Zombies multiply

Permuted Press has made the official announcement that they will be releasing BOTH and Undead 2 and Undead 3 anthology (have these guys been chatting to Robert Hood?)

While this is exciting news for undead fic fans, my story has been moved to book 3, tentatively entitled Flesh Feast. Being in a book 3 doesn't look quite as good on a biblio, IMHO, but they're publishing my story so no complaints :)

Hit the announcement link for squishy, runny cover art and a full list of contributors.

Finding the Words is Published

After an extended delay, the overworked folks at Brimstone Press have released the special double issue of Shadowed Relams, featuring my award winning story Finding the Words!

BTW, Brimstone have updated their site and included sub guidelines for Black Box! I'm already in it, having won Shane Jiraiya Cummings' Snakes on a Plane comp (see last post). It's only 120 words, so I don't want to hear your lame excuse for not finding the time to write. Send your creepy, lice-infested words to Shane now!

(now for my lame excuse for not finding the time to write)
I haven't written for weeks, due to that danged Real Life (and that pesky motivation leech, the Terrible Review). I *will* write today, even if it's utter crap and only a sentence.
I *will* write tomorrow, too. And the day after that...

Oh, and if you haven't read Nicole's RSI-inducing Australian Speculative Fiction Carnival, go have a look. Our community is vibrant, wise, bitchy, insightful and a whole host of adjectives I don't understand but am willing to learn.

Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2006 edition and Book of Shadows volume one are now available for pre-order at Brimstone Press! The latter includes my story from Shadowed Realms issue 6, Moving Dad (second place winner in the 2005 AHWA flash fiction competition).

Speaking of pre-orders, someone contacted the Infinitas Bookshop recently, asking for a copy of my novel.

Trouble is, I don't have one!

They'd read one of the stories I'd written for the Infinitas newsletter, By the Numbers, and assumed it was extracted from a novel.
I've been asked a few times if I'm going to extend or serialise that story. Maybe I should find out what happens next.
Still, that's what I call a pre-order :)