Award-Winning Author of Science Fantasy & Dark Fiction
“A master of immersive worlds.”
“One of Australia’s most exciting and inventive writers.”
“Cold and brutal” stories “that deserve to be read many times.”
Which journey will you take next?
THE WORLD OF PALUDE
WHEN DARK
ROOTS HUNT
Sometimes everyone agrees…
Don’t go out onto the lake. Wyann trees search the shallows to spear passing prey with their roots. Giant water-ants hunt anything that moves on the water-skin. Sala’s village survives hidden behind a wall of poisonous ivy, because everyone agrees: don’t go out onto the lake.
WHEN DARK
WATERS BURN
Unrest surges in the swamps, getting closer and closer…
Stay out of sight. Stay hidden under the lake. Even as giant water-ants scout the surface, and deadly trees slop their hungry roots along the shoreline. For unrest surges in the swamps, getting closer and closer… Sala will only be safe for as long as their ship’s location remains a secret.
WHEN DARK
WORLDS RISE
It’s dangerous to leave.
Outside the secret shack where Sala and her friends have been hiding, foraging among the burnt-out ruins of a raided land, heartless scavengers will kill for any technology they find. Vicious tree cats stalk the night for prey. And giant water-ants have overrun Palude’s carnivorous tree swamps. But when the love of her life needs help, Sala has no choice but to trade everything they possess for his freedom.
TOWARDS
WHITE
They know what’s going to happen to you… after you die.
Scientists in Iceland think they’ve figured out one of our greatest mysteries – where the electrical energy in our brains goes after we die. According to the laws of physics, one form of energy must always become another form. So the electrical energy in our brains and nervous system can’t simply disappear…
INTO
TORDON
Only Champions Dare To Enter!
Beth has been waiting for weeks to play in the championship of her favourite online game, Tordon. Now tribes of beastmen roar through her speakers. Game on! She plays to win, until her gaming nemesis Zane challenges her to a real-life risk that has them sucked into a strange world. Here they must push their skills to the limit just to survive!
SHORT
FICTION
Short immersions you won’t regret, or forget…
“Steeped in a deep sense of unease, alternating between white-knuckle action and a deliberate unfolding of the layers of truth.”
TEACHING STORYTELLING CREATION & ANALYSIS
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