BLACK DAYS SCOOPS UP SHADOWS AWARD!

Big news over the past weekend that my 2024 collection Black Days and Bloody Nights was named Best Collected Work in the Australasian Shadows Awards!

The awards were held by the Australasian Horror Writers Association at the Conflux 19 Convention in Canberra. Although I was unable to attend the con, I was able to watch the livestream and was overjoyed when my black little book was awarded. The book’s cover was also a finalist in the Best Art category of the Ditmar Awards.

The win is even sweeter because my 2023 collection Midnight Masquerade won the same category last year, so it is very fitting that both books – written at the same time – (evil twins, one might say) will have matching gravestone statuettes!

I’m most grateful to the AHWA, the Shadows judges, and of course, my publisher, IFWG.

These two collections mean a hell of a lot to me – both written and finessed during a very trying period in my life while recovering from cancer surgery. There’s no denying where the darkness in some of the stories comes from.

To see all the winners of the 2024 Australasian Shadows Awards, head over to the AHWA website.

And don’t forget that both Black Days and Bloody Nights and Midnight Masquerade are available in print and digital formats!