Letters From Elsewhere: A collection of speculative short stories, 2023
This genre-blending collection is rich in characters who aren’t always what they seem at first glance. Space pirates, Fire Elves and living grotesques take us on journeys across the multiverse and deep into the hidden crevices of the mind. These stories interrogate what it is to be monstrous; and along the way, they confront the patriarchy and explore the spectrum of sexuality. If you like your fantasy and science fiction a bit dark, laced with humour and sometimes spicy, these stories will entertain, disturb and challenge you. Finalist for Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2024: Best Collected Work: Letters From Elsewhere Best Short Story: Please Sign the Waiver 
Fires of Fate, 2023. In Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa
(Australia) (New Zealand) When Moira Jacobs rides into Āpiti with her scissors, the Furies are close behind. Will anyone survive? My inspiration for this horror story began with a photo of Angela Jacobs, an early settler in Āpiti. Very little is known about Angela, or most other women settlers. Women gained the vote in Aotearoa in 1893, around the time the photo was taken. By that time, large swathes of the country had been cleared for agriculture by fire. Āpiti was one of the last remaining pockets of virgin forest left in the Manawatu. Finalist for Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2024: Best Short Story: Fires of Fate Winner of Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work 2024: Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa 
Bounded by Rivers, 2022. In Aftermath: Stories of Survival in Aotearoa New Zealand
What happens when a small rural town finds itself isolated from the rest of the world? This is the first short story I've deliberately set in Aotearoa. I love Āpiti, but it's a place that lends itself to darkness. 
Politics of the Unalive, 2021. In Midnight Echo: Issue 16
A amusing horror short. A late night conversation in a park, from the perspective of a zombie. Inspired by conversations around identity. 
A Dish Served Hot, 2021. In Ink
A fairy, a mermaid and a plate of food. What could go wrong? One of 201 flash fiction stories about Ink chosen for inclusion in the anthology. 
Consequences. 2020. In Stories of Hope: a Bushfire Relief Anthology.
Dragon versus dragon in a desperate bid to save a forest from the consequences of human greed. All proceeds from this anthology, presented by the Australian Speculative Fiction group of writers, will go to WWF Australian Wildlife and Nature Recover Fund and the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund. 
Rose Moon. 2017.
On midsummer night, Litha, the triplet witches traverse the veil between the realms to collect their dues from the humans. Rather than the roaring bonfire and naked revellers they expect, they discover the human realm is vasty changed and only a ragtag group of rebels awaits them. Captured by the mad monk and stripped of their magic, the witches are caught in a deadly race against unseen forces to save themselves, their new acolytes, and the realms from a never-ending winter. This novella was inspired by the artwork of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite and influenced by political events. |