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ASIM Review of “Gravesend”
Just got the latest issue of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, the 44th instalment of my favourite Aussie pulp mag. Not only does ASIM #44 contain my latest story "Sebastian" (love lost, love found, and an evil equestrian encounter), the book reviews section...
Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol 5
My story "for want of a jesusman" (from Aurealis issue #42) will soon be appearing in the Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol 5. This is always a handsome anthology, and I'm absolutely chuffed to have my story appearing in the next volume. Bill...
Another review of “After The World: Gravesend”
This time from the redoubtable Dirk Flinthart over at review site "(Cool) Shite On The Tube". http://www.coolshite.net/review/2010/08/03/world-volume-1-2-novella-review/ He does a great comparitive analysis of the first two After The World books, and of Gravesend he...
Calling All Adelaideans
The brilliant Kirstyn McDermott is launching her new book Madigan Mine at Adelaide Dymocks, on Tuesday the 25th of August, at high noon. Go on, you don't need to eat during that pesky lunch hour. Kirstyn is truly a talented writer and by all accounts this is an...
2010 Ditmar Shortlists
Well, this is all kinds of cool! In the midst of an impressive ballot list, it turns out I've been shortlisted for two Ditmar Awards: Best Novella/Novelette for "After the World:Gravesend", and Best New Talent. As always, it's great to make such a shortlist, and...
Midnight Echo issue #6 – details and deadlines
As some of you may know, I'm co-editing issue #6 of Midnight Echo, the magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association. Issue #5 has now closed for submissions as below: http://www.horrorscope.com.au/2010/08/news-midnight-echo-5-closed-to.html Submissions for...
On Conflict, and the Throwing of Plot-Rocks.
So with the website humming along, all tickety-boo and how's your father, I continue to plough through the sequel to Gravesend, the tentatively titled "After the World: Corpus Christi". Won't be long and I'll be signing off on this, my latest love-letter to George...
Onward, to the lofty heights of professionalism!
So I've reached that stage in the proceedings where it's necessary to kick things up a notch. I've been writing away for some years now, but have largely got by without any internet presence save forums and what-have-you, and after surviving Clarion South my rambling...
New website
Testing...I have started a new website over at jasonfischer.com.au - I'm trying out one of those Livejournal cross-posting widgets, let's see if it works. Oh, and a new email attached to this site (that will always get through to me no matter where I be) which is...