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OUT NOW from Severed Press: my novel CRETACEOUS CANYON

Severed Press has published my novel, Cretaceous Canyon: a Prehistoric Thriller. It's available in both paperback and ebook formats:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGTQW636

The back-cover blurb:
Australia’s outback holds a mysterious canyon. Hidden deep within is a forest of pine tree that dates from the Cretaceous Period. A megacorporation sends in a team of experts to research this canyon for botanical riches.

The expedition enters a no-man’s land formed 100 million years ago when Australia was still attached to Antarctica, and dinosaurs ruled the super-continent. But the canyon has more prehistoric and dangerous species than anyone could have possibly imagined.

Trapped and terrified, unarmed and unable to communicate topside, the team’s extraction deadline is six long hours away.

The frantic race for survival is on.

Editor interview about KILLER CREATURES DOWN UNDER with Nightmare Fuel Magazine

Nightmare Fuel is an online magazine that publishes dark fiction and poetry from Australian writers. Recently, they invited me to discuss Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite, my latest anthology that I conceived and edited, which IFWG Publishing released in May.

In part, interviewer Emma Nayfie writes, "You’re no stranger to deadly creatures, with many of your novels featuring terrifying encounters with animals. When Killer Creatures Down Under landed in my hands, I knew you would do a collection like this justice."

Here's the full interview:
https://nightmarefuelmagazine.com/202...

Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite is available from brick-and-mortar bookshops and online retailers.
https://www.amazon.com/Killer-Creatur...

Short story translated and published by the Finnish magazine SPIN

My short story "Carbon Copy Consumables" is translated and published in the latest issue of Finnish spec-fic magazine, Spin 1/2023. In Finnish, the title is "Kopiokoneisto". Jee hurraa!

https://terrakoti.net/tsfs/spin-2023/

Spin is a quarterly magazine published by the Turku Science Fiction Society (TSFS). Founded in 1976, Turku is the oldest science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction society in Finland.

https://terrakoti.net/tsfs/

"Carbon Copy Consumables" was first published in the award-winning Midnight Echo #15 (AHWA, 2020).

https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Echo-...

Aurealis Magazine reviews my anthology KILLER CREATURES DOWN UNDER: HORROR STORIES WITH BITE

Aurealis is Australia's longest-running small-press science fiction and fantasy magazine. Issue #162 includes a terrific review of the anthology I conceived and edited, Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite *IFWG Publishing, 2023).

In part, reviewer Clare Rhoden writes, " Killer Creatures Down Under gives free rein to the horrific imaginings that seem to gather around an old Aussie saying: Yeah, nah, what’s the worst that could happen? Plenty, as it turns out. Ranging across the wide brown land, this collection features stories from bush
stations to the surf coast. The subtitle is no joke. These tales really do bite you."

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

The back-cover blurb for Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite:
Australia: the land where everything wants to kill you. A continent filled with some of the deadliest animals in the world. From creepy-crawlies to crocodiles, you’ll have plenty to fear in this anthology penned by Australian authors. Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite offers disturbing tales that range from the action-packed and visceral, through the historical and futuristic, to the phantasmagorical and supernatural. Prepare to confront your animal phobias… And perhaps develop some new ones.

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

Submission callout: SPAWN 2: MORE WEIRD TALES ABOUT PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BABIES

The anthology I conceived and edited, Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies (IFWG Publishing, 2021) featured work by Australian writers. It was nominated for five awards and won two of them, including the Australian Shadows 'Best Edited Work' Award.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Spawn 2: More Weird Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by yours truly (award-winning author and anthology editor) will open to submissions on Monday 31 July 2023 to Australasian writers (citizen/resident/ex-pat). On-spec submissions are welcome from Australasian writers of every persuasion including non-parents. IFWG will release my anthology in November 2024.

Here are the full submission guidelines:
https://ifwgpublishing.com/2023/06/30...

Editor interview about KILLER CREATURES DOWN UNDER with the Horror Tree

The Horror Tree has posted an interview with me about the anthology I conceived and edited, Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite (IFWG Publishing, 2023).

https://horrortree.com/interview-with...

In part, interviewer Robyn O'Sullivan writes, "For her most recent offering, Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite, Deb covered the whole process from concept through commissioning and selecting the stories, to editing them and arranging the final versions... I met up with Deb not long ago to congratulate her on the incredible variety in her ‘box of chocolates’, and to find out what is involved in producing an anthology."

Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite is available from brick-and-mortar bookshops and online retailers.

https://www.amazon.com/Killer-Creatur...

Part Four: Ginger Nuts of Horror "Behind the Scenes" of KILLER CREATURES DOWN UNDER anthology

What inspires horror stories?

In this four-part series exclusive to Ginger Nuts of Horror, the contributors of Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite (edited by yours truly) have agreed to pull aside the curtain and reveal the inspiration behind their nightmarish tales.

PART FOUR includes insights from Geraldine Borella, Jason Fischer, Tim Borella, H.K. Stubbs, and Matt Tighe.

https://gnofhorror.com/killer-creatur...

Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite (IFWG Publishing, May 2023) is available from brick-and-mortar bookshops and online retailers.

https://www.amazon.com/Killer-Creatur...

Short story to be published in ILLICIT MOTIONS anthology

Since 2016, Unnerving Books has published stories in dark genres including horror. Their foray into crime is quite recent.

New from Unnerving Books is a crime anthology to be released 23 August, Illicit Motions, which includes my noirish story, “Fork in the Road”. I'm so pleased that my name made the cover!

Pre-orders are available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7FCY2JY

Short story published in ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS MAGAZINE #90

Andromeda Spaceways (formerly ASIM) is a quarterly fantasy and science fiction magazine published in Australia.

Issue #90 includes my short story, "Can't Sleep? Three Different Brushes to Melt Away Insomnia". The story's inspiration was ASMR videos. Lately, I've been experimenting with writing stories that feature atypical elements to express horror, and an ASMR video presented an intriguing challenge.

https://andromedaspaceways.com/produc...

Guest blog post: "How to Write Submission Guidelines for your Anthology"

The Horror Tree is a resource for speculative fiction authors featuring paying markets, writing advice, author and editor interviews, and more.

The Horror Tree has published my guest blog post, "How to Write Submission Guidelines for your Anthology", based on my experiences with curating anthologies including Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite (IFWG Publishing, 2023).

https://horrortree.com/how-to-write-s...