Friday, April 4, 2025

"The Tic-Toc Boy of Constantinople" reprinted in the anthology The Apparatus Almanac Ed. Jessica Augustsson; bit on a Goodreads Dilemma, and other writers' on stories

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  "The Tic-Toc Boy of Constantinople"in  The Apparatus Almanac: Gizmology and Technomancy Ed. Jessica Augustsson  It's always...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Books Read 2024

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A Spindle Splintered  by Alix E. Harrow (novella) All the Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr A Special Providence  by Richard Yates The S...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Top 25 Short Story Reads of 2024

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This is my annual list of favourite short stories read over the year. It's the usual unapologetic mix of spec-fic and realism, along wit...
Friday, August 16, 2024

Aurealis Awards Ceremony

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This is very late in the writing, but I did have a fab time in Melbourne at the Aurealis Awards Ceremony. Kudos to all the finalists and win...
Monday, April 8, 2024

'The Tic-Toc Boy of Constantinople' in the revered The Conversation as one of five "Australian literary works of particular relevance to national conversations about AI"

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I've always respected and admired The Conversation, so it is a humbling privilege to have 'The Tic-Toc Boy of Constantinople' wr...
Friday, March 15, 2024

"An '80s Tenement Love Story" from Bourbon Penn 31 an Aurealis Award Finalist

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It's humbling to see my latest story "An '80s Tenement Love Story" recently announced as a finalist for an Aurealis Award....
Monday, January 1, 2024

Reading and Writing Review 2023

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  Books Read 2023   Bourbon Penn 31  Ed. Erik Secker (journal/ anthology) Constantinople: The Last Great Siege 1453  Roger Crowley (history)...