In the ‘Dead of Night’ on Halloween thanks to @AustHorror

midnight-echo-zena-shapter-best-anthologyThe Australian Horror Writers’ Association is celebrating its 10th anniversary by releasing a ‘best of’ Midnight Echo anthology, ‘Dead of Night’, and guess who’s in it? Me! Woo hoo!

Midnight Echo is Australia’s premier horror magazine and I was thrilled to be published in it back in 2013 with my short story ‘Darker‘, which won the AHWA’s 2013 short story competition (along with Australian horror royalty Alan Baxter). Now my story is getting another outing and I couldn’t be more pleased that the announcement has been made today, on Halloween. He he…

Edited by former AWHA vice president and Midnight Echo editor Shane Jiraiya Cummings, the anthology will include 25 stories from across the publication’s history. It will be available later this year as both ebook and print edition, and AHWA members receive a free digital copy on release as part of their membership – so sign up now!

The full list of authors are: Andrew McKiernan, Gary Kemble, Deborah Sheldon, Kathryn Hore, Christopher Green, Felicity Dowker, Jason Crowe, Joanne Anderton, Rebecca Fung, Stephen Dedman, Kris Ashton, Christopher Sequiera, David Conyers & David Kernot, Eugene Gramelis, Claire Fitzpatrick, Jason Fischer, L. L. Hannett, Shauna O’Meara, Zena Shapter (that’s me, yay!!), Anthony Ferguson, Bryce Stevens, Martin Livings, R. J. Astruc, Alan Baxter and Deborah Biancotti.

There are so many writers I admire in this list and I’m honoured to be included among them. Congratulations everyone! I can’t wait to read all your wonderful stories! And have a spooky day!

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Zena Shapter

Zena Shapter writes from a castle in a flying city hidden by a thundercloud, reaching across age and genre into the heart of storytelling. A multi-award-winning author of speculative and contemporary fiction, she teaches writing at festivals, libraries and schools, judges various literary awards, mentors and edits other writers, and encourages everyone to value the importance of creativity. She loves movies, frogs, chocolate, and potatoes, though not at the same time!

4 Comments:

  1. Yay, congratulations!

  2. I cant wait to read them as well! Will I like them? Who knows!!! Hopefully I will have the time if you let me.

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