by Jason Fischer | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you’re in Adelaide and are a fan of speculative fiction or fantasy writing, make sure you get along to the SA Writers Centre Spec Fic and Fantasy Festival. Yours truly shall be there with a bevy of talented folks, and it promises to be an absolute treat!
We’re going to deliver a bunch of great panels, live readings of our work, and workshops galore. I’m excited that such an event is being held in Adelaide, and tickled pink to be involved 🙂
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It’s time to crack out of your cryostasis and join us for one of the most spectacular Spec Fic and Fantasy Fests in the multiverse. Dock your Tardis, Delorean, heli cab or space ship at Level 2/187 Rundle Street, 7 and 8 May (unless it’s already the future, in which case… hurry! Go backwards…!)
A galaxy of stars including: Gillian Rubinstein, Sean Williams, Jason Fischer, Ben Chandler, DM Cornish, Lisa L Hannett, Tony Shillitoe, Jo Spurrier and Tehani Wessely will be creating an unforgettable atmosphere and two days of premium advice, learning, workshops and panels that will blow your flux capacitor and melt your chronoscope!
Bookings are essential. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAM HERE.
by Jason Fischer | Mar 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Well slap me with a fish and call me Gilgamesh, for my story “Defy the Grey Kings” from Beneath Ceaseless Skies has just picked up the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella. I am pleasantly shocked, and am pleased that my story has been so well received!
Many thanks to the other finalists and to the judges, whose workload seems to grow year by year. If you’re interested in reading this award-winning epistle, click ye here.
The full list of this year’s Aurealis Award winners can be found here. Huzzah!
by Jason Fischer | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
For her heresy, Reft climbed up to the House of the Pale Daughters. The law dictated that she take the penitent’s path, so she stood barefoot and bleeding in the front courtyard, picking thorns and slivers of glass from her feet.
Reft held a crab on a leash, a juvenile almost up to her waist in height. Its shell was fresh after a recent moult, streaked with blue and orange. Like the other crabbers, Reft had fastened a platform to its back, drilling deep into the hardening shell. From now on, as the crab grew, the platform would grow, and by adulthood it would have entire buildings bristling from its back.
The inner door to the House opened, a thick slab of stone that turned easily on a pivot hinge. One old woman pushed it open with the tips of her fingers.   She was like a piece of driftwood in a robe, flinty eyes buried in a maze of scars.
“Reft the heretic,” she said. “You have come.”
Reft fussed nervously about the crab, unpacking the trunks and crates that she’d lashed firmly to its back. With the tip of a coral knife, she parted the wax seal around the lid of an amphora.
It was honey, gold and thick, filled right up to the brim.
“What does this get me?” Reft asked.
“Death,” the crone said.
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This is the opening passage to my new story “By the Laws of Crab and Woman”, which is now available at the Review of Australian Fiction. I share this issue with the amazingly talented Laura E Goodin, and her story Regent of the Tiny Queen is a joy to read! Check the issue out via the following link: http://reviewofaustralianfiction.com/issues/volume-17-issue-6/
by Jason Fischer | Feb 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
The shortlists for the 2015 Aurealis Awards have hit the wilds. I’m pleased to say that my story “Defy the Grey Kings” from Beneath Ceaseless Skies #180 is a finalist in the Best Fantasy Novella category. Absolutely chuffed to find myself in such good company, and Australian SF seems to be very healthy indeed. Congrats to all!
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by Jason Fischer | Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
You have discovered an ancient document, a clue leading to the lost treasures of Colonel William Light, surveyor and architect of Adelaide. Throughout the years, clues to the treasure’s location have been hidden in the foundation stones of several historical buildings, forgotten until now. With your archaeologist friend Rhonda, you set out to find Light’s treasure, but there’s a catch – the ruthless tomb-robber Percy Graves is hunting for it too, and he is hot on your heels. Will you find the treasure in time, or will it be stolen from under your nose?
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My new story “Treasure of Light” is now available on the Story City app, and is available for the Adelaide Fringe Festival, with the aid of funding from Renewal SA. It’s a story with a difference – think of the old Choose Your Own Adventures, except instead of turning to a page to make a choice, you have to walk to a different location. The whole story is told through your phone or device, and comes complete with narration, artwork, and gorgeous music.
It’s written in the flavour of the “National Treasure” stories, and this story adventure is suitable for all ages to use.
Was a lot of fun to write this story – a lot of research went into this, as well as walking around the city to make sure everything works. If I’ve done my job right, you’ll have fun but you’ll also learn things about the city of Adelaide you might not have known before. There are two other stories set in Adelaide, make sure to check them out too!
Grab the app, and hit the streets during the Adelaide Fringe to find out!
Download the app now: www.storycity.com.au
TREASURE OF LIGHT
Writer: Jason Fischer – www.jasonfischer.com.au
Illustrator: Sands Gonzaga – www.sandsgonzaga.com
Music: Adam Richie – https://rdomain.bandcamp.com
Narration: Kevin Powe – http://kevinpowe.voiceoverartist.com.au
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