Feb 03
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we have five fabulous prize packs up for grabs. All you need to do to be in the running to win one is to renew your membership or join us by 16 February 2025. You need to be Australasian (Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific Islands), over 18 …
Jan 25
The AHWA Subscriberthon is on! If you join or renew your AHWA membership before midnight (AEDT) Sunday 16 February 2025 you’ll be in the draw for some amazing prizes including books, artworks, story critiques and more!Annual membership is an absolute bargain at only $40.Details of the amazing prize packs and competition terms and conditions are …
Apr 24
“LIFE IS BLOODY GOOD” In Australia, vampires are a protected class. Twenty-two towns are picked to siphon vampires, aka ‘redheads’, out of capital and regional cities. When polled, most Australians agree with this strategy. But most Australians don’t live in a ‘designated area’. Don’t have to step over drowsing redheads during the day. Or live …
Oct 15
Bit of a mixed bag this one. Eight individually directed tales of modern horror collated by one of the masters of the genre. Some of them hit the mark, others not so much. There’s a couple of really dodgy monsters which lean toward parody rather than horror. The first tale, “Lot 36”, has a solid …
Oct 02
Huge thanks to the awesome J. S. Breukelaar for stepping up as guest editor for issue 18 of the AHWA’s flagship publication, MIDNIGHT ECHO, coming to you in October with amazing cover art by Meg Wright and typesetting and layout by Greg Chapman. This issue is CURSED and we’re proud to announce J. S. Breukelaar’s …
Oct 02
Advertising is available in the next issue of Midnight Echo. There are a selection of slots and prices available for sellers targeting horror writers, readers and artists. Fire off an email to australasianhorror@gmail.com to lock down your space!
Sep 24
Eugen Bacon’s AN EARNEST BLACKNESS by Anti-Oedipus Press, a collection of essays that offers critical perspectives on blackness, Afrofuturism, colonialism, historicity, gender and (mis)recognition, has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction. Congratulations to all winners and finalists. Eugen is honoured that this collection has also made the preliminary ballot for the Australian Ditmar …
Sep 24
Australia’s outback holds a mysterious canyon. Hidden deep within is a forest of pine tree that dates from the Cretaceous Period. A megacorporation sends in a team of experts to research this canyon for botanical riches. The expedition enters a no-man’s land formed 100 million years ago when Australia was still attached to Antarctica, and …
Jul 31
SUBMISSION CALLOUT FOR AUSTRALASIAN HORROR WRITERS Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies (IFWG Publishing, 2021) featured work by Australian writers. It was nominated for five awards and won two of them, including the Australian Shadows ‘Best Edited Work’ Award. Now, award-winning author and editor Deborah Sheldon is looking for submissions to the …
Jul 31
Eugen Bacon is honoured to feature among some the most prolific Black women horror writers of this century in the newly released edition of 160 Black Women in Horror (2023). This book celebrates black history, and women writers in history. Her book Mage of Fools is also a silver award winner in the Foreword Book …
