After I completed the serialisation of The She-Wolf of Baker Street on my Patreon, I came to an important realisation. Being super busy with multiple projects in 2022 meant I could not write a brand new novel to serialise there AT THE SAME TIME as everything else. So, as I mentioned in early February, I’m…
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Tea for the Undead
I AM NOW THE INVENTOR OF TEAS!
Read moreLockdown Fiction: Red Letter Day
This story was prompted by Clan Destine Press Red Letter Day A favourite joke among Melburnians (well, it’s one of many) is that you know you’re Melburnian when you know the difference between street art and graffiti. (Melburnians are smugly pleased with themselves and their city. It’s the city, they say, where you have more…
Read moreMy Melbourne: Melbourne General Cemetery
I enjoy a visit to a graveyard: Melbourne General Cemetery (which appears in Kitty & Cadaver) is a favourite.
Read moreMy Melbourne: Saluting Cyril P Callister
A tribute to the late Cyril P Callister.
Read moreBook Launch: Kitty & Cadaver – 3 August 2019
Kitty & Cadaver was revealed to the world at Continuum Convention in June 2019. It was a delightful little do, but restricted to convention attendees and because of the panels going on in rooms all around us, we weren’t able to have any live music as we’d planned. Now we can welcome Kitty & Cadaver…
Read moreMy Library: New Acquisitions
A look at three books on history and queer literature I’ve recently acquired.
Read moreCover Reveal: Kitty and Cadaver
Kitty and Cadaver is being launched this weekend at Continuum – and here I’d like you all to see the gorgeous cover designed by Willsin Rowe (who has done so many fantastic covers for me!) If you’re unable to attend Continuum for the launch, never fear – I’ll be holding a public launch in July…
Read moreAustralian Music: 2014
Over on my Patreon, I’ve started posting cahpters for the fourth Duo Ex Machina book, set in 2014. Kiss and Cry brings Frank and Milo five years on from the events of Number One Fan: Frank is a successful producer and Milo is concentrating on raising funds and doing work with his Foundation. I’m inventing…
Read moreResearch: A home in Carlton
When Duo Ex Machina‘s Frank and Milo first appeared in a story, they’d just returned from Amsterdam – they were kinda big with the Dutch – to attend a funeral in Fremantle. They had no home but a hotel. By the second story in 2004, they were on a publicity tour, and still no home…
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