I was looking at all my recent publications and realised what a big Holmesian year I’m having! Of course I’ve written tons of Holmes fanfic and short stories, and this year I’ve played around with some self-publishing of small Holmes tales, to learn that process – so all up I’ve had FOUR Holmesian books come…
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Award Nomination: This Fresh Hell
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,…
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 moreExciting news: a film option for The Opposite of Life
I’ve been sitting on this news for a little while, but am finally allowed to share it! The MOVIE RIGHTS for my Melbourne vampire novel The Opposite of Life have been optioned by Capricorn Pictures. The Opposite of Life is the first in my “Vampires of Melbourne” trilogy; followed by Walking Shadows… and the forthcoming…
Read moreNew and reissued ebooks!
I had a few issues with eBooks being missing or not available recently, so I’m delighted to announce that the following three books are available again! Walking Shadows Walking Shadows is now available on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble and other online retailers. It’s still being rolled out so keep an eye out. In the…
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 moreNew! The She-Wolf of Baker Street
My new book made her first appearance at Clunes Booktown in late March 2024 – and now she’s available to all! The She-Wolf of Baker Street in inspired by several things – my love of the Holmes stories, my delight in writing adventures full of queer characters and how much I like writing about fantastical…
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 moreRe-Release: Walking Shadows
Over on my Patreon, the serialisation of my second Vampires of Melbourne book, Walking Shadows, ended late last year, after being out of print for several years. Now the new ebook, with its pretty new Jill Harris cover (that matches that on the re-release of The Opposite of Life) is now available! The Blurb What’s…
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…
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