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Update on my horror novel, 'Devil Dragon'

In 2015, on the basis of the first 19,000 words and a detailed chapter outline, Cohesion Press offered me a contract. ‘Devil Dragon’ was scheduled for a November 2016 release.

However, while I was busy writing, Cohesion Press was busy re-branding. When I submitted the completed manuscript, the publisher decided they wanted a different story to the one that I had outlined. Regretfully, I had to withdraw ‘Devil Dragon’.

For now, I will shelve the project. I wish Cohesion Press all the best with their current and upcoming Creature Feature novels.

Goodreads Giveaway - 'Mayhem: selected stories'

Satalyte Publishing is giving away two copies of my collection, 'Mayhem: selected stories'. The Goodreads giveaway is available to Australian residents and will run throughout the month of August. Click here to enter the draw: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Free ebooks, news and giveaways

I'm releasing my June newsletter next week. If you visit my website http://deborahsheldon.wordpress.com and sign up for my newsletter, you'll receive a free download of my ebook, '300 Degree Days and other stories', originally published by the award-winning Ginninderra Press. Every month, my newsletter offers freebies and updates, without any spam in sight.

AHWA short story competition 2016

I'm pleased to announce that my short story, 'Angel hair', was Highly Commended in the Australian Horror Writers Association's Short Story Competition 2016. The AHWA website has the full list of winning and highly commended stories: http://www.australianhorror.com/index...

Polestar Writers' Journal: 'The brightest place'

Polestar Writers' Journal is a bi-annual print-only literary magazine that specialises in poetry, essays, and short fiction under 2000 words. Edition #30, out now, includes my short story, 'The brightest place'.
Here is more information on the publisher, Antonia Hildebrand of Tangerine Books: http://tonihildebrand.wix.com/-facebook

Author interview

My latest author interview, with Canadian Allison Cosgrove, is now online: https://stanbrookshire.com/2016/05/13...
(My last name is spelled wrong, but never mind!)

Allegory Magazine: 'Post hoc ergo propter hoc'

Allegory Magazine is a tri-annual publication that specialises in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Issue #29 includes my flash fiction piece, 'Post hoc ergo propter hoc', which is free to read online:
http://www.allegoryezine.com/posthoce...
Other authors in this issue include Sarah Allen, William Quincy Belle, Derek Boden, Tom Brennan, and many more.

My horror collection is signed with IFWG Publishing Australia

I'm excited to announce that I have signed with IFWG Publishing Australia to release my horror collection, 'Perfect Little Stitches and other stories'. At this stage, publication should be late 2016 or early 2017. The title story, 'Perfect little stitches', is currently nominated for an Australian Shadows Award.
https://ifwgaustralia.com/2016/04/16/...

Cover reveal: bio-horror novel, 'Devil Dragon'

Here is the cover, designed by Dean Samed of Conzpiracy Arts, of my bio-horror novel, 'Devil Dragon': https://www.facebook.com/CohesionPres...

It is the first in a new series of stand-alone bio-horror novels under the banner of 'Natural Selection' released by Australian publisher, Cohesion Press. 'Devil Dragon' should hit the shelves in October 2016.

It’s about a scientist, Dr Erin Harris, who is obsessed with finding a living Varanus priscus, a giant Australian lizard that apparently went extinct some 12,000 years ago. There are occasional sightings, like Big Foot or Nessie. Erin cobbles together an expedition party and travels into the unexplored heart of a national park. A nerdy scientist, an elderly farmer and two gun-toting deer hunters stranded in the bush versus an apex predator the size of a campervan – what could go wrong?

'Perfect Little Stitches' is nominated for an Australian Shadows Award

The Australian Shadows Awards recognise the best in published Australian and New Zealand horror. I’m thrilled to announce that my short story, ‘Perfect Little Stitches’, published in Midnight Echo #11, has been nominated for Best Short Story for 2015, alongside fiction by Kaaron Warren, Martin Livings, Greg Chapman, and Pandora Hope.

Here's more good news... The nominations for Best Edited Works include 'Midnight Echo #11' (which published 'Perfect Little Stitches'), and 'Lighthouses: an anthology of dark tales' (which published my story, 'Will o' the wisp'.)

You can find more information about the Australian Shadows Awards and the nominees here: http://www.australianhorror.com/index...