Deborah Sheldon's Blog

Exciting news! My novella, Rogue Hunter (Severed Press), is out now in e-book and paperback!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJYM7GN5

The back-cover blurb:

A rogue monster. An orphaned child. One hellish journey into the bush.
“While dinosaur attacks might seem fantastic to the reader in our present day, my story comes from a vastly different era before Australia’s Federation; a wild, raw, and dangerous era. I’ll wager you’ve only seen captive-bred dinosaurs in a circus or at the zoo.”
This is the memoir of Edwin Callaghan. In Colonial Australia, 1889, a dinosaur turned man-eater preys upon the people of Smithy’s Creek. Famed lizard hunter, Jim Vandebus, is hired to kill the beast. Haunted by his mother’s violent death, Callaghan wants vengeance and insists on joining the hunting party. What follows is a brutal showdown with the largest and most ferocious dinosaur Australia has ever known.
From award-winning author, Deborah Sheldon, Rogue Hunter is a thrilling tale that pits human resilience against the force of nature’s savagery.

In collaboration with The Horror Tree, I'm giving away 12 of my published titles over the 12 months of 2026. Why? To celebrate my 40th year as a professional writer!

For September, The Horror Tree is giving away TEN e-book copies of my novella Redhead Town, which won the Australasian Shadows "Paul Haines" Award for Long Fiction.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The giveaway will run from Monday 14 September to Saturday 26 September 2026. For further information and to enter the giveaway, click here:
https://horrortree.com/redhead-town-e...

Pre-orders for the monster anthology Aberrations 2 (Screaming Banshee Press) are now live!

With a publication date of 27 September, this anthology includes my story "Fiendish Creatures". 

The TOC includes Chris McInally, Jonathan Maberry, Pamela Jeffs, Pauline Yates, Julian Carver, Daniele Bonfanti, Valentina Kay, Paul McNamee, Ian Michael, Lucas Pederson, and myself.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH93XXT7

In collaboration with The Horror Tree, I'm giving away 12 of my published titles over the 12 months of 2026. Why? To celebrate my 40th year as a professional writer!

For August, The Horror Tree is giving away TEN e-book copies of my novel Cretaceous Canyon, which was shortlisted for the Australasian Shadows "Best Novel" Award, and the Aurealis "Best Horror Novel" Award.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The giveaway will run from Monday 17 August to Saturday 29 August 2026. For further information and to enter the giveaway, click here:
https://horrortree.com/cretaceous-can...

In collaboration with The Horror Tree, I'm giving away 12 of my published titles over the 12 months of 2026. Why? To celebrate my 40th year as a professional writer!

For July, The Horror Tree is giving away TEN e-book copies of my collection, Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories, which was shortlisted for the Australasian Shadows "Best Collected Work" Award.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

The giveaway will run from Monday 13 July to Saturday 25 July 2026. For further information and to enter the giveaway, click here: https://horrortree.com/liminal-spaces...

Illumen is a quarterly digest of science fiction, fantasy and horror poetry that showcases
traditional as well as minimalist forms, rhyming and free verse, and experimental forms.

Illumen Magazine Summer 2026 includes my poem "Gifts of Bone". The poetic form I used is the Welsh awdl gywydd.

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In collaboration with The Horror Tree, I'm giving away 12 of my published titles over the 12 months of 2026. Why? To celebrate my 40th year as a professional writer!

For June, The Horror Tree is giving away TEN e-book copies of my novella, MAN-BEAST.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

The giveaway will run from Monday 15 June to Saturday 27 June 2026. For further information and to enter the giveaway, click here: https://horrortree.com/man-beast-eboo...

In collaboration with The Horror Tree, I'm giving away 12 of my published titles over the 12 months of 2026. Why? To celebrate my 40th year as a professional writer!

For May, The Horror Tree is giving away TEN e-book copies of my zombie novel, BODY FARM Z, which was shortlisted for the Aurealis "Best Horror Novel" Award.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

The giveaway will run from Monday 18 May to Saturday 30 May 2026. For further information and to enter the giveaway, click here: https://horrortree.com/body-farm-z-eb...

Aurealis #190 includes a review of my novel Nightmare Reef (Severed Press, 2025), which was a finalist for the Aurealis "Best Horror Novel" Award.

In part, reviewer Thomas K Slee writes, "Nightmare Reef is gripping but doesn’t pull its punches. It’s not a book for the squeamish. If you can handle the thrills, it will keep you hooked long into the night. Just don’t read it while you’re on a boat."

Here's a link to the magazine's issue:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

And for more information about my novel:
https://deborahsheldon.wordpress.com/...

Robin Knabel of Inky Bones Press has published a creature-feature anthology, Of Beasts & Bones. This tome boasts a hefty 43 stories, and I wrote the foreword!

Here's the back-cover blurb:

Creatures. Grotesqueries. Aliens. Cryptids. Ghosts. These are just a few of the anomalies we’ve unearthed.
Join us as we pursue monstrosities, unwittingly stumble upon unspeakable horrors, and bring terrifying abominations to life. They’re all waiting for you—the monsters from your nightmares, the noises you ignored as a child, the shadows hiding atrocities you can’t fathom. They’re all there—creeping in the darkness, waiting to be discovered.
Allow us to lure you in. Let us captivate and tantalize you with the unknown. But beware, you might not be ready for what you find. Or what finds you.

For more information:
https://www.amazon.com/Beasts-Bones-R...