by Jason Fischer | Feb 13, 2012 | Pimping, Publication
The world is lost to the walking dead, and humanity limps on behind high walls. Two nations squabble over what is left of the United States. The survivors of Gravesend just got drafted into a civil war, and Tamsyn finds herself saddled with the responsibility of command. Can she survive the war for this brutal new America…and does she dare to unleash the ultimate weapon? Is victory worth the horrible price?
Cover art for After the World #5 has just been released on the Black House Comics website, including some other exciting titles about to hit the stands. Keep an eye out for “Terra Magazine”, Australia’s answer to 2000AD. Amongst other awesomeness, this includes my fantasy serial Tusk:
http://blackhousecomics.com/articles/books-we-sent-to-print-today.html
by Jason Fischer | Feb 6, 2012 | Pimping, Reviews
Scaryminds has just released a review for After the World issue #4 (Black House Comics). The stories get quite a bit of positive ink, and of my novella Corpus Christi the reviewer says:
“Hold onto your knickers kids, Jason Fischer delivers his long awaited sequel to After the World: Gravesend…Fischer once again knocks one out of the ball park and for sure I’m now sweating on another chapter in this series.”
The rest of the review can be read here: http://www.scaryminds.com/reviews/2012/magazine19.php
As for the next instalment in Tamsyn’s tale, there’s some exciting news in that regard…will spill the beans when things are all official-like 🙂
If you’d like a copy of the zombie-tastic After the World, issue #4 should be in a newsagent near you. Issues #1-#4 can be ordered online here: http://www.blackboox.net/categories/Pulp-Fiction/After-the-World/
by Jason Fischer | Jan 13, 2012 | Announcement, Awards, Pimping
Just a quick signal boost: Each year the Australian Horror Writers’ Association holds a short story and flash fiction contest, and this year I’m one of the judges. It’s a great little contest. Winners receive a cool engraved plaque, paid publication in the association’s magazine Midnight Echo, and bragging rights for a whole year 🙂
Entries are open till May 31st. More details here:
http://australianhorror.com/index.php?view=57
by Jason Fischer | Oct 19, 2011 | Pimping
Awesome! The cover art for my next instalment in the After the World zombie novellas has now gone public. Once again, artist Jason Paulos knocked it out of the park, bringing the world-weary bow-slinging Tamsyn to life. Look out for “Corpus Christi” in your local newstands, more info soon!
(image nicked from Black House Comics facebook page)
by Jason Fischer | Sep 10, 2011 | Pimping, Publication, Writing
Following the release of novellas “Killable Hours” and my own “Gravesend”, Black House Comics have upped the ante. Not only is the After the World saga continuing, it’s been expanded from a standalone novella into a full-fledged fiction anthology, available in newsagents around Australia (and online). You’ll still find a zombie apocalypse novella in each bimonthly issue of After the World, but now each instalment is accompanied by some fantastic fiction, with a bit of something for everyone.
Issue 3 is headed up by Jason Franks’ “Pack Rules”, an absolute hum-dinger of a story set in the same shared universe as the first two books. I’ve had the privilege of already reading this piece, and it knocked my socks off. Bikers scavenging for supplies in a zombie ravaged Melbourne; the residents of an upper-class apartment, holed up and terrified; a pack of feral dogs abandoned, desperate to survive in a world where dead monsters walk.
A whole swag of other fiction can be found in this magazine, including tales of science fiction, horror, and just plain weirdness. My contribution to this issue is the slipstream “A Clockwork Arthur”, where the argot of Nadsat meets the downfall of Camelot. To top it all off, look at that cover. Just look at it! Jason Paulos at his finest.
(image nicked from http://blackhousecomics.com/articles/after-the-world–anthology—issue-3-out-now.html)
Future issues will include my sequels to “Gravesend”, the upcoming “Corpus Christi”, and the third instalment “Army Corpse”. These two are intended to make Gravesend look like a trip to Disneyland, and hopefully folks get a kick out of seeing the surviving characters from the first book (and the bad things I do to them – oh so bad).
After the World can be found in your local newsagent, or can be ordered online via this link: http://www.blackboox.net/after-the-world-pack-rules-issue-3/
Aspiring writers, here are the submission guidelines for this very cool publication, check it out: http://blackhousecomics.com/submissions-for-after-the-world.html
by Jason Fischer | Aug 30, 2011 | Pimping, Uncategorized
Seth J Rowanwood, my rather awesome illustrator from Writers of the Future (who took out the Golden Award in the sister contest, for his illustration of “The House of Nameless”) was lucky enough to have one of his book covers packed onto the last ever space shuttle launch and sent up to the International Space Station (just the cover, book itself was over the strict payload limit). That’s right – the squeezings of his brain got flown into space. I don’t care where you’re from, that’s damn cool 🙂
Few people get to cross that one off the ole bucket list. Well done Seth!
More info here:
http://www.sethjrowanwood.com/archives/767
