Narrelle M Harris: writer | editor | songwriter | crafter
Words are like oxygen
The 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 to share the news that I have a story in a new LIBRATiger anthology! 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 encounter weirdness on the edge of the worlds they know. Queer Weird West Tales, ed. Julie Bozza After […]
» Read moreWe’re just over a month into the new year and I’ve been giving all my commitments for the year the side-eye! Please understand that I am very very very excited about every single one of these projects! And I’m going to list them here in the hopes that it keeps my honest and also perky when the work gets hard […]
» Read moreI’m so happy to share with you the cover of the new Improbable Press anthology, Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging, Volume Blue! The anthology is due out in December, but it’s available for pre-order now. I have a lovely little flash fic in this volume called “The Volcano and the Butterfly”. I’ve seen a few of the other stories too, […]
» Read moreI’m delighted to announce that the Clan Destine Press anthology has hit the stands! Who Sleuthed It? is full of delightful stories about animals solving puzzles, mysteries and crimes – sometimes with a human companion! Along with writers like Kerry Greenwood, Meg Keneally, Livia Day, Fin J Ross and GV Pearce, Who Sleuthed It? contains my story “Blood and Bone”, […]
» Read moreMy final post for the contributors to The Only One in the World is a guest post from Atlin Merrick (who wrote ‘S.H.E.R.L.O.C.K.’ for the anthology) about me, as I couldn’t really write one about myself. I would certainly have been less flattering 😀 The Only One in the World: commissioning editor, Narrelle M Harris Narrelle M Harris makes me […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: cover art by Judith Rossell I first encountered Judith Rossell’s charming art not in her children’s books, but when she designed the delicate and delightful cover for Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie by Fin J Ross. Soon after, CDP publisher Lindy Cameron showed me the concept art Judith had drafted for my rat character […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: internal art by Andrea L Farley/Altocello I first discovered the artist known as Altocello when Atlin Merrick waved at Andrea’s stunning portraits of Adam Driver, almost speechless with glee at the glory she beheld. So yeah, we knew from the start that Andrea had mad skills. Just look at that self-portrait that appears on […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: “A Study in Lavender” by JM Redmann I was so fortunate and delighted that several very well-known and highly respected crime authors agreed to take part in this anthology, sharing not only their wonderful writing and elements of their own backgrounds and experience but, in the case of JM Redmann, one of their own […]
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