Welcome all, to the February 2016 edition of Sinister Reads. Check out the Sinister Short, The Leucrotta, by Kyla Lee Ward and get another chance to check our AHWA anthologies and magazine. We’ve have some gremlins in the machine in the last few months which has made it difficult to bring you ALL of the AHWA greatness; however, it seems they have been eradicated so make sure you stick around – next month should be HUGE!
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Sinister Events
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AHWA Competition
We want your best horror story, your very best. This is Australia’s leading unpublished horror fiction competition and our winning entries are always imaginative, engaging, well-written, and bloody scary. We need tales that frighten, yarns that unsettle us in our comfortable homes. All themes in horror will be accepted, from the supernatural classics (zombies, vampires, ghosts), to psychological roller-coaster rides, to the highly original. No previously published entries will be accepted – all tales must be an original work by the author.
– Cameron Trost, AHWA Competitions Coordinator
There are two categories for submission:Flash Fiction
Stories up to 1000 words in length. The winning author will receive paid publication in Midnight Echo, the magazine of the AHWA, and an engraved plaque.Short Story
Stories with 1001 to 8000 words. The winning author will receive paid publication in Midnight Echo, the magazine of the AHWA, and an engraved plaque.
ENTRY FEE
AHWA members have free entry.
General public: $5 for flash fiction, $10 for short story entries.
Secure payments can be made via Paypal using our Paypal ID: ahwa@australianhorror.com
ENTRY DETAILS
Writers may submit to one or both categories, but entry is limited to one story per author per category. No simultaneous submissions. Any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Electronic submissions (attached in WORD or RTF format) should be emailed to: ctrost@hotmail.com
The email subject should follow the format:
“AHWA Flash Fiction: Story Title by Author” or “AHWA Short Story: Story Title by Author”
Include author name, membership number (for members entries), contact details, and story word length in the body of the email. DO NOT include your name or any identifying details in the story file. The competition uses blind judging.
Please edit your manuscripts thoroughly before sending them through to us. Spelling errors and poor grammar isn’t the kind of horror we’re after!
JUDGES
We are pleased to announce our panel of judges for 2016.
1. Joseph Ashley Smith (2015 short story winner)
2. Zoe Downing (2015 flash fiction winner)
3. Lee Murray (award-winning speculative fiction writer, editor, judge)
Competition closes 31st May 2016.
Winners will be announced in late June or early July.
Contact ctrost@hotmail.com if you have any further questions.
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Sinister Reads
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Lighthouses: An Anthology of Dark Tales
Author: Various AHWA members
Editor: Cameron Trost
Illustrated by: Greg Chapman, cover artist
Published by: Black Beacon Books
ISBN no.: 9781515353812
RRP: $US11.95; $US6.00 Kindle
Release date: November 2015
Available in hardcopy HERE (CreateSpace) and HERE (Amazon), and Kindle HERE.
Light House, Dark House Greg Chapman
Scrimshaw Duncan Richardson
Horror at Hollow Head Cameron Trost
Psychopomp Mark McAuliffe
Trepidation Danielle Birch
Cloak of Madness Matthew Wilson
The Cape B. Michael Radburn
The Last Keeper Linda Brucesmith
In Search of Jimmy David Dolan
Into the Light Alice Godwin
The Crystal Lighthouse Sam Muller
To Keep the Lamp Alight Steve Cameron
The Tower B. T. Joy
Will o’ the Wisp Deborah Sheldon
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In Sunshine Bright and Darkness Deep: An Anthology of Australian Horror
Author: Various AHWA members
Illustrated by: Greg Chapman, cover artist
Published by: Australian Horror Writers’ Association
ISBN no.: 1508670382
RRP: $9.95 USD special release price until the 31st of October
Release date: 18/09/2015
Available HERE.
Inaugural Showcase Anthology from the Australian Horror Writers’ Association:
The River Slurry Rue Karney
Triage Jason Nahrung
Upon the Dead Oceans Marty Young
Beast Natalie Satakovski
The Grinning Tide Stuart Olver
Our Last Meal J. Ashley Smith
Veronica’s Dogs Cameron Trost
Bullets Joanne Anderton
Saviour Mark McAuliffe
The Hunt Mark Smith-Briggs
The Monster in the Woods Kathryn Hore
Road Trip Anthony Ferguson
Bloodlust Steve Cameron
Elffingern Dan Rabarts
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Midnight Echo Issue 11
Editor: Kaaron Warren
Distributor: AHWA
RRP: $AUD 2.99 – Comes in PDF, EPUB, and MOBI formats. You’ll receive all three when you buy through the website!
Release date: April 2015
Available HERE.
The Table of Contents:
Literature:
‘Gardening at Night’ by Vincent G McMackin
‘Uninvited Guests’ by Evan Purcell
‘Accident Report’ by Jarod K Anderson
‘By the Light Unseen’ by Mark Farrugia
‘The Crying Room’ by Marija Elektra Rodriguez
‘Madeline’ by Claire Fitzpatrick
‘Perfect Little Stitches’ by Deborah Sheldon
Poetry:
‘November Wind’ by Sandy DeLuca
‘In Venice’ by John Grey
‘They’ by Michael Tugendhat
‘Dead Bodies Make Good Cellos’ by A J Huffman
‘The fruit of her hands’ by P S Cottier
Comic:
From the Vault – ‘The Old Portrait’, written by Jason Franks, illustrated by Leigh Kuilboer, edited by Mark Farrugia
Non-fiction and regular features:
‘Why Sinister’ – Kaaron Warren on her early influences and favourite stories
Celluloid Nightmares – Mark Smith-Briggs talks to Wolf Creek 2 screenwriter Aaron Sterns
‘Writing With The Left Hand’ – P S Cottier discusses the sinister side of poetry
Sinister Reads (all the latest releases from AHWA members)
Special features:
AHWA Short Story and Flash Fiction Competition winners –
‘Sundown’ by Keith Williams
‘What Came Through’ by Stuart Olver
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Sinister Shorts
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The Leucrotta
by Kyla Lee Ward
Published in Gods, Memes and Monsters: a 21st Century Bestiary (ed. Heather J. Woods, Stone) by Skin Press, 2015.
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Sinister Reminders
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AHWA Members Critique Groups
Don’t forget about out short story critique group and the writer’s workshop that is open to all members of the AHWA. That’s right – novels, novellas, short stories – all are invited to participate. Membership to both groups is open to members of the AHWA by invitation only.
If you are interested in taking part in either of these two groups, you need to join the AHWA today, and check out all the other exciting opportunities, you as an author, are currently missing out on. There are tips on writing, how to get published, competitions, group forums and so much more.
Check out the Australian Horror Writer’s Association web-site today and become a member.
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Horror Network Australia
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