Sisters of Spindrift
Book 3 of the Children of Bane
Sons of the Curse
Book 2 of the Children of Bane
Brothers of the Knife
Book 1 of the Children of Bane
Blood of the Sun
Book 3 of the Path of Ra
Teeth of the Wolf
Book 2 of the Path of Ra, co-written with Lee Murray
Hounds of the Underworld
Book 1 of the Path of Ra, co-written with Lee Murray
At The Edge
A dark and dystopic collection from some of Australia and New Zealand’s best speculative writers.
Baby Teeth
All proceeds donated to Duffy's Books in Homes, a childrens literacy charity
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Author Archives: Dan
May Update on All The Things
I thought when I did my last blog post that I had a lot to cover in one go, and I also thought I’d do well to do more frequent posts here to save myself being in this situation again, … Continue reading
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So Much News…
Wow, where on earth has the past half a year gone? I’ve thinking for a while “It’s been a couple of months since I updated my blog” but in fact it was July last year I last posted! Where have … Continue reading
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Hounds of the Underworld
Lee Murray and I are stoked to announce the release of our first collaborative novel, ‘Hounds of the Underworld’, Book 1 in the Path of Ra series, from Raw Dog Screaming Press. Here’s a little bit about the book, which … Continue reading
Guest Interview: Victory of Limani
Engaged to protect the Princess Zhinu from subversive elements operating within the Qin Empire, mercenary Victory is accompanying the British trade delegation on the ship Xianfeng. Currently, Victory is the vampire Master of the City of Limani, a neutral city-state … Continue reading
Cons, Awards & Interviews
Queens Birthday Weekend 2017 saw me and the family making a road trip to Taupo, so I could attend LexiCon, New Zealand’s SFF Natcon which I had had a part in bringing about. Despite some fairly heavy personal goings-on, I … Continue reading
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2017 SJV Finalists Announced
The Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists for 2017 have been announced, and it’s a fantastic line-up of top quality people and works. I’m excited to see my partner in darkness, Lee Murray, is in the running for Best Novel with … Continue reading
Children of the Tide on Tales to Terrify
My story Children of the Tide, which won the 2013 Melbourne Zombie Con Short Story Competition and was originally published on the Midnight Echo website, has found a new home on the Tales to Terrify podcast, episode 272. The story … Continue reading
Tipuna Tapu wins the Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction
In 2015, I was invited to write an adventure story for the anthology And Then…The Great Big Book of Awesome Adventure Stories. The publisher was keen to have a New Zealand story in this Australian collection, and I was stoked … Continue reading
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New Diane Awerbuck Narration live at Tales to Terrify
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been quite privileged to be the first port of call for narrations on the Tales to Terrify podcast that require an Antipodean voice, which has meant that just recently I’ve been reading stories … Continue reading
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And… Here’s 2017
Well, 2016 was quite a year all round, wasn’t it? Good with the bad and all that. The highlight for me had to be signing a two-book deal for The Path of Ra series with Raw Dog Screaming Press, and … Continue reading
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