-intervi...
November 8, 2020
Midnight Echo 15 available for pre-order
The 15th issue of the Australasian Horror Writers Association's magazine, Midnight Echo, guest-edited by Lee Murray and featuring a horde of Australasian authors, is up for pre-order in e-book format on Amazon. The print version is forthcoming, with an expected publication date of November 30.
The issue includes my story, "Carbon Copy Consumables".
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MWD9F1J
The issue includes my story, "Carbon Copy Consumables".
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MWD9F1J
November 4, 2020
Aurealis magazine "Reviewers' Picks of 2020"
My novel, Body Farm Z (Severed Press), makes the cut in Aurealis magazine's "Reviewers' Picks 2020: Best Speculative Fiction Books".
Chris Foster writes: "A characterful zombie novel set in the Victorian outback, filled with Australiana and great action scenes. A diverse set of personalities, friendships and much detail to make you feel like you’re swatting the flies from your face under a scorching Aussie
sun. Deborah Sheldon has delivered a fast-paced read (and which includes a
kookaburra named Cookie)."
See the full list of reviewer's picks in Aurealis magazine #136.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Chris Foster writes: "A characterful zombie novel set in the Victorian outback, filled with Australiana and great action scenes. A diverse set of personalities, friendships and much detail to make you feel like you’re swatting the flies from your face under a scorching Aussie
sun. Deborah Sheldon has delivered a fast-paced read (and which includes a
kookaburra named Cookie)."
See the full list of reviewer's picks in Aurealis magazine #136.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
November 1, 2020
My poem airs on the AntipodeanSF Radio Show
The weekly AntipodeanSF Radio Show is hosted by the editor of the online magazine AntipodeanSF, Ion Newcombe, aka "Nuke".
Ion selects the best in speculative (science fiction, fantasy, horror) flash fiction for these shows, with stories often narrated by the authors themselves.
The latest episode, "Amphimacus", aired on November 1 and includes my sonnet, "The Sea Will Have", narrated by Marg Essex. "The Sea Will Have" was first published in AntipodeanSF issue #257 in February.
"Amphimacus" also includes work by JT Velikovsky, Geraldine Borella and George Nikolopoulos.
https://2nvr.org.au/show/antisf-radio...
Ion selects the best in speculative (science fiction, fantasy, horror) flash fiction for these shows, with stories often narrated by the authors themselves.
The latest episode, "Amphimacus", aired on November 1 and includes my sonnet, "The Sea Will Have", narrated by Marg Essex. "The Sea Will Have" was first published in AntipodeanSF issue #257 in February.
"Amphimacus" also includes work by JT Velikovsky, Geraldine Borella and George Nikolopoulos.
https://2nvr.org.au/show/antisf-radio...
October 29, 2020
Dimension6 Annual Collection 2020
Coeur De Lion Publishing has released the Dimension6 Annual Collection 2020, which includes my novelette "Barralang, pop. 63".
The premise of the phantasmagorical novelette: "Barralang is a place where hope comes to die."
The D6 2020 Collection includes original fiction by Tais Teng, Damir Salcovic, Ben Peek, Simon Petrie, Charlotte Platt, Dominic Teague, Joanne Anderton, Amber Hayward and J. Ashley-Smith.
Edited by Keith Stevenson, Dimension6 was Coeur De Lion's free and DRM-free electronic magazine of Australian speculative fiction. It was published three times a year in April, July and October. 2020 marks its last year of production.
https://coeurdelion.com.au/
The premise of the phantasmagorical novelette: "Barralang is a place where hope comes to die."
The D6 2020 Collection includes original fiction by Tais Teng, Damir Salcovic, Ben Peek, Simon Petrie, Charlotte Platt, Dominic Teague, Joanne Anderton, Amber Hayward and J. Ashley-Smith.
Edited by Keith Stevenson, Dimension6 was Coeur De Lion's free and DRM-free electronic magazine of Australian speculative fiction. It was published three times a year in April, July and October. 2020 marks its last year of production.
https://coeurdelion.com.au/
October 17, 2020
Ebook giveaway of Thylacines
The Horror Tree is giving away TEN ebook copies of my bio-horror novella, Thylacines (Severed Press), which was nominated for the Australian Shadows “Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction”. Entries close 30 October.
https://horrortree.com/our-october-20...
The back-cover blurb for Thylacines reads:
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was hunted to extinction some eighty years ago. Now, Professor Rosie Giuliani and her staff at The Resurrection Lab have done the impossible: created a living, breathing litter from a preserved specimen. Yet Rosie can’t share this scientific breakthrough with the world. The cloned animals are more like monsters than thylacines. By chance, a small band of activists hears about the caged litter, and their decision to free the tigers will unleash a deadly havoc upon the campus of Fraser University.
https://deborahsheldon.wordpress.com/...
https://horrortree.com/our-october-20...
The back-cover blurb for Thylacines reads:
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was hunted to extinction some eighty years ago. Now, Professor Rosie Giuliani and her staff at The Resurrection Lab have done the impossible: created a living, breathing litter from a preserved specimen. Yet Rosie can’t share this scientific breakthrough with the world. The cloned animals are more like monsters than thylacines. By chance, a small band of activists hears about the caged litter, and their decision to free the tigers will unleash a deadly havoc upon the campus of Fraser University.
https://deborahsheldon.wordpress.com/...
October 13, 2020
Andromeda Spaceways #80 - "All the Stars in Her Eyes"
My horror/sci-fi story, "All the Stars in Her Eyes", is out now in Andromeda Spaceways #80. The issue is available in mobi, ePub and PDF formats.
Dubbed "Australia's pulpiest SF magazine", Andromeda Spaceways (formerly ASIM) is a fantasy, horror and science fiction magazine published quarterly. The first issue came out in 2002.
https://andromedaspaceways.com/produc...
Dubbed "Australia's pulpiest SF magazine", Andromeda Spaceways (formerly ASIM) is a fantasy, horror and science fiction magazine published quarterly. The first issue came out in 2002.
https://andromedaspaceways.com/produc...
