Deborah Sheldon's Blog, page 41

'100 Lightnings', Paroxysm Press

My story, ‘Counting the steps from one through five’, is included in the flash fiction anthology, ‘100 Lightnings’, published by Paroxysm Press. Contributors include Sean Williams, Kaaron Warren, Angela Slatter, Steve Paulsen, and many more. Available from all good online bookshops, in both paperback and ebook. Here is its Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/100-Lightnings-...

SQ Mag: 'What the sea wants'

My short story, 'What the sea wants', is published in SQ Mag issue #25:
http://sqmag.com/edition-25-table-of-...
The issue includes fiction by Mike Resnick, S. Marston, Kristen Janz, Meghean Major, Jason Lairamore, and PJ Keunig, plus non-fiction and reviews.
And it's all free to read online!

'A faithful companion'

Tincture Journal, issue #13, includes my horror short story, 'A faithful companion'. Check out the full table of contents here:
http://tincture-journal.com/2016/02/1...

Women in Horror interview

Horror guru and editor, Simon Dewar, interviewed me on his blog for Women in Horror Month:
https://simondewar.wordpress.com/2016...
You can also read the interview on his Goodreads blog:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Browse Simon's blog for interviews with many other writers including Kaaron Warren, Gillian Polack, Lisa L. Hannett, Angela Slatter, and more.

'Across the white desert' review

Here's an excerpt from a review in Tangent, February 2016, of my short story, "Across the white desert" published in Aurealis #87: "High stakes and realistic dialogue create a strong sensation of endangerment, which holds the reader from page one to the end. The snow, gore, and monsters suggest that the author might be a big admirer of the Lovecraftian mythos. True or not, Deborah Sheldon has done an excellent job".
http://www.tangentonline.com/e-market...

You can buy Aurealis #87 here: https://aurealis.com.au/store/aureali...

'Blue light taxi'

Seumas Gallacher, a writer with a huge online following, has opened his blog to Satalyte Publishing authors. My contribution is the short story, 'Blue light taxi', which was included in my collection, 'Mayhem: selected stories' (Satalyte Publishing 2015). Check out the story here: https://seumasgallacher.com/2016/02/1...

Short story accepted by 'Allegory' magazine

My short story, 'Post hoc ergo propter hoc', which was given an Honourable Mention in the 2015 Australian Horror Writers Association Flash Fiction awards, will be published in the May 2016 issue of Allegory. This tri-annual online magazine publishes SF, fantasy and horror: http://www.allegoryezine.com/mainpage...

Short story in Aurealis #87

"...Brace yourself for Deborah Sheldon’s nail-biting ride through the white wastelands of Antarctica..." My short story, 'Across the white desert', is published in Aurealis #87, with original artwork by Andrew Saltmarsh. The issue includes short fiction by Sean Monaghan and Ian Bell, essays from Dirk Strasser and Gillian Polack, plus much more. Check out Aurealis #87: https://aurealis.com.au/

Upcoming novel in 2016: 'Garland Cove Heist'

Satalyte Publishing will release my contemporary crime novel, 'Garland Cove Heist', in November of this year.

The premise:
Shane Croft, part-time thief, moved with his wife from Melbourne to the coastal town of Garland Cove to make a fresh start. Instead, he became the reluctant informant of corrupt detectives Terry Patterson and Michaela Green. His one chance to get free is to gather evidence against them for a covert investigation by the Victorian Police Professional Standards Division. Patterson and Green would murder him if they knew what he was up to, but the promise of immunity from prosecution tempts Shane to take the risk.

Realising they are under scrutiny, Patterson and Green decide to stage a fake robbery. Patterson will arrest the robber in the middle of a bank job, believing that the positive media attention will derail the corruption investigation. Shane must set up the job. Despite his perfect planning, the bank job goes horribly wrong. Now Shane is persona non grata to the Professional Standards Division, and the corrupt coppers are hell-bent on killing him.

For more information on the high-quality books offered by Satalyte Publishing, visit their website: http://satalyte.com.au/

'Lighthouses' anthology - author interview

Thanks, Black Beacon Books. My author interview about my short story, 'Will o' the wisp', is available on their Facebook page for the 'Lighthouses' anthology: https://www.facebook.com/events/12125...