For a limited time, the alternate draft of Twinmaker (Jump) is available at Wattpad for anyone to read, complete, and free to boot. This is the full text from which the novella “I, Q” was later excised. It contains Q’s secret family history, never mentioned in the published series, and a darker fate for Clair. […]
This Saturday at the SA Writers Centre in my home town of Adelaide, Fall (aka Hollowgirl) will be launched alongside Lisa L Hannett’s first novel Lament for the Afterlife. I’m also celebrating reaching book/age parity (48), 20 years since my first book launch in the same venue, 25 years since my first short story publication, […]
This story was originally a bonus in the YA Scavenger Hunt, which was kinda like the game “Guess” in Twinmaker but without the machines that could take us anywhere at a simple command. It’s a creepy conspiracy-style urban myth about boy bands and the birth of d-mat. Enjoy! “Encore” Pop stars are figures of […]
…and the entire series! The review goes live today. Here’s one of many excellent paragraphs: “…never stops dishing out the twists and turns that keep his great overarching plot moving at near breakneck pace. (The shockers in Hollow Girl are unreal!) The cast of characters is diverse and interesting and Clair is the right balance […]