My serial novella, The Darkest Shade Of Grey, is being published in four weekly installments by The Red Penny Papers. It’s free to read online, so get on over there and check it out. Episode 1 is here. Episode 2 is here. Episodes 3 and 4 will be published over the next two weeks....
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Books By Alan
Click on book covers for reviews, previews and purchase options.
RealmShift
A race against time and the Devil
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
Believe in the blood 
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
The Darkest Shade Of Grey
You can tell the story.
"...stunning supernatural noir..."
Ghost Of The Black
"Everything about it is bang on"
Write The Fight Right
“The best way for a writer to learn what’s really involved in brawling, short of going down the pub and starting something.”
Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Darkest Shade Of Grey, episode 2 now live
Thirteen O’Clock Australian dark fiction news and reviews – launched
I’m very happy to be able to officially announce this new venture. Myself and writers Andrew McKiernan and Felicity Dowker have put together a new website, to fill a void in the Australian dark and weird fiction scene. Since the untimely demise of Horrorscope, there’s been a gap where good dark and weird fiction...
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Kraken by China Mieville – review
I really, really wanted to like this book. But, ultimately, I was a bit disappointed. It’s the sort of thing I should love. Hell, it’s the sort of thing I should fucking write! Competing religious cults, magic and technomancy in contemporary London. This has my stamp of approval all over it like a particularly...
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My latest op-ed up at The Punch, in which I rant about DRM
My latest opinion piece has been published today at The Punch, “Australia’s Best Conversation”. The title was the work of the editor, and is deliberately sensationalist, but the piece should clarify my position. It begins thusly: Digital Rights Management doesn’t work. DRM is a method of locking digital media so it can’t be shared....
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Awards all over the place – Stokers and Nebulas
Award season is upon us once again and all sorts of nominations are coming out. Firstly, the Stoker Awards. Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards™ for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987,...
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Tuesday Toot – Martin Livings
Tuesday Toot is a semi-regular feature here at The Word. An invite-only series of short posts where writers, editors, booksellers and other creatives have been asked to share their stuff and toot their own horn. It’s hard to be seen in the digital morass and hopefully this occasional segment will help some of the...
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The Darkest Shade Of Grey Episode 1 now published online
I’ve been very excited about this one for a while. My novelette, The Darkest Shade Of Grey, is finally published. At least, Episode 1 is now up. It’s being serialised over four weeks at The Red Penny Papers. Firstly, check out this sweet cover, by awesome artist Megan Eckman. Click on the cover for...
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Mythic Resonance is out now, featuring a story from me
Mythic Resonance is The Specusphere‘s first printed publication. It is an anthology of speculative fiction short stories by Australian writers following the theme of myths and legends. I’m proud to say that my story, The Everywhere And The Always, is included. Here’s the full ToC: Foreword — Sue Hammond and Stephen Thompson The Salted...
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Backing it up, old school
I mentioned in a previous post recently that I’d been using modern technology to help me keep my work safe. The beauty of Print On Demand technology is that we can produce a single volume without any great effort or expense. The downside to this is the ever-growing mountain of shit out there, but...
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Online Spec-Fic magazines you should be reading
So I mentioned in my post a few days ago, where I gushed about my love of online magazines, that I would post a follow-up where I list some of the best ones. Here we go then. Please note that this is just a taster based on my own reading habits and by no...
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Tuesday Toot – Lisa L Hannett
Tuesday Toot is a semi-regular feature here at The Word. An invite-only series of short posts where writers, editors, booksellers and other creatives have been asked to share their stuff and toot their own horn. It’s hard to be seen in the digital morass and hopefully this occasional segment will help some of the...
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My Wily stint – both stories now online
You may remember I mentioned a while back that I’d been asked to be a guest editor at Wily Writers. I was honoured to take on the challenge. Wily Writers is a fantastic online fiction podcast – they publish two stories a month, in text on the site and as very well read podcasts....
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Why I Write – my guest post at “A Horror Writer’s Blog”
The erstwhile Lee Pletzers recently invited me to pen a guest post at his site, A Horror Writer’s Blog. So I did: When Lee asked me to write about how and why I write, the question struck me as a strange one. How can I not write? But I suppose that’s the kind of...
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For the love of online fiction magazines
I’ve had my work published in just about every medium in which fiction can be published. I’m very proud of that. My novels are in print, ebook and, very soon to be released, audiobook. I’d love to see them make it into graphic novel and film. Maybe one day. My short fiction has been...
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Tuesday Toot – Joanna Penn
Tuesday Toot is a semi-regular feature here at The Word. An invite-only series of short posts where writers, editors, booksellers and other creatives have been asked to share their stuff and toot their own horn. It’s hard to be seen in the digital morass and hopefully this occasional segment will help some of the...
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I write dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, ride a motorcycle and love my dog. I also teach Kung Fu, hence the Warrior Scribe tag above. A friend once referred to me that way and I liked it, so it stuck. Learn all about me and my work by clicking About Alan just below the header.
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