Books & Published Works
Darkest Depths Anthology
In 2014, Vision Writers published an inaugural collection of speculative fiction stories, “18”. In 2016, we’re at it again, and this time, we’re digging deep and going dark.
If you’re brave enough to gaze into the abyss (beware: it’s watching you), you’ll find a woman caring for a monster, a father’s suffocating guilt, a jumping castle, a tale of the Horseman, a military science experiment gone wrong (don’t they all?), a lake monster, some mutants in a hole, and of course, a bizarre trip through the mind, with a doppelganger and a booze-soaked wombat in a 1969 Kombi.
So be sure to read this under the covers with the torch on and the windows locked. There are dark things out there. And there’s even darker things in here.
18 Anthology
In September of 1996, a collection of speculative fiction authors founded Vision Writers. Now, in celebration of eighteen years bleeding on the page, we present 18, a collection of stories showcasing our best emerging talents.
Featuring cave crocodiles and spell absorbing beards, a séance with soul, a night in a gypsy caravan to make all your wishes come true and a journey through hell that will make you swear to be good. Come with us to rebuild the world clock, face the dragon queen and hide from the thing under the bed.
Assuming you can escape the floating car…
Poetry d’Amour
Poetry d’Amour has become such a shining star in the West Australian poetic landscape. Every year poems chart their course onto these pages by its call. A night of enchantment and its tailings collected in these pages. These poems are as varied and individual in their depictions of love as the poets who have created them. There are well established poets published alongside many new and emerging poets and the poems shimmer for their propinquity to each other every bit as much as by their own reflected light.
Our Spirit
Stories of 28 female ADF members from the 1960s to today.
Blurb: Many books discussing Australian Service Women examine the political decisions of the era and detail significant historical dates and events.
Our Spirit is not an historical book, rather a collection of stories, essays, poems, letters, emails, photos and artwork by Australian Service Women who served from 1960 to today as a creative representation of their service and offering a valuable insight into their personal experiences.
Our Spirit also includes a Timeline of Firsts, a unique chronology of the achievements and advancements of our servicewomen over the decades from the 1960s
Stories of the Month
Two of my short stories for children were selected as stories of the month. Read Gem Breeder Dragons or The Bugle
Magic Day
This anthology of stories is for children aged roughly between 7 and 12 but including a few for older or advanced readers.
each story or poem features a magical or mythical being. Half the stories are light (daylight) stories and half are dark (nighttime or moonlight) stories.
My stories Selkie Skin and Battle for the Forest are included.
Bunyip Moon
My short story for middle grade children is included in this delightful anthology about animals.
Bunyip Moon focuses on the story Malanna the Bunyip who is waiting for her egg to hatch. When odd creatures dancing with fire threatens her billabong Malanna must find a place to hide the egg until it’s safe for it to hatch.
Maddie’s White Christmas
In 2018 my script was chosen to be animated and projected on to Brisbane’s City Hall as part of Christmas Celebrations. Click here to see the full video
Our Spirit
Creative Works by Australian Defence Force Women from the 1960s Onwards
Our Spirit is not an historical book, rather a collection of stories, essays, poems, letters, emails, photos and artwork by Australian Service Women who served from 1960 to today as a creative representation of their service and offering a valuable insight into their personal experiences.
Our Spirit also includes a Timeline of Firsts, a unique chronology of the achievements and advancements of our servicewomen over the decades from the 1960s