Midnight Echo Issue 16

by Tim Hawken, Greg Chapman, Martin Livings

Midnight Echo 16. The official magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, featuring short fiction, poetry and non-fiction from some of Australasia's best writers of dark fiction. Issue 16 includes:




A Word from the President Alan Baxter

Editorial - Tim Hawken

Shattered Reflections - Fiona L Renton

Ghosting - Naomi Hatchman

The Dead and I - John Grey

We Had To, Didn't We? - Jane Brown

Alma Mater Benedictus Est - Jeff Clulow

The Collapse - Emma Nayfie

Politics of the Unalive - Jacqui Greaves

Something Unnatural, Something Alien - Erol Engin

Between the Lines - Melanie Harding-Shaw

Wake In Fright at 50: Quintessential Australian Horror - Claire Fitzpatrick

The Hatchling - Geraldine Borella

Snip - PS Cottier

Goon of Fortune - Geneve Flynn

Slim Djinn - Ron Schroer

The Stairwell - Deborah Sheldon

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - Liz Simrajh

The Beating of Her Heart - Louise Zedda-Sampson

Alone in the Dark: Exploring Isolation Horror - Tabatha Wood

The Quiet Room - Martin Livings

Stella - Rebecca Fraser

The Feeding - Bronwyn Todd

Spores - Erin Munzunberger

Wither - Greg Chapman

The Best Medicine - Pauline Yates (AHWA Short Story Competition Winner 2020)

Mother Always Gets What She Wants - Tim Hawken (AHWA Flash Fiction Competition Winner 2020)

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 29, 2021

About the author

Tim’s first novel, Hellbound, was born while on the road, written on airplanes and in hotel rooms. The book was discovered on an online writer’s forum by Dangerous Little Books author CJ Werleman (God Hates You, Hate Him Back), who immediately recommended it to his publisher. Hellbound has since been followed by sequels, I Am Satan and Deicide.

Tim has gone on to win the AHWA ‘Flash Fiction’ Story of the Year twice (2013, 2020) and has been shortlisted for an Australian Shadows Award. He has recently contributed to best-selling books such as Dear Santa, Dear Dad, and Dear Mum, plus released a literary fiction novel under the pen name T.S. Hawken.

To get frequent updates about Tim and his work you can sign up to his newsletter on his website, or follow along on Instagram where he posts a 100-word, art-inspired story most days (@tim_hawken).

Reviews

[Deborah Sheldon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hefty issue with 25 contributions from the Australasian horror-writing community. (N.B. I have a story in this, which I'm leaving out of my review.) Guest editor Tim Hawken has put together an entertaining anthology with something for every reader, spanning poetry to short stories to essays, while Greg Chapman made the eye-catching cover.

[Louise Zedda-Sampson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer- i have a poem in this so the review does not include my story. A solid and varied collection of Antipodean horror.