Aurealis #92 features Peter Cooper’s lyrical and poignant ‘The Hush Before Dawn’, LB Spiller’s gripping and tech-savvy ‘Taggant 31’ and Bentley A Reese’s chilling ‘Corpse Eater’. Our top quality non-fiction rollout continues with ‘Early Australian Fantasy: Norman Lindsay’s The Magic Pudding’ from Gillian Polack and Lachlan Walter weighs in with his penetrating examination of the sequel phenomenon in ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’. With our regular reviews and explorations of the Secret History of Australia, Aurealis continues to be the gold standard.
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I was born in Swan Hill, Victoria. I spent my childhood in country Victoria and Melbourne before moving to Geelong at the age of 10. I lived in Geelong until I went to university in Melbourne after secondary school.
I currently live in Melbourne. I’ve worked as a drainer’s labourer, a truck driver, a bathroom accessories salesperson, an Internet consultant, a Multimedia Developer, a Publisher, in a scrap metal yard and as a secondary school teacher. Whew.
I’ve taught English, Literature, Drama, Legal Studies and Computer Studies.
I've published over thirty-five novels and more than sixty of my short stories have appeared in Australia and overseas in publications such as Overland and the New South Wales School Magazine. My writing moves from literary fiction to genre Science Fiction to slapstick humour, depending on my mood.
I’ve been shortlisted eleven times for the Aurealis Award for Speculative Fiction, and have also been nominated for a Ditmar award. My short stories have twice been featured in Gardner Dozois’ ‘Highly Recommended’ lists in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and The Year’s Best Fantasy. Nine of my books have been CBC Notable Books, I’ve been longlisted for a Golden Inky and I’ve been shortlisted for the WAYBRA Award. I’ve also twice won the Best and Fairest Award at West Brunswick Amateur Football Club.
My reviews tend toward the three word style of the trenchant critic, N. Molesworth.