Welcome to a new month, all! Here on Noongar country we have entered Djeran season, the beginning of cooler weather. I can tell this change from the ants determinedly traipsing through my house, looking for a warm space to build a nest. (They are winning their territorial invasion. Sadly, I am outnumbered.) Djeran is known … Continue reading GenreCon and April IWSG
Tag: specfic
And We’ll Throw Your Ashes To The Wind
Hello, world. I’m briefly sneaking out from my virus-smothering blankets (yep, that virus) to say so-long to October. And cheer a little for my newest published short story. And We’ll Throw Your Ashes to the Wind is a post-apocalyptic story of a mother and child, journeying across their West Australian landscape to the ocean, following … Continue reading And We’ll Throw Your Ashes To The Wind
Neurodiversity in SFF
Earlier this year I attended QuaranCon 2022, an online speculative fiction convention in its second year featuring speakers from all over the world. Today I'm highlighting a particular panel that resonated with me: Neurodiversity in SFF. From the QuaranCon YouTube channel description: "We're not all wired the same way, and that is a thing of … Continue reading Neurodiversity in SFF
Our Closest Celestial
In the beginning, it was cold all around. Dark and cold, the kind that seeps into your bones—though in the beginning, you had no bones. No eyes to see light, yet the dream of it was there. And when it came, light, that’s when you knew: the beginning had passed, and darkness would never again … Continue reading Our Closest Celestial
New Publication: Drákōn
Front cover of Wyrms (c) Shacklebound Books Did you know that in publishing etiquette it is an honour to be not just first, but also last in a publication of multiple pieces? Did you also know that anthologies are great places to read stories by new and established authors, and that there are so many … Continue reading New Publication: Drákōn