Episodes
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
"The Malcontent" by Nathan Hill
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
The fulfillment of Charles's dreams of undead glory is at hand -- until the Malcontent speaks. Nathan, currently studying history at the University of Wollongong, has written stories, radio plays, and poetry, and is planning to take advantage of the distraction offered by the impending and inevitable zombie apocalypse to install a puppet Wollongong City Council. "The Malcontent" is his first published work.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
"A Million Shades of Nightmare" by Cat Sparks
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010
Sarah Jordan's mother says she's perfectly safe. Sarah knows better. Cat lives on the sunny south coast of New South Wales. She works part-time as a graphic designer and writes as often as she can possibly manage. In 2004 she was a graduate of the inaugural Clarion South Writers’ Workshop and a Writers of the Future prizewinner. She has edited four anthologies, and won eight Ditmars and four Aurealis awards. Fifty-odd of her short stories have been published since the turn of the Millennium. She is currently hard at work on a trilogy, a standalone novel, a novella, and a handful of complicated short stories. Find out more at www.catsparks.net and http://catsparx.livejournal.com/ .
Tuesday Mar 09, 2010
"Nasty Little Habits" by Robert Hood
Tuesday Mar 09, 2010
Tuesday Mar 09, 2010
Warwick is crass, rude, thoughtless, and vapid. And those are his good points. Robert Hood has been described as "Australia's master of dark fantasy" (Sean Williams) and "Aussie horror's wicked godfather" (Black Magazine), though his writing often crosses into science fiction, crime and general fantasy. Often humorous -- sometimes grimly, sometimes playfully -- his stories are characterised by believable characters and outright weirdness. Rob has lived in the Illawarra for several decades, having originally migrated here as co-host of a Sunday morning radio show called "Something Different for Sunday Breakfast" on 2-Double-O. Though most of his work is in short stories, he has also published five novels, several non-fiction books, lots of kids' books, a few playscripts, and an opera libretto! His latest collection is *Creeping in Reptile Flesh* (Altair Australia Books) and he is currently working on a short YA novel with the title *Robot War Espresso*, which will be published by Twelfth Planet Press in October. You can learn more about him on his website, www.roberthood.net, or read his award-winning film commentary blog *Undead Backbrain* at roberthood.net/blog.
Thursday Feb 04, 2010
The God at Ixtlan del Rio by Richard Harland
Thursday Feb 04, 2010
Thursday Feb 04, 2010
A snobbish tourist gets a little more authenticity than he bargained for. Richard Harland was born in England, but has lived almost all of his adult life in Australia. He has lived in the Illawarra for nearly 30 years. He was a lecturer in English at the University of Wollongong before becoming a full-time writer in 1997. He has had 14 books published altogether, by Pan Macmillan, Penguin and Scholastic. His novels are all deep-down fantasy, even when they’re also science fiction. Richard has won five Aurealis awards, including the Golden Aurealis for Best Novel in any category of SF/fantasy or horror, and his YA novel Worldshaker has just been released. Find out more about Richard at www.richardharland.net, and read his FREE cornucopia of tips for science-fiction and fantasy writers at www.writingtips.com.au.