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Several Deloreans
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My acceptance speech from Writers of the Future
The good folks over at the Writers of the Future contest have rereleased the video of the 2010 awards ceremony. They've chopped the 2 hr + video into accessible 5 minute chunks, organised into order of the award recipients! Most excellent. Here you see me and my...
Goddamnit, that was MY idea
Me, circa 2004: "Hey, wouldn't it be awesome to write a sweeping epic, with sentient elephants who have established a complex society and family groups? I think I'll call it Tusk." Â Me (in a bookstore, circa 2005): "Goddamnit, that was MY idea!" Me, circa 2009: "I've...
In further good news…
I just sold my story "Rolling for Fetch" to Aurealis Magazine. This will be appearing in issue #49. "The drive train went underneath the muscle itself, something like the innards of an old clock, a mesh of gears and cogs. Then the winder cranks, one in each leg,...
Cover Art Revealed for “Everything is a Graveyard”
Over at Ticonderoga Publications, the cover-art for my upcoming short story collection "Everything is a Graveyard" has just been revealed. This artwork comes courtesy of the talented Jason Paulos, the chap who is also responsible for my "After the World" covers. The...
Social Media, Ahoy!
I've been buggerizing around with Facebook to try and use it as a Business Tool, and have just created the following author page: https://www.facebook.com/jasonfischerauthor Feel free to "like" and follow this, all of the public author-related stuff should end up on...
Ditmar Awards Pimpage – With Megafauna
Once again, the Aussie SF awards season bears down on us, much like a time-travelling hyper-intelligent diprotodon. It could be establishing a beach-head for a megafauna invasion, but it's much more comforting to imagine this hippo-sized wombat is merely visiting....
The Chronic Rift: “Viral” Roundtable Interview
A couple of weeks ago, the authors involved in Steven Savile's "Viral" series got together over Skype to discuss the books. The result can now be heard over at the Chronic Rift podcast. It was great fun to discuss how the concept came about, and how we all grabbed a...
RIP Paul Haines
This week Australia lost one of its bravest genre writers to cancer, Paul Haines. Today friends and colleagues from all over the country are flying in to his funeral, and his passing has left a massive hole in the local SF landscape. Despite his often brutal and...
Dream Big
A confession...whenever I'm in a bookstore, I go to the Science Fiction/Fantasy section. I browse through the authors, soak up the vibe, look at old favourites and potential purchases. But without fail, I end up in front of the "F" section, somewhere between Raymond...
“Viral: Anomaly” – on sale now!
Doctor Felix Koehler oversees the vaccination program in Dadaab, Kenya. When the world’s largest refugee camp is plagued with cholera outbreaks, Koehler discovers a murderous conspiracy. Corrupt CIA agents plan to destabilise the African Union by distributing a live...
Coming soon – AFTER THE WORLD: ARMY CORPSE
The world is lost to the walking dead, and humanity limps on behind high walls. Two nations squabble over what is left of the United States. The survivors of Gravesend just got drafted into a civil war, and Tamsyn finds herself saddled with the responsibility of...