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“Collision”

“Collision” 

This story is set in the Twinmaker universe. I say “story”, but it’s really intended as a reading, or some kind of spooky performance art, which you’ll hear below if you play the first audio clip. Below that is the text. I created it by breaking the text into nineteen fragments, each of which I […]

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Australian Shadows Award for SQ Mag 14

Australian Shadows Award for SQ Mag 14 

Kudos and congrats to Sophie Yorkston (Editor-in-Chief) and Gerry Huntsman (Publisher) of SQ Mag 14 for their win in the Best Edited Work category of the 2014 Australian Shadows Award, acknowledging excellence in dark fiction. I’m proud that my Twinmaker story “The Tyranny of Distance” was in this issue. Here’s the link, if you haven’t […]

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“The Legend Trap” wins a Ditmar Award!

“The Legend Trap” wins a Ditmar Award! 

A Twinmaker story about three kids pushing an urban myth to its ultimate conclusion, “The Legend Trap” was a submission to Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios’s excellent collection of diverse YA stories, Kaleidoscope, which made it onto the Tiptree honors list and was nominated for Tin Duck, Ditmar, and Aurealis Awards. It’s now taken gongs […]

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Ditmar Award-nominated “The Legend Trap” and other stories on sale!

Ditmar Award-nominated “The Legend Trap” and other stories on sale! 

To celebrate Kaleidoscope‘s nomination for a Best Collected Work Ditmar Award, plus numerous Aurealis and Ditmar nominations for individual stories (including those by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Garth Nix, Faith Mudge, and Dirk Flinthart – and me) the e-book is on special for the awesome price of just $2.99. That’s a saving of 70%. Get it […]

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