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Risking the Disapproval of Drusilla the Ditmar Diprotodon
Some of you may remember my friend Drusilla, the Ditmar Diprotodon. This unlikely mascot from the Pleistocene era has been using my blog to spruik Australia's national science fiction award since she stumbled into our time-stream back in 2011 or so. Things have...
Motto, mini-poem, or possibly a t-shirt.
Ten thousand ideas buzz around in my skull, One lifetime to write them all down, Because trepanning is not an option.
The (Slow) Hunger Games
Greetings folks! [blows dust off ye olde blog] Like any other field of endeavour, writing attracts many types of personalities. Every sort of philosophy and viewpoint is represented, somewhere, by someone. From the best-selling authors through to the twitching...
New review for “Everything is a Graveyard”
The folks over at ScaryMinds have just released a review of my short story collection "Everything is a Graveyard". About it they say: "Jason Fischer's first collection Everything Is A Graveyard is arguably the best release of tales to chill by this year. A very solid...
Notes from the coal-face
Hey all 🙂 long time since I blogged on my Doings Of Note. Sadly, real life has a way of derailing these things. I'm really going to try and update this thing more often, even if it's just hair-metal video-clips and vague absurdities. I try my best to keep stupid...
It’s Officially Official…
...my debut short story collection "EVERYTHING IS A GRAVEYARD" is, as of today, officially released in all markets. There was a book launch and sales of the book at the Melbourne Zombie Convention, but now, it's open season on this mad epistle. Direct from my brain to...
DRAGON ASSAULT – Coming Soon!
Deep in the Goblin Underland beneath The Span, excavators have uncovered a vast ancient complex of galleries and chambers, where glyphs in the stone spell out "Look Ye Upon The Makers of Gods", and something extremely dangerous is destroying all who enter there. The...
Of Zombies, Dionysius, and eating the brains of Apollo.
I made a throwaway comment on social media the other day, how I believed that all zombie fiction is essentially the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy writ large. Having pondered on the idea for a day or two, I thought it worth expanding upon. "The Apollonian is based...
Author Appearances in December
Heya folks, A quick update about some upcoming appearances: 14th December, 1pm - BOOK SIGNING Come along to Collins Booksellers, Edwardstown. I'll be there signing copies of my new book EVERYTHING IS A GRAVEYARD, and will most likely have some copies of the...
Busy Fisch is Busy
Oh boy, we live in exciting times! While I've admittedly spent the last few days playing Silent Hill: Downpour, the rest of the time has been flat out. Between hanging out with my awesome family, studying clinical coding and working in an interesting and challenging...
Of launches and a pub full of rotters!
Wow, what a great weekend! Saturday started with the book launch for my new collection "EVERYTHING IS A GRAVEYARD", which was great. Nice turn-out of locals at the SA Writers Centre, and the lovely Lisa Hannett did the honour of launching my book. She did an amazing...
Melbourne Zombie Convention – Panel Appearance
Hi folks! Not only will I be in attendance at the Melbourne Zombie Convention, but it will be my pleasure to appear on the following panel. I will be there alongside these bright sorts, talking all things zombie and literature related. 3:30pm - 4:00pm Zombie...