Recent Publications
Verge: Uncanny (June 2019)
Nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story & Norma K Hemming Award
Verge: Uncanny (June 2019)
Nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story & Norma K Hemming Award
Verge: Uncanny (June 2019)
Nominated for Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story & Norma K Hemming Award
Recent Posts
The Ethnographer – Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #79
My short story, The Ethnographer, appears in Issue #79 of Andromeda Spaceways Magazine. The Ethnographer is my humble attempt to wrangle my feelings about inequality and powerlessness. It’s far from perfect, but I’m proud of it. It introduces my second space voyager: the solitary, empathetic ethnographer, Egal Tyro, who journeys from their birth-planet, Mars, out … Continue reading The Ethnographer – Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #79
Hear, hear: narrating for AntipodeanSF
I still remember my only redeeming quality in Year Eight Drama Class was that I had a ‘nice reading voice’. So I tried something new recently: narration. If you’re interested in listening to my sibilant s’s and palatable palatals, you can hear me narrate two snappy, quirky short stories for the AntipodeanSF Radio Show: Bring … Continue reading Hear, hear: narrating for AntipodeanSF
The Mark – Inspirations, Gratitudes
A couple of months ago, I clicked into the Aurealis Awards website to check out the shortlist for 2019. To my utter amazement, my psychological horror story, The Mark, was amongst the nominations for Best Horror Short Story. The Mark is my second publication. In June 2018, I toddled along to the Emerging Writers’ Festival … Continue reading The Mark – Inspirations, Gratitudes
Hunger, fury, and lessons learnt from a short story
Yesterday, I finished editing the Malaysian Chinese gothic ghost story that I’ve been working on, tumultuously, with a fair amount of hair-pulling, for the better part of two months. Writing this piece was a great deal more challenging than I expected at the outset. I thought I’d share about what I struggled with, and consequently … Continue reading Hunger, fury, and lessons learnt from a short story
