Novellas

Redhead Town (PsychoToxin Press, 2024) – dystopian-vampire horror-noir. In Australia, vampires are a protected class. Twenty-two towns are picked to siphon vampires, aka ‘redheads’, out of capital and regional cities. When polled, most Australians agree with this strategy. But most Australians don’t live in a ‘designated area’. Don’t have to step over drowsing redheads during the day. Or live in terror of marauding redheads during the night. Mark Murphy is a nightshift worker in the designated area of Oleg’s Creek. His house is now worth nothing, and he can’t afford to leave. He’s heard rumours of The Refusal. Desperate, will he risk a grab at freedom?

The Again-Walkers (Demain Publishing, 2022) – supernatural-historical horror. To end a blood feud between two Viking families, Svana Norup is offered as a peace-pledge bride to blacksmith, Hallkell Jenson. Within weeks of moving to Hallkell’s village, however, Svana meets and falls for the shepherd, Agmundr Rask. But can the lovers risk murder when Hallkell might return from the dead to take revenge?

Man-Beast (Severed Press, 2021) – action-oriented horror. Taylor’s Travelling Troupe of boxers has set up its tent at an isolated sheep station. Headlining the bare-knuckle fighters is Bluey, marketed as ‘The Man-Beast’, a Sasquatch-like monster, chained and kept drunk enough to fight punters without killing them. But the troupe has returned to where Bluey was first captured…

Garland Cove (Demain Publishing, 2021) – crime-caper. Shane Croft is a small-time crim forced into working for corrupt detectives. Meanwhile, the detectives realise they are under scrutiny, and tell Shane to arrange a bank robbery where the robber has a replica gun. The detectives will save the day and therefore derail the corruption investigation. Since every player is lying, shenanigans ensue.

Hand to Mouth (Demain Publishing, 2020) – crime-mystery. “When the truth doesn’t satisfy, people make up stories.” An imprisoned man writes letters to his son, trying to explain the bizarre circumstances that led to his incarceration. But can his son believe him?

Thylacines (Severed Press, 2018) – action-oriented horror. The Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) has been extinct in Australia for over 80 years. Activists inadvertently allow a litter of unpredictable and genetically-engineered thylacines to escape a laboratory.

The Long Shot (Twelfth Planet Press, TBA) – romance-suspense. Simone discovers that her town harbours a gang trafficking in illegal firearms. But how can she help police officer Mitchell Ross in his investigation if her own sister might somehow be involved?

Dark Waters (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2016) – crime-noir. A veteran of the Overlords motorcycle club wants to quit the criminal life and get back with his ex-wife, but a war with a rival gang splits his loyalties.

Ronnie and Rita (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2016) – crime-noir. A lonely, middle-aged man falls in love with a woman who convinces him to consider the unthinkable.

Degrees of Clarity (self-published, 2015) – romance-suspense. A free download. A woman whose life is ruined by a police investigation vows to even the score.