Short Fiction

Much of my short fiction, including otherwise unpublished work, has been collected in This Attraction Now Open Till Late, Independent Legion Publishing, 2022.

• "The Varying Value of Graves", Damnation Games, ed. Alan Baxter, Clan Destine Press, November 2022.
• "This Attraction Now Open Till Late", Vastarien Spring 2022, Vol 5 Issue 1, June 2022.
• "Gargoyles, As They Grumble", The Gargoylicon -- Imaginings and Images of the Gargoyle in Literature and Art, ed. Frank Coffman, Minds Eye Publications, April 2022.
• "A Whisper in the Death Pit", Weirdbook #44, June 2021. Available now.

Bram Stoker Award nominee
Ditmar nominee
Reprinted in Molotov #4 (Italian translation by Francesca Noto), July 2022.





• "Should Fire Remember the Fuel?", Oz Is Burning, ed. Phylis Irene Radford, B-cubed Press, August 2020. Available now.

Bram Stoker Award nominee







• "And In Her Eyes, The City Drowned", Weirdbook #39, July 2018. Available now from Wildside Press.

Bram Stoker Award nominee

Reprinted in Nightland Quarterly Vol. 19 "Imaginary Cities" (Japanese translation by Hajime Oowada), 2019.

• "The Leucrotta", Gods, Memes and Monsters: A Twenty-first Century Bestiary, ed. Heather J. Wood, Stone Skin Press, 2015. Available now from Stone Skin Press.
• "The Character Assassin", Schemers, ed. Robin D. Laws, Stone Skin Press, 2013. Available now from Stone Skin Press.
• "Who Looks Back?" Shotguns vs Cthulhu, ed. Robin D. Laws, Stone Skin Press, 2012.

Reprinted in New Cthulhu Two: More Recent Weird, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2015.

• "The Loquacious Cadaver", The Lion and the Aardvark: Aesop's Modern Fables, ed. Robin D. Laws, Stone Skin Press 2012.

Reprinted in The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2012, ed. Liz Gryb and Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Press.

• "Erina Hearn and the God of Death", Macabre: A Journey Into Australia's Worst Fears, ed. Angela Challis & Dr Marty Young, Brimstone Press, 2010.

Horrorscope Recommended Read 2010.
Honourable Mention in The Best Horror of the Year Vol. III, ed. Ellen Datlow.

• "A Tour of the City of Assassins," Ticon 4, January 2009
• "The Oracle of Brick and Bone", Borderlands #5, 2005.

Honourable Mention in The Years Best Fantasy and Horror #18, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling.

• "The Last Communication of Dr Kent Lawson, Truffle Hunter", vilewatchers.com, January 2005
• "Kijin Tea", Agog #2, ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2003.

Aurealis Award nominee - best short horror
Ditmar Award nominee - best short story
Honourable Mention in The Years Best Fantasy and Horror #16, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling.

• "Dagon", Earthbound, an antagonist sourcebook for Demon: the Fallen, White Wolf Publishing 2003.
• "Sakoku", Agog #1, ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2002.
• "Poison", Passing Strange, ed. Bill Congreve, Mirrordanse Books, 2002.

Reprinted in Among the Headstones: Creepy Tales from the Graveyard, ed. Rayne Hall, Rayne Hall Ltd. 2022

• "The Boneyard", gothic.net September 2001.
• "The Feast", Aurealis #24, 1999.

Honourable Mention in The Years Best Fantasy and Horror #13 ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling.

Feral Fables

• "The Cat's Cortége", The Land of Bad Dreams, P'rea Press, 2011
• "The Rat's Repast", The Land of Bad Dreams, P'rea Press, 2011
• "The Bat's Boudoir", Shadowed Realms #9, 2006

Ditmar Award nominee - best short story
Reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007, ed. Angela Challis, Brimstone Press, 2007
Reprinted in The Land of Bad Dreams, P'rea Press, 2011."

Cursebreaker Stories

• "Cursebreaker: the Mutalibeen and the Memphite Mummies", Hear Me Roar, ed. Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications, 2015. Available now from Ticonderoga Publications.
• "Cursebreaker: the Jikininki and the Japanese Jurist", The New Hero I, ed. Robin D. Laws, Stone Skin Press 2012.
• "Cursebreaker: The Welsh Widow and the Wandering Wooer", Scary Kisses, ed. Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications, 2010.