"She is not a wanker." - Kim Wilkins

FREE READS Carousel Seven A short sf-fantasy story of a woman who encounters an airport carousel that allows her to become the person who owns whichever piece of luggage she chooses, but luggage comes with baggage. Published in Sputnik 57 - Mar 08 Taku Kino SF Flash fiction about a botanist and an ex-nuclear testing atol in the south pacific, the plants who inhabit it, and the French. Published in Antipodean SF - Issue 117 - Feb 08 And archived at Pandora: >>Taku Kino Blurred Horizons A short science fiction story for young adults in which a time traveller enlists the help of a girl to save future earth. Published in Shiny - Issue 2 - Dec 07 For the Love of Mike A flash fiction piece about loving Mike too much. Read it in Antipodean SF - Issue 114 - Nov 07 For the Love of Mike Collecting Whispers Mythical Fantasy Short Story - about a fortune teller who communes with Egyptian Gods and is asked by a Pharoah to fortell the fortunes of his son. The problem is, with Gods like Chaos, communing isn't easy. Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - Issue 30 - Aug 07. Review - see 11 The Tartan Tie Horror Short Story - about the life-giving qualities of love, song and colour and the bitterness of being unappreciated - Jul 07. Read it in Flashspec 2: A Complete Refabrication SF Short Story - about the pitfalls of post life as an uploaded entity, coming to terms with your own death, and moving on. Read it in Orb Issue #7 - Jun 07 Review 1 | Review 2 Delicacy SF Short Story/comical romp - about the problems of managing politics on an alien colony has finally found a home at Sputnik 57! - Jan 07 Shadow SF Flash fiction - Previously published as "Interface Shadow" in Antipodean SF this has been accepted into a flash fiction print anthology called Flashspec 1: Become a Children's Writer Non-fic Guide - If you want to become a children's writer and don't know where to get started you'll need this book. This is a clear and comprehensive guide on all the nitty gritty involved in starting out as a children's writer in Australia. Includes words of wisdom and tips from so many other more fantastic writers who gave out pearls and gems gained from their experiences so generously. Writers like Robin Hobb (gasp!), Anna Ciddor, Jen McVeity, Sherryl Clark, Claire Saxby, Sally Murphy, Robyn Opie, Richard Harland, Marie Alafaci, Tony Shillitoe, and industry professionals like Sophia Oravecz, editor, and Dr Jeremy Fisher, exec. director of the Australian Society of Authors. Everything you need to know about perfecting your craft, including a handy dandy plot checker and a rewriting checklist, how to prepare and submit manuscripts, cover letters, query letters and synopsi, lists of industry contacts, publishers, helpful books and websites, how the industry in Australia functions, how to find critique groups and how to target your ms towards the right publisher. It'll knock years off your learning curve. Buy it at: www.acq.edu.au/bookshop - TOP JOB GUIDE - Become a Children's Writer. Lost Property A short science fiction tale about the wheelings and dealings of shifty characters aboard a spacestation. Lost Property appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - Issue 14 - Aug 04. Failed First Contact Attempt 957 SF Flash Fiction - Naturally, it is a failed first contact story of the science fiction/comedy genre and it appeared in Antipodean SF in June 2004. 10 Ways to Tell if Your Star Trek Costume is too Small The title explains it all, and it appeared in Visions the magazine of Fantastic Queensland in June 2004 (now archived in pdf format, pg 7). Interface Shadow Adult SF flash fiction - epublished in Antipodean SF in June 2002 is now archived here. A pilot, Jon, has an irrational fear that is keeping him from flying at a level his friend, Taz, knows he can achieve. Taz decides to show Jon how irrational being afraid of your shadow really is. Jericho's Gate Adult SF flash fiction - epublished in Antipodean SF in May 2002 is now archived here. This story was republished in a special awards issue in December 2003. Lolita has dedicated the last few years of her life to a very lucrative but all-consuming job as a professional online gamer but she may have let reality slip just a little too much. Her Good Man Adult comedy - short story 2000w - An impotent police officer in an outback town finds he has a spark of pride left. This story was published in issue 27 (December 2001) of Readers' World magazine. You can read it HERE. Review of "Reviews of This Book" I was coerced into reviewing, and thereby contributing to this book. Perhaps Herley and Jenner felt the tone was too high and needed dragging down a bit. The book itself is an interesting idea or it may be when its time finally gets here. My review is about halfway down and I like to think that I didn't embarrass myself by attempting unnaturally educated words. Reviews of "Reviews of This Book" Empty Spaces Adult SF - short story 5000w - Distances and time in space are vast. It's not always easy to get along with your travelling companions. But if you had the perfect alibi before the crime was committed, and disposing of someone was as easy as pushing a button, would you push that button? Appeared in the September 2001 issue of the e-zine Scifidimensions!