Bibliography

Listed below you’ll find all my published work. Listed first are all my novels and novellas, then collections, then books co-authored with David Wood, then a full list of short fiction publications. Check out the Free Stories page for stuff available online as text or a podcast. Feel free to drop me a line if you’re having trouble tracking anything down.

 

NOVELS and NOVELLAS

 

BLOOD COVENANT – horror novel (Cemetery Dance Publications, May 2024)

SALLOW BEND – small town folk horror novel (Cemetery Dance Publications, August 2022) – Finalist for the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel; Finalist for the 2022 Ditmar Award for Best Novel; made the preliminary ballot for the 2022 Bram Stoker Award (TM) for Best Novel.

DEVOURING DARK – an urban horror/dark fantasy novel (Grey Matter Press, November 2018) – Finalist for the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel; Finalist for the 2018 Ditmar Award for Best Novel; Finalist for the 2018 Australian Shadows Award for Best Novel.

HIDDEN CITY – an urban horror/fantasy noir novel (Gryphonwood Press, February 2018)

 
THE ALEX CAINE SERIES

BOUNDAlex Caine Book 1 (HarperVoyager, July 2014) – Finalist for the 2014 Ditmar Award for Best Novel

OBSIDIANAlex Caine Book 2 – (HarperVoyager July 2016) – Finalist for the 2014 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel

ABDUCTIONAlex Caine Book 3 – (HarperVoyager July 2016)

 
THE BALANCE DUOLOGY

REALMSHIFTThe Balance, Book 1 (Gryphonwood Press, 2010) (translated into Spanish, 2015)

MAGESIGNThe Balance, Book 2 (Gryphonwood Press, 2010)

 

ELI CARVER SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS

MANIFEST RECALL – Eli Carver 1 – a supernatural southern gothic novella (Grey Matter Press, June 2018)

RECALL NIGHT – Eli Carver 2 – a supernatural crime noir novella (Grey Matter Press, August 2020)

GHOST RECALL – Eli Carver 3 – a supernatural crime noir novella (Grey Matter Press, December 2021) – Finalist for the 2021 Ditmar Award for Best Novella or Novelette

 

THE LEAVES FORGET – a supernatural mystery novella (Absinthe Books, September 2023)

THE ROO – a gonzo creature feature novella (self-published, March 2020) – Finalist for the 2021 Ditmar Award for Best Novella

THE BOOK CLUB – A mystery/noir/creeping horror novella (PS Publishing Australia, May 2017) – Finalist for the 2017 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella; Honorable Mention, Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 10, ed. Ellen Datlow

GOLDEN FORTUNE, DRAGON JADE – short historical fantasy novella (self-published, March 2020)

GHOST OF THE BLACK: A ‘Verse Full of Scum – (self-published novella, 2010, after serialising on this website throughout 2008)

 

COLLECTIONS

AND FIRE POURED FORTH: 6 Tales of Military Horror – 5 reprinted SNAFU military horror stories and one previously unpublished original

THE GULP: Tales From The Gulp 1 – Australian cosmic horror novella collection/mosaic novel (Self-published, January 2021) – Winner of the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Collection; includes 2021 Aurealis Awards Finalist for Best Fantasy Novella (“Mother In Bloom”) and 2021 Aurealis Awards Finalist for Best Horror Novella (“The Band Plays On”); 2021 Ditmar Awards Finalist for Best Collected Work; preliminary ballot for the 2021 Bram Stoker Award (TM) for Best Collection; “Out on a Rim” – Honorable Mention, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 14 (Night Shade Books, 2022)

THE FALL: Tales From The Gulp 2 – Novella collection – Five more tales of horror from The Gulp (Self-published, April 2022) – Finalist for the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Collection, Finalist for the 2022 Ditmar Award for Best Collected Work; includes 2022 Ditmar Award Finalist for Best Novella, (“Gulpepper Curios”)

SERVED COLD – my second collection short stories, including three original tales. (Grey Matter Press, ed. Anthony Rivera, September 2019) – Winner of the 2019 Australian Shadows Award for Best Collected Work

CROW SHINE – my debut collection of 19 short stories, including three original tales. (Ticonderoga Publications, ed. Russell B Farr, November 2016) – Winner of the 2016 Australian Shadows Award for Best Collected Work; Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Collection; Finalist for the 2016 Ditmar Award for Best Collected Work

 

EDITED BY ALAN BAXTER

DAMNATION GAMES – An anthology of crime horror, edited by Alan Baxter (Clan Destine Press, October 2022) 2022 Ditmar Award Finalist for Best Collected Work

 

BOOKS CO-AUTHORED with DAVID WOOD

SAM ASTON INVESTIGATIONS

PRIMORDIAL (Sam Aston Investigations Book 1) (Adrenaline Press, January 2017) – Monster thriller

OVERLORD (Sam Aston Investigations Book 2) (Adrenaline Press, July 2018) – Monster thriller

CROCALYPSE (Sam Aston Investigations Book 3) (Adrenaline Press, March 2021) – Monster thriller

 
JAKE CROWLEY ADVENTURES

SANCTUM (Jake Crowley Adventures 0) (Adrenaline Press, March 2020) – Action/adventure thriller (prequel novella)

BLOOD CODEX (Jake Crowley Adventures Book 1) (Adrenaline Press, July 2016) – Action/adventure thriller

ANUBIS KEY (Jake Crowley Adventures Book 2) (Adrenaline Press, July 2017) – Action/adventure thriller

REVENANT (Jake Crowley Adventures Book 3) (Adrenaline Press, July 2019) – Action/adventure thriller

 

OTHERS

DARK RITE – (Gryphonwood Press, April 2013) – A short horror novel

 

SHORT STORIES

In chronological order of publication, most recent at the top. If something has been reprinted, included in a Best Of, nominated for an Award, etc., that will be shown with the original publication. If the story is published online, the title will be a link.

“Slippery Hunt’s Big Score” – (TBA, due out in 2024)

“The Oath Skull” – (TBA, due out in 2024)

“All the Eyes That See” – Cosmic Horror Monthly issue #42, ed. Charles Tyra (December 2023)

“Clean-up Crew” – SNAFU: Punk’d, ed. A J Spedding (Cohesion Press, October 2023)

“Old High Hills” – a horror short story published exclusively on Patreon. Become a patron to read it. (September 2023)

“Changes” – a flash fiction published exclusively on Patreon. Become a patron to read it. (December 2022)

“And Fire Poured Forth” – original in collection of the same name (self-published, November 2022)

“The Question” – Damnation Games anthology, ed. Alan Baxter (Clan Destine Press, November 2022)

“The Fiends of Turner’s Creek” – SNAFU: Dead or Alive, ed. A J Spedding (Cohesion Press, October 2022)

“The Novak Roadhouse Massacre” – Found anthology, ed. Andrew Cull and Gabino Iglesias (October 2022)

“Two Crows” – a horror short story published exclusively on Patreon. Become a patron to read it. (September 2022)

“Counting Tunnels To Berry” – The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors anthology, ed. Doug Murano (Bad Hand Books, June 2022)

Click” – a horror short story published exclusively on Patreon. Become a patron to read it. (June 2022)

“Gulpepper Curios” – The Fall: Tales From The Gulp 2 (Self-published, April 2022) 2022 Ditmar Award Finalist for Best Novella

“Cathedral Stack” – The Fall: Tales From The Gulp 2 (Self-published, April 2022)

“That Damn Woman” – The Fall: Tales From The Gulp 2 (Self-published, April 2022)

“Excursion Troop” – The Fall: Tales From The Gulp 2 (Self-published, April 2022)

“The Fall” – The Fall: Tales From The Gulp 2 (Self-published, April 2022)

All I Can Do” – The Saturday Paper, ed. Alison Croggon (February 2022) – You can now read this short tale on Patreon.

A Mortal Trait” – a horror short story published exclusively on Patreon. Become a patron to read it. (December 2021)

Nothing But the Heart of the Sun” – a dark fantasy short story published exclusively on Patreon. Become a patron to read it. (September 2021)

“Nurturing His Nature” – The Bad Book anthology, ed. John F.D. Taff (Bleeding Edge Books, July 2021)

“Come His Children” – Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, ed. Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira and Bryce Stevens (IFWG Publishing, June 2021), Recommended Reading long list, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 14

All That Matters” – The Saturday Paper, ed. Alison Croggon (April 2021) – You can now read this short whimsical yarn on Patreon.

“Out on a Rim” – The Gulp: Tales From The Gulp 1 (Self-published, January 2021) – Honorable Mention, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 14 (Night Shade Books, 2022)

“Mother in Bloom” – The Gulp: Tales From The Gulp 1 (Self-published, January 2021) – 2021 Aurealis Awards Finalist for Best Fantasy Novella

“The Band Plays On” – The Gulp: Tales From The Gulp 1 (Self-published, January 2021) – 2021 Aurealis Awards Finalist for Best Horror Novella

“48 To Go” – The Gulp: Tales From The Gulp 1 (Self-published, January 2021) – Recommended Reading long list, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 14

“Rock Fisher” – The Gulp: Tales From The Gulp 1 (Self-published, January 2021)

“The Bone Fire” – Halldark Holidays anthology, ed. Gabino Iglesias (Cemetery Gates Media, Dec 2020)

“Liminal” – One of Us: A Tribute to Frank Michaels Errington (ed. Kenneth W Cain) Bloodshot Books (November 2020)

The Normandy Curse” – Originally published by Does the Dog Die in This (June 2020) – Now exclusive to my Patreon page.

“Yellow Dog” – Black Dogs, Black Tales: A Mental Health Charity Anthology (ed. Tabatha Wood) Things in the Well Publications (May 2020)

A Star Has Died” (A Silhouette Story) – self-published on my Curious Fictions page (May 2020) – Now exclusive to my Patreon page.

“The Demon Locke”  – SNAFU: Medivac (A Charity Anthology for James A Moore), ed. A J Spedding (Cohesion Press, February 2020)

“The Throat” – SNAFU: Last Stand, ed. AJ Spedding & Matthew Summers (Cohesion Press, Dec. 2019)

“Exquisite” – original story in my second collection, Served Cold (Grey Matter Press, September 2019)

“The Ocean Hushed The Stones” – original story in my second collection, Served Cold (Grey Matter Press, September 2019) – Finalist for the 2019 Australian Shadows Award for Best Short Story; Honorable Mention, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 12 (print edition) (Night Shade Books, 2020)

“Yellowheart” (novelette) – original story in my second collection, Served Cold (Grey Matter Press, September 2019) – Finalist for the 2019 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella.

“Ways to Live and Die” – GeyserCon Program (I was a Guest of Honour and they asked for a story) (May 2019)

“Jeremiah’s Puzzle” – Prehistoric (ed. S J Larsson, Severed Press, July 2019)

“Simulacrum of Hope” – Strange Aeons Magazine issue 23 (ed. Justin Steele, October 2018)

From Distant Euroa” – Monstrous online anthology (ed. Danny Richard, September 2018)

“Waters Strangely Clear” – What October Brings anthology (ed. Douglas Draa, Celaeno Press, October 2018)

The Whistleman” – self-published via my newsletter and website (September 2018)

“Crying Demon” – Suspended In Dusk 2 (ed. Simon Dewar, Grey Matter Press, August 2018). Finalist for the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story.

“Her Grief In My Halls” – Te Kōrero Ahi Kā anthology (ed. Grace Bridges, Lee Murray, Aaron Compton, SpecFicNZ, March 2018)

“Once Was Lost” – Aurealis Magazine #99 (ed. Michael Pryor, June 2017)

“They All Come Through London in the End” – Between The Tracks anthology (ed. Steve Dillon, Ozhorrorcon, April 2017)

“Golden Fortune, Dragon Jade” – And Then… Vol. 1 anthology (ed. Lindy Cameron, Clan Destine Press, December 2016) – Novelette

“Served Cold” – Dreaming in the Dark anthology (ed. Jack Dann, PS Publishing, November 2016) – Novelette – Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella; Finalist for the 2016 Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction.

“Living With Loss” – Hell’s Bells anthology (ed. AHWA, December 2016)

“Raven’s First Flight” – SNAFU: Black Ops anthology (ed. G Brown & A J Spedding, Cohesion Press, December 2016) – Novelette – Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella.

“Crow Shine” – Original story in my debut collection, Crow Shine (Ticonderoga Publications, November 2016)

“The Old Magic” – Original story in my debut collection, Crow Shine (Ticonderoga Publications, November 2016)

“A Strong Urge To Fly” – Original story in my debut collection, Crow Shine (Ticonderoga Publications, November 2016)

“Bodies of Evidence” – In Your Face anthology (ed. Tehani Wesseley, Fablecroft Publications, June 2016)

“Under Calliope’s Skin” – SNAFU: Future Warfare anthology (ed. Geoff Brown and A J Spedding, Cohesion Press, May 2016)

“Under a Wing and a Prayer”Evil Girlfriend Media (ed. Jennifer Brozek, March 2016); Honourable Mention in the 2013 AHWA Flash Fiction Competition

“Patented Cut Anything Design”Cry Havoc Games – a commissioned zombie flash fiction to help promote the game, “Dead End Alley” (now posted on the Cry Havoc website, 2016)

“How Father Bryant Saw the Light” – Blurring the Line anthology (ed. Marty Young, Cohesion Press, November 2015)

“Reaching For Ruins” – Review of Australian Fiction (ed. Matthew Lamb, Vol. 16, Issue 3, November 2015)

“Old Promise, New Blood” – Bloodlines anthology (ed. Amanda Pillar, Ticonderoga Publications, Oct 2015)

“In Vaulted Halls Entombed” – SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest anthology (ed. Geoff Brown & A J Spedding, Cohesion Press, September 2015); winner Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction 2015 – Novelette; translated into German in Best of SNAFU, (Festa, 2018); adapted for S3 of the Netflix Original Series LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS

“Beyond the Borders of All He Had Been Taught” – Insert Title Here anthology (ed. Tehani Wessley, Fablecroft Publishing, April 2015)

“The Chart of the Vagrant Mariner” – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (ed. Gordon Van Gelder, Jan-Feb 2015 issue); nominated for the 2015 Ditmar Award for Best Short Story; included on the Tangent Online 2015 Recommended Reading List; reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2015 (Ticonderoga Publications); included on Ellen Datlow’s Honorable Mentions Long List for The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 8

“Thirty Three Tears To A Teaspoon” – Postscripts 32/33: FAR VOYAGER (ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, November 2014); included on Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Vol. 7 Recommended Reading Long List

“Autumn of the Greatest” – Superpow! anthology (ed. KV Taylor, Red Penny Papers, October 2014)

“Shadows of the Lonely Dead” – Suspended in Dusk anthology (ed. Simon Dewar, Books of the Dead Press, September 2014), Winner of the 2014 Australian Shadows Award for Best Short Story; Reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2014 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications, Oct 2015); reprinted in Focus 2014 (ed. Tehani Wessley, Fablecroft Publishing, 2015)

Upon a Distant Shore” – Dimension6, issue 2 (ed. Keith Stevenson, 4th July 2014)

“Mephisto”Daily Science Fiction (23rd June 2014), Finalist in the 2014 Australian Shadows Awards for Best Short Story

“The Darkness in Clara” (novelette) – SQ Mag, issue 14 (May 2014), Finalist for the 2014 Ditmar Award for Best Novelette or Novella; included on the Recommended Reading Long List, Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Vol. 7; included on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014, ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications

“All the Wealth in the World”Lakeside Circus, issue 1 (January 2014)

“It’s Always the Children Who Suffer” – Midnight Echo Magazine, issue 10 (December 2013), Winner of the 2013 AHWA Short Story Competition

“Exposure Compensation” – Midnight Echo Magazine, issue 10 (December 2013)

“Not the Worst of Sins”Beneath Ceaseless Skies #133 (October 31st, 2013); nominated for Best Short Story Ditmar Award, 2013; translated into Japanese (Nightland Quarterly vol. 10, August 2017)

“Roll the Bones” – Crowded Magazine issue #2 (August 2013)

“The Beat Of A Pale Wing” – A Killer Among Demons anthology (ed. Craig Bezant, Dark Prints Press, June 2013)

“The Fathomed Wreck To See” – Midnight Echo Magazine, issue 9 (ed. Geoff Brown, May 2013), included in the Tangent Online 2013 Recommended Reading List

“On A Crooked Leg Lightly” – Dreaming Of Djinn anthology (ed. Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications, May 2013)

“Quantum Echoes” – Next anthology (ed. Rob Porteous & Simon Petrie, CFSG Publishing, April 2013)

“A Time For Redemption” – Urban Occult anthology (ed. Colin F Barnes, Anachron Press, March 2013)

“Tiny Lives”Daily Science Fiction (25th December 2012); reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2012 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications, August 2013)

“Salvage In The Void”Kasma SF online magazine (December 2012); Semi-Finalist, Writers of the Future Contest, Third Quarter 2011

“Cephalopoda Obsessia” – Bloodstones anthology (ed. Amanda Pillar, Ticonderoga Publications, October 2012); Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Crossroads & Carousels”The Red Penny Papers Vol. III, Issue 1 (October 2012); Recommended Reading List,  Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Fear Is The Sin” – From Stage Door Shadows anthology (ed. Jodi Cleghorn, Literary Mix Tapes, eMergent Publishing, October 2012); Recommended Reading List,  Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Burning, Always Burning” (written with Felicity Dowker) – Damnation & Dames anthology (ed. Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications, April 2012); Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications);  on the Honourable Mention Long List, Year’s Best Horror, volume 5 (ed. Ellen Datlow)

“The Goodbye Message”Ticon4 (April 2012);  on the Honourable Mention Long List, Year’s Best Horror, volume 5 (ed. Ellen Datlow)

“In The Name Of The Father” – The One That Got Away anthology (ed. Craig Bezant, Dark Prints Press, February 2012); podcast by Crime City Central, episode 62 (September 2013)

“The Everywhere & The Always” – Mythic Resonance anthology (The Specusphere, February 2012)

“Trawling The Void” – Midnight Echo Magazine, Issue 6 (November 2011); Honourable Mention, Writers of the Future Contest, Second Quarter 2010

“Unexpected Launch” – Anywhere But Earth anthology (ed. Keith Stevenson, Coeur De Lion Publishing, November 2011)

“Duty & Sacrifice” – Hope anthology (Kayelle Press, October 2011); Recommended Reading List,  Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Dream Shadow” – Winds Of Change anthology (ed. Elizabeth Fitzgerald, CSFG Publishing, October 2011); Recommended Reading List,  Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“The Seven Garages of Kevin Simpson”Pseudopod, episode 242, August 2011 (podcast original); reprinted in Dark Places 2 anthology (Gryphonwood Press, October 2012); Recommended Reading List,  Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Running Wild With The Hunt” – The Game anthology (ed. Kent Holloway, Seven Realms Publishing, August 2011)

“The Speaking Tree” – 100 Stories For Queensland (eMergent Publishing, May 2011)

“Punishment Of The Sun” – Dead Red Heart anthology (ed. Russell B Farr, Ticonderoga Publications, April 2011); Honorable Mention in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year #4 (Night Shade Books 2012); Recommended Reading List,  Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Mirrorwalk” – Murky Depths #16 (April 2011); Recommended Reading List,  Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Declan’s Plan” – Co-winner, Wily Writers Short Story Contest, published at Wily Writers April 2011 (text and podcast)

“Mistaken Identity”Kasma SF online magazine (February 2011)

“Idle Chatter”Bosley Gravel’s Cavalcade of Terror (September 2010)

“The King’s Accord” – Flesh & Bone: Rise of The Necromancers anthology (Pill Hill Press, August 2010); reprinted Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2010 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications, October 2011)

“Jeff Newman’s Headaches”52 Stitches, (August 23, 2010)

“Decennial General Meeting” – Best Of Friday Flash Vol. 1 anthology (August 2010)

“Pushed Too Far”House Of Horror (May 2010)

“Strange Death”Flashes In The Dark (March 2010)

“Trial Not Required” – M-Brane SF Issue #13 (February 2010)

“A Little Killing” – Pow Fast Flash Fiction (December 2009)

“Trapped” – House Of Horror, Issue 7 (December 2009)

“Deep Sea Fishing” – Seizure Issue 4 (December 2009); reprinted in Monstres! anthology; translated into French (Celephaïs Publishing, France, 2012)

“The Book”Antipodean SF, # 136 (October 2009); reprinted in 365 Flash anthology (Pill Hill Press)

“Cemetery” – Horror Bound Magazine, Issue 7 (August 2009); reprinted in Dark Places anthology (Gryphonwood Press, October 2010)

“Stand Off” (full version) – text & podcast by Wily Writers (July 2009) (Infinitas reprint); reprinted in Best Of Wily Writers anthology (February 2011)

“Parklife” – Editor Unleashed/Smashwords Flash Fiction 40 anthology (June 2009)

“Crossfire” – The Oddville Press, Vol 1, # 4 (June 2009); Podcast through Outlandish Voices (Nov. 2009)

“Terminal Illness”Antipodean SF, # 130 (March 2009); reprinted in 365 Flash anthology (Pill Hill Press)

“Being Late” – Op-Ed Magazine (March 2008)

“Runaway” – Harbinger Journal (March 2008)

“The Night Bus”The Harrow, Vol. 10, No. 12 (December 2007); reprinted in Dark Places anthology (Gryphonwood Press, October 2010)

“Stand Off” (abridged version) – Infinitas Newsletter (2006)

“The Bout” – Cyberkwoon.com (2006)

“A Night At The Pub” – Martial Arts Planet (2005)

GAMES

I was a side quest dialogue writer for the open world RPG, Frontiers. Details here.

I was head narrative writer on Leornian, a game about Game Based Learning, developed by PLANE, which is a body funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The game is primarily a resource for NSW teachers, but will hopefully gain momentum and be rolled out further.

I’m available for games writing, should any development teams out there need a writer.

NON-FICTION

Write The Fight Right – short ebook on writing convincing fight scenes.

The Martial Art of Writing – Essays on the discipline and art of writing, filtered through decades of experience as a horror writer and martial arts instructor. (Brain Jar Press, April, 2021)

Also a regular contributor of non-fiction articles, opinion and reviews to a variety of online and print media magazines and books.

ACHIEVEMENTS and ACCOLADES

SALLOW BEND – Preliminary ballot for the 2022 Bram Stoker Award (TM) for Best Novel; Finalist for the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel; Finalist for the 2022 Ditmar Award for Best Novel

DAMNATION GAMES – Finalist for the 2022 Ditmar Award for Best Horror Collected Work

THE FALL: Tales From The Gulp 2 – Finalist for the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Collection; Finalist for the 2022 Ditmar Award for Best Horror Collected Work

“Gulpepper Curios” – 2022 Ditmar Award finalist for Best Novella

“Out on a Rim” – original story in The Gulp (Self-published, January 2021) – Honorable Mention, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 14 (Night Shade Books, 2022)

THE GULP: Tales From The Gulp 1 – Australian cosmic horror novella collection/mosaic novel (Self-published, January 2021) – Winner of the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Collection; preliminary ballot for the 2021 Bram Stoker Award (TM) for Best Collection; 2021 Ditmar Awards Finalist for Best Collected Work

“The Band Plays On” (from The Gulp) – 2021 Aurealis Awards Finalist for Best Horror Novella

“Mother in Bloom” (from The Gulp) – 2021 Aurealis Awards Finalist for Best Fantasy Novella

GHOST RECALL: Eli Carver 3Finalist for the 2021 Ditmar Award for Best Novella

THE ROOFinalist for the 2020 Ditmar Award for Best Novella

“The Ocean Hushed The Stones” – original story in my second collection, Served Cold (Grey Matter Press, September 2019) – Honorable Mention, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 12 (print edition) (Night Shade Books, 2020)

SERVED COLD – my second collection short stories, including three original tales. (Grey Matter Press, ed. Anthony Rivera, September 2019) – Winner of the 2019 Australian Shadows Award for Best Collected Work.

“The Ocean Hushed The Stones” – original story in my second collection, Served Cold (Grey Matter Press, September 2019) – Finalist for the 2019 Australian Shadows Award for Best Short Story.

“Yellowheart” (novelette) – original story in my second collection, Served Cold (Grey Matter Press, September 2019) – Finalist for the 2019 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella.

DEVOURING DARK – an urban horror/dark fantasy novel. (Grey Matter Press, November 2018). Finalist for the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel; finalist for the 2018 Ditmar Award for Best Novel; finalist for the 2018 Australian Shadows Award for Best Novel.

“Crying Demon” – Suspended In Dusk 2 (ed. Simon Dewar, Grey Matter Press, August 2018). Finalist for the 2018 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story.

The Book Club – (PS Publishing, May 2017) – Finalist for the 2017 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella.

Crow Shine – (Ticonderoga Publications, September 2016) – Winner of the 2016 Australian Shadows Award for Best Collected Work; Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Collection, Finalist for the 2016 Ditmar Award for Best Collected Work.

“Served Cold” – Dreaming in the Dark anthology (ed. Jack Dann, PS Publishing, December 2016) – Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella; Finalist for the 2016 Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction.

“Raven’s First Flight” – SNAFU: Black Ops anthology (ed. Geoff Brown & A J Spedding, Cohesion Press, September 2016) – Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella.

“In Vaulted Halls Entombed” – SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest anthology (ed. Geoff Brown & A J Spedding, Cohesion Press, September 2015) Winner Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction 2015 – Novelette

“The Chart of the Vagrant Mariner” nominated for the 2015 Ditmar Award for Best Short Story; included on the Tangent Online 2015 Recommended Reading List; reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2015 (Ticonderoga Publications); included on Ellen Datlow’s Honorable Mentions Long List for The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 8.

“Thirty Three Tears To A Tea Spoon” included on Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Vol. 7 Recommended Reading Long List

“Shadows of the Lonely Dead” reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2014 (ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)

“Shadows of the Lonely Dead” (Suspended In Dusk anthology, Books of the Dead Press, ed. Simon Dewar) Winner of the 2014 Australian Shadows Award for Best Short Story

“Mephisto” finalist in the 2014 Australian Shadows Awards for Best Short Story

Obsidian: Alex Caine #2” finalist for the 2014 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel

Bound: Alex Caine #1” finalist for the 2014 Ditmar Award for Best Novel

The Darkness in Clara” finalist for 2014 Ditmar Award for Best Novelette or Novella; included on Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Vol. 7 Recommended Reading Long List; included on Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014, ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications

“Not the Worst of Sins” finalist for Best Short Story Ditmar Award, 2013

“The Goodbye Message” on the Honourable Mention Long List, Year’s Best Horror, volume 5, (ed. Ellen Datlow)

“Burning, Always Burning” (with Felicity Dowker), on the Honourable Mention Long List, Year’s Best Horror, volume 5, (ed. Ellen Datlow)

“Cephalopoda Obsessia”, on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2012, (Ticonderoga Publications)

“Crossroads and Carousels”, on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2012, (Ticonderoga Publications)

“Fear is the Sin”, on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2012, (Ticonderoga Publications)

“Burning, Always Burning” (with Felicity Dowker), on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2012, (Ticonderoga Publications)

“It’s Always the Children Who Suffer” – Joint winner of the 2013 AHWA Short Story Competition

“Tiny Lives” reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2012, (Ticonderoga Publications)

Nominated for a Ditmar Award – Best New Talent, 2011

“Dream Shadow” on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2011, Ticonderoga Publications.

“The Seven Garages Of Kevin Simpson” on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2011, Ticonderoga Publications.

Duty And Sacrifice on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2011, Ticonderoga Publications.

“Mirrorwalk” on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2011, Ticonderoga Publications.

“Punishment Of The Sun”, Honorable Mention in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year #4, 2012; also on the Recommended Reading List, Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, 2011, Ticonderoga Publications.

“Salvage In The Void”, Semi-Finalist, Writers of the Future Contest, Third Quarter 2011

“The King’s Accord” reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror Vol.1, 2010, Ticonderoga Publications

“Declan’s Plan”, co-winner, Wily Writers Short Story Contest, 2011

“Trawling the Void”, Honourable Mention, Writers of the Future Contest, Second Quarter 2010

“Stand Off” reprinted in Best Of Wily Writers, Vol. 1, February, 2011

“Decennial General Meeting” collected in Best Of Friday Flash, Vol. 1

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