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The latest Duo Ex Machina song project song has been released! As with all the Duo Ex Machina songs, I wrote the lyrics and main melody; and it was refined, arranged and the music performed by Josh King of Golden Hour Studios. This one is a bit different as, instead of getting in another vocalist, I’m the singer this time […]
» Read moreSiang Lu’s delightfully satire, The Whitewash, is part entertainment essay on the history of Asian cinema and the Hollywood beast, part farce about the spectacular failure of a breakthrough, big budget Asian-led extravaganza, part love letter to Asian cinema and even part (a small part) romance – and the whole package is fabulous, snarky fun. The premise is that we’re […]
» Read moreI’m so pleased to reveal the glorious cover of the upcoming Clan Destine Press anthology, Clamour and Mischief – with 16 fabulous stories about corvids. The cover artwork is by the fabulously talented Andrea L Farley (aka Altocello) with graphic design by Willsin Rowe. The anthology itself is due out in around November, and contains stories by fledgling and emerging […]
» Read moreQueer Weird West Tales will be released by LibraTiger on 31 August 2022 – and here is the totally amazing cover! You can read an extract from my story, “Derailed“, and you can pre-order the book at any of these online retailers. An early review is already in on Goodreads: You never knew what’s on the bill next in this […]
» Read moreI’m so proud and delighted to formally announce the coming of a new anthology to Clan Destine Press – Clamour and Mischief, and anthology about corvids edited by yours truly
» Read moreYou may have seen me post before about my new(ish) site, Larking Services, which I built to highlight the writing services I provide (including editing, mentoring, workshops and public speaking). If you’re a writer, or you’re interested in the process of writing, you might find some useful tips in those posts. Here are some of the things I’ve been posting […]
» Read moreLook at this gorgeous cover for this fantastic anthology of Australian and New Zealand crime fiction! The anthology, edited by NZ crime fiction expert and author, Craig Sisterson, features writers who are practically crime fiction royalty across those two nations. A lot of the 19 stories bring new tales of characters we already love – Kerry Greenwood’s Corinna Chapman and […]
» Read moreThe upcoming anthology, Queer Weird West Tales (including my story, “Derailed”) is due out in 31 August 2022 – but you can pre-order it now so that it’s in your hands ASAP after that! Frontiers have always attracted the Other – where they find that the Other is always already there. These 22 stories explore what happens when queer characters […]
» Read moreI’m delighted that the latest song from the Duo Ex Machina Song Project is now live and online! Copper Beaches is a song about acknowledging how big and uncaring the universe is – and also how beautiful it is, and how we care for it, and love each other, despite loss and pain. It’s a song about defying nihilism and […]
» Read moreIn a world where wings give everyone the freedom to fly, an artist born wingless uses her art to show the winged world the wonder of the ground. But when she meets a recently injured police officer who finds himself grounded, they will both learn that there is more than one way to soar. Australia and New Zealand From 1 […]
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