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Cthulhu: Deep Down Under
As a writer I like it down, dirty and weird, and it doesn't get any weirder than the Cthulhu mythos. I was tapped on the shoulder a while back by Aussie writer and editor Christopher Sequira to submit to an Australian-themed Cthulhu anthology he was co-editing. I...
Karaoke Fisch
I do love me some karaoke. For many years now I have taken a skillset long honed in the shower and the car, applied it to a pub setting, and had a ball. Like a ronin with a microphone, I will step up, gird my loins, and belt out "Mustang Sally" with fervor. Couple...
Author August!
August seems to be the time of year I crawl out from under my rock, put on a pair of pants and make some public appearances. This year being no exception, I shall be at the following events: Collins Booksellers, Edwardstown - National Bookshop Day (9th August ,...
Curly Potato On A Stick
99% of this blog is dedicated to my writing endeavours. I will make an exception for this. TODAY I ATE A CURLY POTATO ON A STICK. A whole potato, cut into a continuous spiral, deep-fried and smothered in salt. It's moments like these that make you realise humanity is...
What Comfort There Is
In the near future, I'm entertaining the thought of self-publishing some odds and ends as an e-book. One project I enjoyed being part of a few years ago was the Daily Cabal, a mad exercise in masochism where our group produced a new piece of flash fiction every day....
Today’s Bogan Motivational Anthem
Life's tough, so what! I'm alive 🙂 Now go out there and smash your goals into bits. Absolutely anything is possible.
Aurealis Magazine review of “Everything is a Graveyard”
I have loved Aurealis Magazine for a long, long time (I think I've still got issue #2 somewhere). It was a great moment when I sold them a story, and they've published three of mine now. This was one of my go-to sources when I was first learning about Australian genre...
New Review of “Quiver”
Well, to be honest, I'm not sure how old this review is, but I stumbled across it in my travels the other day. Of my novel Quiver, reviewer Scott T Barnes says: "Quiver correctly focuses on the human reactions to a zombie apocalypse rather than on the zombies...
Some cautious thoughts on conflicts and fandom
If you've got any stake in speculative fiction writing and publishing, you're most likely aware of the frequent conflicts in that community. What once might have occupied a few heated pages on LiveJournal, or the leisurely back and forth at conventions and via...
Vale Sue Townsend
Just found out on the interwebs that Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole books has died after a short illness. She'd struggled for a number of years with diabetes and blindness, but every few years she still managed to finish another instalment in the Adrian Mole...
Interview – Marianne De Pierres on “Peacemaker”
Today at the Fischblog I have the brilliant Marianne De Pierres, come to chat about her new book Peacemaker. JF: Much like in your Parrish Plessis series, your new book Peacemaker is set in a future Australia. What is the draw for you to write fiction set locally,...
Black Static #39 – Review of “Everything is a Graveyard”
In the latest issue of Black Static, reviewer Peter Tennant analyses a fat stack of Australian genre books, and gives a thorough review of many new works, including my short-story collection "Everything is a Graveyard". Peter says "Of all these writers, Jason Fischer...