Category Archives: Books

Au Contraire 3

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Dan

Well, I made it. Au Contraire 3, New Zealand’s 37th National Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, is done and dusted, and I lived to tell the tale. I worked with Lee Murray to programme the Writers’ Stream of panels and … Continue reading →

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Story News!

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Dan

It’s been a while since I posted last, because I’ve had so much going on. My SF horror novella Spindle has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue #63, and the story is the inspiration for the amazing cover art. … Continue reading →

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…And Then

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Dan

So, a little while ago I was invited to write a story for quite a different sort of anthology, and I took up that challenge. Tales of adventure, featuring a duo in the lead roles, and with a setting or … Continue reading →

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Dieselpunk, Horror, and a new narration in the wild

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dan

I’ve been buried up to my neck in edits for At The Edge these past few weeks, so much so that I’ve almost dropped the ball on some pretty big news. Not long ago, I had a story appear in … Continue reading →

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‘At The Edge’ Table of Contents and Cover Art Revealed

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Dan

I’m very pleased to announce the stories to be included in our upcoming anthology, At The Edge. Edited by myself and Lee Murray, At the Edge is shaping up to be a stunning collection of short science fiction and fantasy from both … Continue reading →

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‘The Crooked Mile’ rides again, and a new narration hits the air

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Dan

I’m currently buried up to my eyeballs in day job stuff, plus I’m thrashing a new novel-length project and have just passed the 80k mark on that (Yay!), and I’m working on a dieselpunk adventure novella, so it’s all go … Continue reading →

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At The Edge – Submissions now open!

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Dan

I’m very pleased to announce  that I am involved in a new anthology project. Together with Lee Murray and Paper Road Press, we are now taking submissions for At The Edge. We’re looking for speculative fiction short stories, covering the … Continue reading →

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Story News: ‘Endgame’ published in ‘Fat Zombie’

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Dan

My short story Endgame is now available as part of the anthology Fat Zombie, a collection of stories of unlikely survivors of the apocalypse edited by Wellington author Paul Mannering and published by Permuted Press. I had a lot of … Continue reading →

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Guest Post – Matthew Sanborn Smith

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Dan

Cerberus co-writer and fellow creator of the weird, the macabre, and the fantastic, Matthew Sanborn Smith, has some big news about a short story collection he wants to let you know about, and as an added bonus, he’s letting me … Continue reading →

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Book Launch: The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Dan

Very shortly, I’ll have my first ever children’s short story coming out, in the anthology The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales. The story is titled Jack in the Box, and tells a tale of a naughty elf who really, really … Continue reading →

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