Category: Novels

New book – new book trailer!

Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town is due for release on 1st of July. Here’s a book trailer I put together to tempt and tantalise....

Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town Cutting Room Floor 3

Yes, good stuff gets left out of any final version of a novel – and for many good reasons. Still, that’s no reason they can’t see the light of day, right? But do you know how hard it is to ignore ghosts, when you’re supposed to be a dedicated...

Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town Cutting Room Floor 2

While revising and editing, some good stuff gets cut and ends up on the cutting room floor. This is another example, where Anton does some musing. Because life wasn’t all about hunting ghosts and dealing with murderous cults, I hoped Dad was going to have a bumper bookselling day...

Cover Reveal, Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town

Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town, the eagerly anticipated sequel to Gap Year in Ghost Town, is coming soon. But we have a cover! Many thanks to the phenomenally talented Craig Phillips for his stylish work! Look for it in July, from Allen and Unwin!...

Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town Teaser 1

With Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town (the sequel to the Aurealis Award Shortlisted Gap Year in Ghost Town) to be released in July, I’m deep in the last stages of editing. Thanks to the good people at Allen and Unwin, the story is getting tighter and pacier, coming together...

Gap Year in Ghost Town – The Sequel

Hey, everyone! We now have a title for Gap Year 2 – ‘Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town’! More spooky, fun adventures, more Anton, Rani and Bec, more ghosts, more everything! Coming, July 2019 from Allen and Unwin.  ...

Aurealis Awards Shortlisting!

Good news, everyone! I’ve managed to rack up two Aurealis Awards shortlistings! Gap Year in Ghost Town has been shortlisted for Best Fantasy Novel and my short story ‘First Casualty’ (from the groundbreaking ‘Begin, End, Begin’ anthology) is shortlisted in the Best Young Adult Short Story category.   These are my...

Some of the references in ‘Gap Year in Ghost Town’.

Community Sherlock – various incarnations Cards Against Humanity Star Wars 1984 M. Python Pulp Fiction Doctor Who Oscar Wilde LoTR Superman Wizard of Oz Three Musketeers Telestrations The Sweeney Dorothy L Sayers Arrested Development The Castle CS Lewis Erza Scarlet Lord of the Rings Silence of the Lambs Shane...