Deborah Sheldon's Blog, page 24

Horror Tree review of Hand to Mouth

A fabulous five-star review of my novelette, Hand to Mouth (Demain Publishing), from the Horror Tree. In part, Alyson Faye writes, “This is a clever, layered, sophisticated take on marriage, the impact of major life changing injury and how the solution becomes the problem with horrific consequences. Highly recommended for a fast slick read.”

https://horrortree.com/epeolatry-book...

The back-cover blurb of Hand to Mouth 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...

Cover reveal: Year's Best Hardcore Horror #5

Red Room Press has revealed the cover of Year's Best Hardcore Horror #5, to be released later in 2020. The anthology includes my story "The Tea and Sugar Train", first published in Dimension6.

https://www.facebook.com/RedRoomPress...

The editors, Randy Chandler and Cheryl Mullenax, say of my contribution, "From Melbourne, Australia, Deb Sheldon delivers the ultraviolent historical tale 'The Tea and Sugar Train'. Trust us, this is in no way a tea party..."

Wonderful review of my novelette, "Hand to Mouth"

Wow! What an incredible review of my novelette, Hand to Mouth, by The Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer.

In part, the review states: "Hand to Mouth is a brilliantly written and skilfully-plotted horror story that reveals more and more of itself the longer that you read...
"Sheldon [...]creates a multi-faceted and unforgettable horror story that deserves multiple readings just to appreciate all of its subtleties."

https://scifiandfantasyreviewer.wordp...

I'm a published poet!

My first ever poem, a sonnet titled “The Sea Will Have”, is published in AntipodeanSF #257.

The inspiration was my short story “What the Sea Wants”, first published in SQ Mag and subsequently included in my award-winning collection, Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories (IFWG Australia).

https://www.antisf.com/the-stories/th...

Women In Horror Month at the Horror Tree

In February 2020, the Horror Tree will feature a post every day to celebrate "Women In Horror Month". First up is my guest post, "Anxiety: the Horror Writer's Best Friend".

It begins, "Horror fiction is the exploration of helplessness in the face of pain, transformation and death; our free-floating anxieties pinned down in prose. And women who write horror might have an interesting edge over male writers: their increased rates of anxiety..."

https://horrortree.com/wihm-anxiety-t...

Review of "Hand to Mouth" by Kendall Reviews

A great review for my upcoming novelette "Hand to Mouth" (release date January 31) from Kendall Reviews. In part, Richard Bell writes, “Deborah seems to capture that repressed sense of guilt, paranoia, cathartic release and exasperated hopelessness with aplomb.”

The review also includes an in-depth author interview with me. UK-based Kendall Reviews promotes horror and the darker genres with reviews, interviews, guest posts and more.

https://kendallreviews.com/short-shar...

Author interview with Demain Publishing

My author interview on the Demain Publishing blog includes the ideas behind my novelette, "Hand to Mouth", and its inspiration.

https://demainpublishingblog.weebly.c...

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.

(Release date January 31.)

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

Short story to appear in Year's Best Hardcore Horror #5

My short story "The Tea and Sugar Train", first published in Dimension6, will be included in Year's Best Hardcore Horror #5, due for release later in 2020.

Year’s Best Hardcore 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 #4 included my story, "Hair and Teeth", first published by Aurealis magazine. I'm on a hat trick!)

http://www.redroompress.com/years-bes...

Pre-orders now available for "Hand to Mouth"

Pre-orders are available now for my twisted, dark novelette, "Hand to Mouth", to be released by Demain Publishing UK on January 31.

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...

My novelette, "Hand to Mouth", to be published in January 2020

My epistolary novelette, "Hand to Mouth", will be released by Demain Publishing in January 2020. As a stand-alone piece in Demain's popular "Short Sharp Shocks!" horror series, "Hand to Mouth" will have its own cover, designed by graphic artist Adrian Baldwin.

For more information on Demain Publishing:
https://demainpublishingblog.weebly.com/

The "Short Sharp Shocks!" series:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

And Adrian Baldwin:
https://adrianbaldwin.info/retro-covers