Dec 09
Clamour and Mischief, a new anthology all about corvids, has been released by Clan Destine Press. All the corvids – the rooks and ravens, jays and jackdaws, crows and magpies – have the best collective nouns. A parliament and a party. Tidings and titterings, bands and trains. An unkindness. Clamour and Mischief brings a veritable storytelling to these …
Dec 09
Here’s the cover for Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite, edited by Deborah Sheldon, to be released 15 May 2023. Deb’s husband devised the cover’s concept, and the very talented Greg Chapman is the artist and designer. Australia: the land where everything wants to kill you. A continent filled with some of the deadliest …
Nov 27
From the Waste Land – stories inspired by TS Eliot’s The Waste Land and edited by Clare Rhoden, is available to order from PS Publishing. Plaintive ghosts, murderous relationships, the blood-seeped cold of deep space and medieval castles, parched deserts, abandoned villages, betrayed children, and more: nineteen original tales mark the centenary of TS Eliot’s …
Nov 27
Damnation Games, a new anthology of supernatural crime and horror stories edited by Alan Baxter, is out now from Clan Destine Press. A horde of criminally good horror writers took a walk down the mean streets of crime. Their task: to make your blood run cold, to scare you witless and to make your skin …
Nov 27
It may come as a surprise to learn of an ongoing link between our antipodean horror community, and a fellow body operating in Italy. Several years ago, The Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) was contacted by Alberto Panicucci of RiLL – Riflessi di Luce Lunare (which roughly translates as Moonlight Reflections). RiLL are a cultural …
Nov 23
The results are in! The 2022 Robert N Stephenson Short Story and Flash Fiction Competition winners and honourable mentions are: FLASH FICTION
Nov 23
At the AHWA AGM on the 20th November, as per Association rules, all committee positions were declared vacant and subsequently refilled. Most roles remained with the same people as before, but there have been a couple of changes. The new committee is as follows: President – Alan Baxter Vice President – Bernie Rutkay (with thanks …
Oct 05
Kyla Lee Ward’s premiere short story collection has been released by Independent Legions Publishing. Enter a dark carnival where nothing is as it seems, in this collection of thirteen tales by award-winning author Kyla Lee Ward. Each exhibit tantalises with a mix of horror, seduction and blackest humour. A masked apparition tempts a struggling musician. …
Sep 04
Edwina Grey is pleased to announce that her Aurealis award-winning tale of madness, memory and plague has been republished after sixteen years. History is out to get you. Jacqueline is a struggling academic. Unless she can kickstart her failed thesis, she will lose everything she’s ever dreamed of. A lucky find leads to the discovery …
Sep 03
AsylumFest 2022 is being held this October 29-30 in beautiful, historic Beechworth, Victoria. What’s more, this two day book/pop culture festival is being held within the buildings of Mayday Hills, a former 1800s psychiatric facility! Click HERE to book your ticket! Authors, book signings, pop culture traders, all in the Bijou Theatre at Mayday. Incorporating …
