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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Category Archives: Short Fiction
Among Other Things – the Dan Rabarts Newsletter
Last month I launched my author newsletter, Among Other Things. I’ll be sending this out monthly, with a little slice of fiction, some reviews, and other dark mutterings about stuff I like which you might like. You can be the … Continue reading
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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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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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Story News!
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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Awards Nomination Time
Hey ho, it’s that exciting time of year again, when Award Nominations for the Sir Julius Vogels and the Australian Shadows are open! So yes, I’ve got some eligible works, as do a whole lot of people I know. You … Continue reading
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…And Then
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
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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