What’s going on with Narrelle right now? Why, this of course!
New Release: A Queer Inheritance
It’s been a while coming, but I’m so delighted to finally share with you a new book: A Queer Inheritance. The ebook was released on 1 July 2026 and will soon be part of the Smashwords July sale! The print version will be out around mid-July.
Check out https://books2read.com/aqueerinheritance for links!
AQI has had a long gestation. The early chapters were published as standalone stories before being rewritten to include a paranormal aspect and becoming part of this book about two troubled young men in love.
The blurb:
When Jack Burns quits the army and returns to the only home he knows – his best friend, Elliot Talbott – he is prepared for all sorts of shenanigans. They are what he and Elliot are famous for, after all. He’s not prepared, however, for all the unpredictable events to come.
His unrequited love for Elliot becoming requited at last is one. The crazy maybe-paranormal cases resulting from Elliot’s latest scheme, Talbott and Burns Investigations – We explain the inexplicable are another.
And finally, the unforeseen fallout when Elliot inherits a pocket watch, a secret code and a skeleton in the family closet from his Great Uncle Ricky.
Because Elliot has been hiding something from Jack for the last decade: his ability to read objects and people with a touch; a curse that’s brought nothing but pain.
It’s all fun and games until someone is provably psychic and suddenly Elliot’s world is ending. The only hope for Jack and Elliot might be in getting to the source of Elliot’s queer inheritance.
And look at that gorgeous cover, created by my wonderful and wonderfully talented sister-in-law, Jill Harris. You can explore her original artwork – often featuring flowers from her garden and native birds – at Little Bird Gippsland.
A Queer Inheritance goes on general release as an ebook on 1 July 2026. The print version will follow once I’ve finalised the proof copy, so by mid-July.
Murder in the Waybelow – Read Chapters 1- 3 on Patreon!
The first three chapters of Murder in the WayBelow are now available for free on my Patreon! It’s set in my Cog and Bone universe, first introduced in “The Solitary Recyclist”, a Holmes & Watson story published in Sherlock is a Girl’s Name.
This new tale is also set on the Londinium, a generation starship. Notorious Victor Frankenstein is up to no good in his lowest-decks secret lab, until he isn’t. Now Sherlock Holmes, her ‘droid colleague W4t50n, the child-droid Castaway Gang, & Victor’s earliest ‘creation’ Adam, have to solve the crime & prevent a droid-human crisis.
Read Chapter One on Patreon now!
If you like what you read you can support my Patreon from $3 to get a chapter a month! Plus all new members get a free ebook of my anthology Scar Tissue and Other Stories. (Higher tiers have more rewards, so take a look!)
I’d love to have you join my Patreon Posse and help me do less day job, more fiction! And of course you can cancel at any time!
Humans from Earth anthology from Daft Notions Press
I’m so happy to be kicking off 2026 with a story in Chuck McKenzie’s new Daft Notions Press horror anthology, Humans from Earth – where humans are the monsters!
My story, “Delicacy” is appearing with so tales from many brilliant (and brilliantly scary) people, including Chuck, Jason Franks, and Martin Livings!
Humans from Earth will be released near the end of February – I’ll post links when I have them!