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“Welcome to World Building” workshop with Jason Fischer – May 20, 2017
Coming soon at the SA Writers Centre - my world-building workshop is always great fun to run, and people always leave brimming with ideas for stories. If you're interested in creating a fictional world, this workshop is for you! Suitable for all ages. ----- Do you...
New e-book available now! “Seven Threads” by Jason Fischer
Seven Threads is a mini-collection to introduce new readers to the work of Australian fantasy author Jason Fischer. Stories in this collection include the Aurealis Award winning novella "Defy the Grey Kings" and "The House of Nameless", winner of the Writers of the...
Island Magazine Issue #148 – “She Says” by Jason Fischer
My story "She Says" will be appearing in issue #148 of Island Magazine, which will be available in stores on the 27th February 2017. This story explores the viewpoint of a non-verbal autistic teen, trapped with a Paralympian athlete in a city full of dangers. It...
Aurealis Awards 2016 Shortlist
I will admit to jumping around and smiling like a loon when I read today's Aurealis Awards shortlist. My novella "By the Laws of Crab and Woman" (originally published by the fine folks at the Review of Australian Fiction) is a finalist in the Best Fantasy Novella...
NEW STORY – “Ladyflies” by Jason Fischer, available at Review of Australian Fiction
If the gonnery was the hand that watched over Teper, the five main gonnes were its fingers. Her mother told her stories of how the gonnes used to shine brightly, but now they were pitted and thick with rust, patched with steel plates and welds. The gonnes tracked the...
“Defy the Grey Kings” now available at PodCastle
I have long adored the Escape Artists trio of podcasts. Today I am tickled pink to see my story "Defy the Grey Kings" turned into a beautiful piece of narration, and it is now available for your listening pleasure over at PodCastle....
Spec Fic and Fantasy Festival – SA Writers Centre
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...
AUREALIS AWARD WINNER! Best Fantasy Novella
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...
BY THE LAWS OF CRAB AND WOMAN – new story now available at Review of Australian Fiction
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...
“Defy the Grey Kings” is an Aurealis Award Finalist!
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...
“Treasure of Light” now available over at Story City
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...
Rolling like a D6
It's alive! Today issue #6 of Dimension6 has hit the internet, and it contains a trio of fun reads, including pieces by Louise Katz and Steve Cameron. My own contribution is the reprint of the lead novella from "Everything is a Graveyard", a story by the same name....