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David Conyers can make reality terrifying and quantum physics understandable and interesting. He is, undoubtedly, one of the best Mythos authors since H.P. Lovecraft invited us all in to play. - C.J. Henderson
David Conyers is a rising star and I'm sure we will be hearing a lot more about him in the future ... So good are the scenarios he dreams up that I'm beginning to wonder if he is really a time traveller from the future. - SFCrowsnest
When it comes to eldritch espionage action, nobody does it better.- Cody Goodfellow, author of Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars and Radiant Dawn
David Conyers is the reigning king of the Cthulhu Mythos Down Under. With Conyers at the helm, you won't be disappointed by your journey. - Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Horrorscope.com.au
The most prolific Australian dark fiction author. - Angela Challis, Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 3
David Conyers is an Australian science fiction and horror author residing in Adelaide. With John Sunseri he is the co-author of the Lovecraftian spy thriller collection The Spiraling Worm and the author of the sequel novella The Eye of Infinity. He is the editor of the anthology Cthulhu’s Dark Cults, with Brian M. Sammons the editor of Cthulhu Unbound 3 and a contributing editor for Albedo One, Ireland’s longest running magazine of speculative fiction.
David’s short fiction has appeared in various magazines including Jupiter, Book of Dark Wisdom, Midnight Echo, Innsmouth Free Press and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. He has also appeared in over a dozen anthologies including Monstrous, Cthulhu Unbound 2, Best New Tales of the Apocalypse, Horrors Beyond, 2008 Award Winning Australian Writing, Scenes from the Second Storey, Macabre and The Black Book of Horror.
"Expectant Green" with John Kenny in Jupiter 35
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"Expectant Green", my first collaboration with Irish speculative fiction author and editor, John Kenny, is now available in Jupiter 35, edited by Ian Redman with a terrific cover from Sam Mardon. My first publication for 2012 and its my favorite genre, space opera, and out in print and epub formats. An extract follows:
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Coming Soon: Undead & Unbound
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A new anthology edited by Brian M. Sammons and myself, hopefully out later this year. Here is the (unofficial) blurb and author list:
Undead & Unbound
Undead: from ancient mummies to shrunken heads and floating vampire heads, from medieval warrior wights to conquistador skeletons and resurrected faeries, the undead haunt...
Read Full Post »Midnight Echo 6 interviews: Mark Farrugia
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Midnight Echo 6, the Science Fiction Horror special is well and truly out, in electronic and print versions. For the last interview it seems appropriate we speak with the last author in the collection, Mark Farrugia and his end of the world story “Seeds”.
READER WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL CONTENT FOLLOW.
Read Full Post »Always Good to Get a Nice Review
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A story I wrote over five years ago, "Soft Viscosity", got a rather nice review from sf writer, Guy Salvidge on his website. In fact, it was his favorite story in the anthology:
"Soft Viscosity” by ...
Read Full Post »New Extreme Planets Website and D.L. Snell Market Scoops Interview
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David Kernot, co-editor of Extreme Planets anthology has set up a website specifically for the book. We'll be posting updates, news on the book, links to interesting sites about exoplanets and sources for ideas for submissions, and anything else that interests us.
The first news item is my interview with D.L. Snell for
Read Full Post »Albedo One Issue 41 Released with Iain M Banks Interview
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Issue 41 of Albedo One has just been released, and this issue features an interview I conducted with Iain M. Banks.
Issue 41
Having set ourselves the considerable challe...
Read Full Post »SF Crowsnest Reviews Midnight Echo 6
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Midnight Echo 6: The Science Fiction Issue is reviewed on SF Crowsnest:
The overall quality of the fiction was of a high standard, professional in its delivery and command of the English language. A pleasing range of styles and subject matter, sufficient to keep you interested all the way through the magazine.
Read Full Post »Midnight Echo 6 interviews: Stephen Dedman
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Midnight Echo 6, the Science Fiction Horror special is well and truly out, but the interviews are still going. Today we focus on one of Australia’s most successful short speculative fiction authors, Stephen Dedman, who contributed a science fiction tale focused on the dangers of new technology and child pornography.
1. What is your favourite Sci-fi horror novel or short story and why...
Read Full Post »The 2011 Scorecard
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At the end of year I like to do a writing retrospective of the year that was and a look forward to future publications. Previous year scorecards can be found here.
I’m still managing to achieve around five short story / novella publications a year. This year they comprised of four horror, one science fiction and one sf/horror blend. I’m writing far more science fiction these days b...
Read Full Post »Rage Against the Night in support of Rocky Wood
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I'm excited to say I'm appearing in an anthology with Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Joe McKinney and many other huge names in the history genre.
Rocky Wood is the President of the Horror Writers Association, an award-nominated scholar, and a top bloke. He ...
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