End of year publishing news.

I thought I should catch up on a few bits and pieces before we roll over into 2016. There’s been a bit of stuff going on.

I mentioned before that the Alex Caine series is getting new covers from Harper Voyager and we finally have release dates for the trilogy in paperback. Well, I’ve seen the new covers, they are truly awesome and I can’t wait to share them with you. I can hopefully do that soon. And all three books in the trilogy will be published together in July next year. So you can buy the whole set all at once. In print. Finally! So very exciting.

For the Americans and everyone else, Ragnarok Publications have acquired the rights to the trilogy and they should reveal their covers before too long. We should see a release from them in the autumn of 2016.

Incidentally, if you’ve enjoyed the Alex Caine books, or any other book for that matter, and you have a few minutes to spare, please take a moment to leave a rating and/or honest review at Amazon, Goodreads, iBooks, or anywhere else you frequent. It really does make a difference!

In short fiction news, a few books have been released recently featuring stories by me. It’s been a quiet year until now, then suddenly everything at once.

I have an original story in an amazing new anthology which is available now. Blurring the Line, featuring my story, “How Father Bryant Saw The Light”, is out in the world, edited by the award-winning Marty Young. Learn about that here. I’m currently running a blog series where I’ve asked each fiction contributor the same five questions. This is the first of those.

Also out now is the new dark urban fantasy/horror anthology, Bloodlines, and that features another new story from me, “Old Promise, New Blood”. And another award-winning editor for this one, the awesome Amanda Pillar. Get the skinny on this book here.

And another new horror story by me was recently published. “Reaching For Ruins” is in Review of Australian Fiction (ed. Matthew Lamb) Vol. 16, Issue 3, for November 2015. RAF has two stories every two weeks from Australian authors and it’s more a lit mag than a genre mag, so I’m very happy to have landed a horror yarn there. Check that out here.

And as for new short stories yet to be published, there’s:

“Under Calliope’s Skin” which will be in the SNAFU: Future Warfare anthology (ed. Geoff Brown and A J Spedding, Cohesion Press) due out in Feb. 2016, and a novelette called “Served Cold” coming out in the Dreaming in the Dark anthology (ed. Jack Dann, PS Publishing) due some time in mid-2016. I’m very excited about both those books.

There’s very exciting new project on the horizon for next year too. Clan Destine Press are releasing And Then… which is a massive two-volume collection of fantastic SF and fantasy adventure yarns. It’s packed with amazing writers, including me. My story, “Golden Fortune, Dragon Jade”, is a novelette featuring a Shaolin monk, a powerful geomancer, a stolen jade dragon and the Australian gold rush. I had heaps of fun writing it and can’t wait for people to read it. The books are being partly funded by an indigogo campaign where you can pre-order both volumes in ebook for AU$20, or both volumes in print and ebook for AU$50. There are loads of other perks available at the campaign too, so to get on board with that, head over here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/and-then-the-great-big-book-of-awesome–2#/

And lastly for now, I’m happy to report that editor Simon Dewar has got the go ahead for Suspended In Dusk 2. He asked me to contribute again and my story, “Crying Demon”, will be in the book, due out around mid-2016.

Happy holidays, whatever type you may or may not celebrate. Eat, drink and be merry, all the time not just in December. Be nice to each other.

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