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Q: The Queermance Anthology - celebrates the best of queer Australian romance writing.

Commissioned to celebrate Melbourne's inaugural Queermance Literary Festival this is an anthology of erotically-charged romances from famous, emerging and aspiring writers.

Volume 1 features fabulous tales of love and lust by Kerry Greenwood, Matthew Lang, NM Harris, Julie A Pollard, Susan Beck, Alison Evans, Kristen Henry, Mary Borsellino, Anders and Nicole Field.

Sexy ~ Erotic ~ Romantic ~ Australian

Sexy ~ Erotic ~ Romantic ~ Queer ~ Australian Writing

Q: the Queermance Anthology - vol 2

This second volume of fabulous, erotically-charged romances from well-known, emerging and aspiring writers coincides with Melbourne's second Queermance Literary Festival.

Q2 features moving, inspiring, sad, funny, dark and light-hearted tales of love and lust by:

NM Harris, Beck Mitchell, Matthew Lang, Isabelle Rowan, JJ Carroll, Lou Kohler, JFR Coates, Renae Kaye, May Wilson, Marion Adams, Scott Thornby, Nicole Field, EE Montgomery, Dominica Malcolm and Victoria Brown.

What would you do for love?

Would you kill? Would you die? Would you give up your soul?

British soldier, Dr James Sharpe, returned from Afghanistan a changed man. Like most war veterans haunted by deadly choices and the horrors of battle, James struggles against his demons. Unlike other ex-soldiers, his demons are real. Transformed in the heat of a desert battlefield, James Sharpe is now a vampire.

Struggling London artist, Gabriel Dare, has his own secrets - like who he really is, and why he lived on the streets before lodging with Dr Sharpe; like the ghosts he used to see, that made others question his sanity.

James knows Gabriel is the best thing in his life, but questions his ability to love and fears he's a danger to all. Gabriel knows there's something different about his enigmatic landlord, but can't deny his attraction.

When some of Gabriel's street friends go missing, he discovers that London is full of monsters - real, vicious, otherworldly monsters.

The two men join forces with a clairvoyant cop and a Peer of the Realm to uncover the truth, for it seems the vampire who sired James is back in London - with a diabolical agenda that threatens the entire nation.

Commander Bryn Gideon and the crack Australian 'Redback Retrieval Team' rescue hostages from Pacific island rebels. American journalist Scott Dreher, researching computer war-game training, uncovers links between Western government agencies and known terrorist groups.

Meanwhile ritual killings in London and Tokyo, a bomb on a European train, an assassination on an Australian beach, and an attack on a US army base have half the world on high alert. The question is: are these incidents the work of isolated opportunistic terrorists, or part of something more sinister?

Gideon's Redbacks join the race to expose the ultimate conspiracy of a truly evil force; one that plays both sides of the terror divide against each other.

Uncanny disturbances, death, and the dank breath of the native bush.

 

Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa is mired in the shifting landscape of the long white cloud, and deeply imbued with the myth, culture and character of Aotearoa-New Zealand.

Laced with intrigue, suspense, horror, and even a touch of humour, this anthology brings together stories and poems by some of the best homegrown and Kiwi-at-heart voices working in dark fiction today.

Curated by multi-award-winning editor Lee Murray with a foreword by six-time Bram Stoker Award®-winner Lisa Morton and stories and poems by:

Kathryn Burnett, Helena Claudia, Gina Cole, William Cook, Debbie Cowens, Neil Gaiman, Del Gibson, Jacqui Greaves, Denver Grenell, Tim Jones, Nikky Lee, Paul Mannering, Owen Marshall, Tracie McBride, Kirsten McKenzie, Celine Murray, Lee Murray, Dan Rabarts, Bryce Stevens, and Marty Young.

 

'New Zealand's darkest minds and brightest talents take you on a journey through the fierce mythology, stoic character, and unforgiving - yet fascinating - landscape of Aotearoa.' - Geneve Flynn, double Bram Stoker Award®-winner and editor of Black Cranes

In the early 1950s, Rod Braybon's father died, leaving his mother with eight children she couldn't care for.

As a ward of the state, Rod ended up at the notorious Bayswater Boys' Home, run by the Salvation Army, near Melbourne.

Rod endured years of ill-treatment at the hands of the Salvation Army, then spent a life-time repressing the memories that haunted him.

Finally, after seeing an article in a newspaper, Rod decided to speak out.

His story created a nation-wide sensation and won a prestigious award for the journalist who broke it.

That Rod was willing to speak out to try and ease the suffering of others like him, is incredible.

That he survived at all, is nothing short of a miracle.

This short story is expanded in Vikki's full-length book Salvation.

Welcome to Crime Shots - short, sharp, true crime stories from Australia's past and present.

It took an extraordinary effort by police task forces in Australia and America to take down an international child pornography ring.

But Rescuing Tara is so much more than bringing some truly reprehensible men - one of whom was "Tara's" own father - to justice.

Rescuing Tara is the story of how dedicated police officers on opposite sides of the world used the paedophile ring's own playroom - cyberspace itself - along with good old-fashioned investigative work in their search for a young girl whose real name they didn't know; whose location was a mystery; and whose fate was unknown.

Welcome to Crime Shots - short, sharp, true crime stories from Australia's past and present.

Duo Ex Machina has a new album on the verge of storming the 2004 charts. Frank and Milo's promotion tour in Melbourne is hijacked by a serial killer stalking gay men - one of them an old friend from Milo's past. Juggling their heavy PR schedule with Milo's hometown return and this sudden loss is bad enough. Finding out who the killer is - and his chosen final victim - will be so much worse.

 

Originally published by Homosapien Press in 2004, Fly By Night and its companion novella, Sacrifice, were nominated for a Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel in 2004.

SALMANCIS

Lovers desire to unite with the other half of themselves. When the desire is deep enough, when the love is profound enough, the Gods listen. And they have a funny sense of humour.

JETSAM

Cold, naked, beautiful, expendable, the merman washes ashore at her feet. There is nothing she cannot do to him.

The novella and two short stories here are all based on real-life personages.

Gamine, Ashe, Furry and Quark all graced my household for many long and fruitful years; while Tom was a resident of my home town and I heard rumours of his strange and improbable deliverance. There is also a tiny cameo appearance by Dougal and Shadow, whose biographies have been chronicled here.

I have mentioned in public appearances that I have some issues with feline fiction as it is commonly practised. While I love and adore cats and feel privileged indeed that they have shared their lives with me, I believe that the following rules for feline-fic should be adhered to:

1. Let the cats tell their own stories. We all enthuse to other cat-lovers about my beautiful cats and this is how they make me feel; but in fiction the human author should get out of the way and let cats be the centre of attention. Humans will generally be characters, but they should not hog the stage.

2. Cats are not small, furry humans. They are cats. Fictional cats should therefore think, feel and react like cats do.

3. The cat must not die at the end of the story. Yes, we get it. Eventually all cats become Rainbow Cats. Manipulating your readers' emotions by including The Sad Bit At The End is not respecting your audience, especially for younger readers. Don't do it!

I promise faithfully that the above rules have been followed in all my cat stories. Enjoy!

David Greagg

It's all about scars and what they mean.

 

Old myths made new.

 

Poems for those who've passed.

Tales of the lost and found.

 

Rarely seen stories, reprinted.

Brand new stories - in new places and familiar words.

 

Scar Tissue and other stories.

 

Holmes ♥ Watson

Ravenfall

Kitty and Cadaver

The Vampires of Melbourne

Holmes + Watson

Scarlet Stiletto The First Cut presents a superb collection of spine-chilling crime fiction stories culled from the annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards hosted by Sisters in Crime Australia.

You'll find the whole gamut from murder and mayhem to police procedurals and crime in verse. Some will have your blood running cold, some will raise gooseflesh, and others will make you laugh - but all will have you on the edge of your seat, and wanting more.

"A crime and mystery short story collection of startling originality; and a grim warning of what evil lurks in Australian suburbia." - Kerry Greenwood

The Second Cut features a thrilling selection of stories culled from the Scarlet Stiletto Awards held annually by Sisters in Crime Australia.

This sequel to the bestselling First Cut features the 1st Prize winners from 2007 - 2010, and a selection of category winners from the 17-year history of the Scarlet Stiletto Awards.

A superb collection of page-turning mysteries in which fabulous female protagonists solve - and sometimes perpetrate - all kinds of crimes. Featuring cops, killers, PIs, crooks and amateur sleuths, these award-winning stories will have you on the edge of your seat, will chill your blood and sometimes make you laugh out loud.

A superb collection of page-turning mysteries in which fabulous female protagonists solve - and sometimes perpetrate - all kinds of crimes.

Featuring cops, killers, PIs, crooks and amateur sleuths, these award-winning stories will have you on the edge of your seat, will chill your blood and sometimes make you laugh out loud.

Scarlet Stiletto: The Eleventh Cut - 2019 features thirteen award-winning stories from the 26th annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards.

 

'Crime and mystery short story collections of startling originality; and a grim warning of what evil lurks in Australian suburbia.' - Kerry Greenwood

 

The Scarlet Stiletto series of eBooks – the First to the Eleventh Cuts – feature superb collections of spine-chilling crime and mystery short stories, by Australian women writers, curated from 26 years of the Scarlet Stiletto Awards hosted by Sisters in Crime Australia.