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New Review of Quiver

Aussie horror review site Thirteen O'Clock has reviewed my novel Quiver. Reviewer Alan Baxter pulls no punches, and offers a thorough critique of the book, warts and all. "Jason Fischer has embraced the pulp novella, embraced everything about zombie stories and...

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Melbourne Zombie Convention

The Melbourne Zombie Convention is imminent! I shall be in attendance, signing copies of "Everything is a Graveyard" and no doubt chatting to many awesome folks. If you are shambling along to this event, make sure to stop by and say hello! More information on the...

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Upcoming Appearances

Hey folks, Some fun times ahead! Tomorrow I shall be at the Salisbury Writers Festival, appearing on a panel to talk about "Speculative Fiction Unleashed" with fellow ink-scribblers Sean Williams and Tony Shillitoe. Panel is at 12:50pm at the John Harvey Gallery (more...

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Pick A Horse and Ride It

It is so easy to get distracted by the shiny things. Some of us are born wired with the unique blend of creativity and discipline needed to become successful professional writers. Others of us frolic in the irresponsible Fields of Creativity, only turfing words over...

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CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE! It’s on!

Remember the old Choose Your Own Adventure? Would you like to do one in real life? What if I told you we had some of the world’s best genre writers just waiting to pen an adventure in your city? If you want to do a real life Adventure, written by world famous authors...

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Of a broken Smashwords, and an attempted workaround

Be it by design or accident, the e-book purveyors known as Smashwords are now charging 1c/copy for all free titles downloaded via Apple.   I've regrettably had to put a price onto my short story "The House of Nameless" but here's a coupon dealy that will let you still...

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What I’ve learned at book signings

What I’ve learned at book signings

Writing is a funny old thing. Like any creative field, you are working with something that's initially intangible. You're out there, flailing your arms in space, the flywheels of your brain spinning to the point of breaking. Then, when you've gone all God and Muse and...

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The House of Nameless – The Opera

The House of Nameless – The Opera

In "The House of Nameless", a dinner at a minotaur's house brings an unwelcome intruder. Raoul Mithras, god of both the old, One-Way-World and the surreal, chaotic world that replaced it, is forced to pursue and old foe across a surreal landscape to prevent the...

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