Deborah Sheldon's Blog, page 22

Hand To Mouth out now in paperback

Demain Publishing UK releases my sci-fi/horror novelette, Hand To Mouth, in paperback.

The back-cover blurb reads:
“When the truth doesn’t satisfy, people make up stories.”
An imprisoned man writes letters to his son, trying to explain the bizarre circumstances that led to his incarceration. But can his son believe him? Award-winning author Deborah Sheldon keeps you guessing with this novelette of secrets, lies, conspiracies and paranoia.

https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Sho...

SPAWN interview with Ginger Nuts of Horror

UK-based Ginger Nuts of Horror is the largest independent horror review and news website in Europe, with viewing figures in excess of 100,000 a month. GNOH has posted an interview with myself (editor) and Gerry Huntman (publisher) of the anthology Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, which is open to submissions from Australian authors until 31 August.

https://gingernutsofhorror.com/interv...

Two 2019 Australian Shadows Award nominations!

The finalists for the 2019 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. Wonderful news! My work has been nominated in two categories!

Figments and Fragments: Dark Stories (IFWG Publishing Australia) in “Best Collected Work”, and Midnight Echo #14 (Australasian Horror Writers Association) in “Best Edited Work”.

Congratulations to all the nominees and publishers. I wish everyone the best of luck.

Here's the full list of nominations:
https://australasianhorror.com/austra...

AHWA Mentorship Program 2020

From the Australasian Horror Writers Association:

The AHWA Mentorship Program submission window opens TODAY (22 May)! This year's mentor program is almost ready to go! From 22 May - 12 June, applications will be available on the AHWA website, where you can also check out this year's mentors in prose and screenwriting: Alan Baxter, Heidi Lee Douglas, Paul Mannering, Megan Riakos, Deborah Sheldon, and Kaaron Warren. Get your writing samples ready!

https://australasianhorror.com/mentor...

Cover reveal: The Long Shot

Twelfth Planet Press is publishing my crime-suspense novella, The Long Shot, later in 2020.

Here's a sneak peek at the wonderful cover designed by Cathy Larsen:

https://www.facebook.com/TwelfthPlane...

Submissions now open for my horror anthology SPAWN

From the IFWG Publishing Australia website:

"To be edited by award-winning author Deborah Sheldon, Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies will comprise stories from Australian writers obtained via commission and open callout. The commissioned writers are the multi-award-winning and bestselling authors Isobelle Carmody, Jack Dann, Kaaron Warren and Sean Williams..."

On-spec submissions are now open.

Read the full submission guidelines here:
https://ifwgaustralia.com/2020/04/30/...

Cover reveal of Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies

IFWG Publishing Australia has released the cover for my upcoming anthology, Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies.

The anthology will comprise stories from Australian writers obtained via commission and open callout. The commissioned writers are the multi-award-winning and bestselling authors Isobelle Carmody, Jack Dann, Kaaron Warren and Sean Williams.

Submissions will open very soon!

https://www.facebook.com/IfwgAustrali...

The Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer reviews Body Farm Z

The UK-based Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer blog has given my horror novel Body Farm Z (Severed Press) a terrific write-up!

In part, the review states, "Perfectly paced, intensely atmospheric, gory in all the right places and with just the right level of blood splatter, and with a real heart that speaks to the amount of time, skill and passion that Sheldon poured into it, Body Farm Z is what the zombie apocalypse genre should aim for..."

https://scifiandfantasyreviewer.com/2...

For more information about Body Farm Z:
https://deborahsheldon.wordpress.com/...

Ebook giveaway of Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories

The Horror Tree is giving away TEN ebook copies of my collection Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories – winner of the Australian Shadows Award “Best Collected Work”, nominated for an Aurealis Award, long-listed for a Bram Stoker Award. This giveaway will run until April 29th.

https://horrortree.com/giveaway-digit...

The back-cover blurb of Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories reads:
A collection of twenty-one dark fantasy and horror stories. Mysterious. Creepy. Disturbing. A funeral director, who steals body parts for cash, takes delivery of an unusual corpse. The crew of a nineteenth-century fishing boat encounters an unknown but irresistible danger. A dog-sledder on a secret mission in Antarctica fights for his life against the monsters that have fuelled his every nightmare since the Vietnam war. And much more…

https://deborahsheldon.wordpress.com/...

Storgy Magazine reviews Hand To Mouth

Storgy Magazine gives my horror/sci-fi novelette Hand To Mouth (Demain Publishing) a great review. Emily Harrison writes “Sheldon had me from the get-go…Hand To Mouth is engrossing…”

https://storgy.com/2020/04/04/hand-to...

The back-cover blurb of Hand To Mouth:
“When the truth doesn’t satisfy, people make up stories.”
An imprisoned man writes letters to his son, trying to explain the bizarre circumstances that led to his incarceration. But can his son believe him? Award-winning author Deborah Sheldon keeps you guessing with this novelette of secrets, lies, conspiracies and paranoia.

https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Sho...