Interview with Ginger Nuts of Horror

Read my interview about my writing process and all things Aussie Creature Horror for my story Quoll Season, featured in the anthology: Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite, from IFWG Publishing!!

Author Interviews Part 2: Killer Creatures Down Under from IFWG - Ginger Nuts of Horror

Supanova - Gold Coast - 15/16 April 2023 - with IFWG publishing

I'll be at Supanova on the Gold Coast this weekend (April 15/16) with the IFWG publishing team!

We're celebrating the launch of the new anthology: Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite which features my horror story Quoll Season.

I'll be on the IFWG panel on Saturday 15th April, from 3.30pm - 4.30pm.

We'll be signing advance copies of the anthology all weekend at the IFWG booth!

Link to my Supanova Guest profile

Round Up / Awards Eligibility for 2022

This is my first time posting a year round up / eligibility thread - exciting stuff! 

I had six short stories and a drabble published in 2022. The first three are free to access, and I can provide a copy of the others for review purposes. I'm not really sure how the award stuff works, but if there's something here you like enough to nominate for something, that would be amazing! 💖

Synaesthetics (short story, science fiction, 948 words) in Nature: Futures (Jan, 2022). A synaesthetic robot far from home realises that military aspirations needn't stand in the way of art.

Tangerine (short story, fantasy, 1346 words) in Kaleidotrope (Autumn, 2022). A story of first love and the inevitability of growing up as a shadow dweller, and her sister who shapes the sun, meet a rainbow girl.   

Curse of the Eldritch Mermaid (short story/podcast, horror, 1498 words) in Tales to Terrify #561 (Oct, 2022). This one was runner up in the Tales to Terrify Nautical horror, flash fiction contest. A cursed mermaid haunts the high seas in search of her lost treasure. 

The Broken Carousel (short story, fantasy/YA, 3692 words) was published in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #88 (Sept, 2022). Childhood nostalgia and regret juxtaposed with a carousel come to life.

The Pizza Curse (short story, horror-humour, 2239 words) in It Was All a Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right from Hungry Shadow Press (Oct, 2022). A pizza place, a wolf costume, the full moon. What could possibly go wrong (or right)?

A Trail of Blood Like Stars (short story, fantasy/YA, 4951 words) in And the Dead Shall Sleep No More, Vol II from I/O Enterprises (Oct, 2022). A sick woman seeks a bloody cure from a vampire who might not be all he seems. 

Fire and Frost (drabble, fantasy, 100 words) in Wyrms: An Anthology of Dragon Drabbles from Shacklebound Books (July, 2022). A down in the dumps dragon finds a new, artistic way to express himself.

Interview with Hungry Shadow Press

Read my interview about out there themes and horror humour for my story The Pizza Curse, featured in the anthology: IT WAS ALL A DREAM: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right, from Hungry Shadow Press!

 Author Interview: Helena O’Connor - “The Pizza Curse” — Hungry Shadow Press