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Weirdbook #39 Gods, Memes and Monsters Schemers Hear Me Roar

  • "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





  • "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
  • Ditmar Awards finalist"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.