Wyann trees search the shallows to spear passing prey with their roots. Giant water-ants hunt anything that moves on the water-skin. So Sala really shouldn’t go out onto the lake...
Sala will only be safe for as long as her location remains a secret. But when a horrifying threat ignites close to home, all she can do is run, and make one irrevocable choice after another...
Scientists have figured out one of our greatest mysteries – where the electrical energy in our brains goes after we die... But when Becky's brother disappears, she cares zero for science.

Only champions dare to enter

Beth always plays to win, until her gaming nemesis challenges her to a real-life risk that pushes their skills to the limit, just to survive!
“One of the most energetic identities on the Sydney writing scene. A dynamic writer, teacher...” Walter Mason, Allen & Unwin author.

Conjuring journeys into the beyond and wonderful...

Zena Shapter is a multi-award-winning author of speculative and contemporary fiction, a “master of immersive worlds” (Tawny Frogmouth Magazine), “one of Australia’s most exciting and inventive writers” (CBCA Notable Pip Harry), who creates “the kind of excitement and suspense and pure pleasure that made me want to become a writer” (Lillian Csernica, Tangent Online), “dark fantasy at its blood-soaked finest” (Australasian Horror Writers’ Association), “cold and brutal” stories (Tor.com) “that deserve to be read many times” (Glen Miles Short Story Prize). Which journey will you take next...?

Because sometimes everyone agrees: don’t go onto the lake...

Because sometimes everyone agrees: don’t go onto the lake...
"Fresh, action-packed and utterly compelling. I loved it.” (Ian Irvine, bestselling author of 'The Gates of Good and Evil' series)

Unrest surges in the swamps, getting closer and closer...

Unrest surges in the swamps, getting closer and closer...
"Fast paced and absorbing, with a slow burn romance that will leave readers wanting more." (CBCA Notable author Pip Harry)

Heartless scavengers will kill for any technology they find...

Heartless scavengers will kill for any technology they find...
"Smooth, poetic, and immersive prose... contemporary parallels impossible to ignore." ('USA Today' Bestselling Author Dionne Lister)

Where does the electrical energy in our brains go when we die?

Where does the electrical energy in our brains go when we die?
“Intelligent, pacy and thought-provoking... A challenging new technology with profound implications for humanity.” (Pamela Freeman, author of ‘The Castings Trilogy’)

You'll have to push your skills to the limit just to survive...

You'll have to push your skills to the limit just to survive...
“It’s like Harry Potter on steroids!” (Susanne Gervay, author ‘I am Jack’)

Shorts from 'one of Australia’s most exciting & inventive writers'

Shorts from 'one of Australia’s most exciting & inventive writers'
"A writer with a need for adventure” (Midnight Echo magazine)