The author's revised version of 'Cassandra's Hands' is in the new Escape anthology edited by Bronwyn Mehan for Spineless Wonders Press.

'Trouble in Nine Acts', a story about a failed sleuth and trouble magnet, has just won the Scarlet Stiletto Awards Judges' Prize. All proceeds will be spent on good coffee.

'Falling through the genre cracks and finding Wonderland', an article about genre and gender labelling, has been posted on Overland Literary Journal's website.

'By Any Other Name', a story about nostalgia, is in the new Anywhere But Earth anthology.

The Varuna Writers' House writer-a-day project has an excerpt of The Courier's New Bicycle read by the author.

The Courier’s New Bicycle is out! Set in the atmospheric alleyways of Melbourne just a few socio-political changes from now, it's twenty days in the adrenaline-fuelled life of Salisbury Forth: courier of contraband, gender transgressive and accidental sleuth. The Sydney Morning Herald selected it as Pick of the Week, and Australian Bookseller & Publisher has given it a four-star review, describing it as 'a disturbingly credible and darkly noir post-cyberpunk tale'.
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Many of my short stories have a preoccupation with humanity’s capacity for destruction and equal instinct for survival, while the rhythms and nuances draw inspiration from the language of poetry. The characters often inhabit a near-future Australia where something has been turned on its head. I think this is because my imagination has a kind of chemical reaction to living on Terra Australis, and responds strongly to its properties.
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