Author Archives: darkscrybe

About darkscrybe

I am a dark fiction author and artist from Central Queensland, Australia. I've penned four novellas: Torment, The Noctuary, Vaudeville and The Last Night of October. I also illustrated the Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel, Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times.

Hollow House re-opened!

Posted on February 25, 2018

A bit of news I’ve been keeping to myself that I am now able to share! THUNDERSTORM BOOKS in the US is releasing a limited edition of my Bram Stoker Award-nominated novel, Hollow House! The special ‘Black Voltage Series’ signed … Continue reading →

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Interview with author Jason Franks!

Posted on January 28, 2018

Fellow dark scribe Jason Franks has a new novel out – Faerie Apocalypse from IFWG Publishing Australia. If the title doesn’t make you want to read it then there must be something wrong with you. I tracked Jason down and … Continue reading →

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Midnight Echo Issue 12 unleashed!

Posted on December 29, 2017

Originally posted on Australasian Horror Writers Association:
The new edition of Midnight Echo Magazine is here! Midnight Echo #12, edited by Shane J Cummings and Anthony Ferguson contains short stories and non-fiction by some of Australasia’s leading horror authors. The issue…

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Seven years later…

Posted on December 4, 2017

They say seven is THE magic number. So it’s fortuitous then that the sequel to one of my first published works, The Noctuary, has been released exactly seven years to the day since the original first appeared on the scene. … Continue reading →

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On the Australasian Horror Writers Association

Posted on December 2, 2017

I know I’ve said this before, but I’m going to say it again: I wouldn’t be a published author if it wasn’t for the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA). I happened across the AHWA online way back in 2009, just … Continue reading →

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Posted on October 4, 2017

It’s October. That time of year when I go into full Halloween mode with creepy art and even creepier words. Being an Australian, (living in a regional city with about a population of about 70,000 people) where Halloween hasn’t really … Continue reading →

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READ (Small Press) HORROR!

Posted on August 30, 2017

This week I heard the disappointing news that Dark Fuse Press was no more. This is the latest small press publisher to be forced to close down (Samhain Publishing closed in 2016), but there are still many small presses still … Continue reading →

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