I am absolutely delighted to see that This Fresh Hell has been nominated for a Ditmar Award under the Best Collection category! Congratulations to my fellow editor Katya de Becerra and to all the writers – A.J. Vrana, Annie McCann, C. Vonzale Lewis, Candace Robinson, Chuck McKenzie, Claire L. Smith, Claire Low, Clare E. Rhoden,…
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New Sherlock Holmes Anthology: When the Rose Speaks Its Name
I’m so please to announce the publication of When the Rose Speaks Its Name, a new queer-themed Sherlock Holmes anthology that is raising funds for ar-risk LGBTQ youth in the UK, via akt. Contributing authors include the splendid Atlin Merrick as well as EC Boss, Linda M. Crate, Anna Graham Doe, Larc Enciel, Alexandra Fox,…
Read moreSilver Falchion Top Pick – Murder You Wrote
The fine people of the Killer Nashville conference in Tennessee have named Murder You Wrote: An Interactive Mystery, edited by Dr L.J.M. Owen, in its 2024 Silver Falchion Award Top Anthology Picks. This book was launched last year at the Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival. The new and established writers who contributed to it…
Read moreNew! Sherlock is a Girl’s Name (and a teaser)
I’m delighted to announce the official release of the Sherlock is a Girls’ Name anthology – co-edited by me and Atlin Merrick – which imagines Sherlock Holmes as female, in tall tales that follow the great detective and her Watsons in deep space, 1990s Russia, Victorian London, contemporary USA, worlds of magic and more. Sherlock…
Read moreCover reveal: Sherlock is a Girl’s Name
I’m so delighted to reveal to you the cover of the upcoming anthology, Sherlock is a Girl’s Name, edited by me and Atlin Merrick and featuring 11 short stories and 4 221bs where Sherlock identifies as a woman, all written by female-identifying authors. The stunning cover art, featuring 11 Sherlocks from all the longer stories,…
Read more“After I Found Her” Award Nomination
It’s so exciting that a third story from This Fresh Hell has been nominated for an award! Joining Eugen Bacon and Clare Rhoden’s story “Paperweight” being longlisted for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards under Best Short Fiction, and Chuck McKenzie’s “The Dark Man, By Referral”, shortlisted in the 2023 Aurealis Awards!, we have Claire…
Read morePre-order now: Anna Karenina Isn’t Dead
I’m so excited to have a story in the upcoming anthology Anna Karenina Isn’t Dead, published by Improbable Press and edited by Atlin Merrick. The gorgeous cover art you see on the left is by Claudia Caranfa. The anthology is inspired by the idea of rewriting the (out of copyright) literary lives of female characters…
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