BRIGIDS GATE PRESS presents 22 Gothic tales. These stories are spooky, atmospheric, and sometimes have a bite. Dive into this collection to satisfy your cravings for darkly tinged love stories. Featuring authors such as Valo Wing, Allison Wall, Ariana Ferrante, Devan Barlow, Ariadne Zhou, Desirée M. Niccoli, Agatha Andrews, A. R. Frederiksen, Rebecca E. Treasure, Samantha Lokai, Geraldine Borella, Fatmire Marke, Theresa Tyree, Dana Vickerson, Marianne Halbert, Ann Wuehler, Jessica Peter, Sasha Kielman, Celia Winter, Vivian Kasley, Makeda K. Braithwaite, Samara Auman, H. R. Boldwood, and Cindy O’Quinn.

Thrilled to have my story, ‘Desire So Fulminant’, published in this Gothic Horror/Romance anthology. It’s a story about a young doctor taking up a position in the village of Grimsheath. Sent to attend Lady Clementine Ashthorne of Ashthorne House, he comes across the beautiful Lady Emelia and begins to worry for her welfare. Is she being mistreated at this rather frightening and austere estate? Or is something else going on altogether?

Thanks to Brigids Gate Press and to editor, S. D. Vassallo.

Available now here: https://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Bones-Heather-Vassallo/dp/1957537566

Review in from Aurealis Magazine for Where The Weird Things Are Volume 1. Edited by Clare Rhoden and Austin P. Sheehan. Published by Deadset Press. (Available here: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Weird-Things-Are-Fantastic/dp/0645022853

…Other stories are enjoyable, speculative romps. Geraldine Borella’s ‘Ghosts of the Inland Sea’ is a stand-out – pairing academic infighting with vengeful dinosaur ghosts…

Michaela Teschendorff Harden, Aurealis Magazine Issue 157

UK Publisher, Raven and Drake Books, has kindly included my story, The Big Alien, into the first book in their Monsters A-Z series. If you’re looking for an exciting middle grade read, then this is it! Available on Amazon, (link below).

A collection of spooky stories about aliens. Available on Amazon now.

Midnight Echo 16 is out now and available through Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M696ZZY

My story, Hatchling, set on a crocodile farm in Pormpurraw, Far North Queensland, features in it.

The story came about after listening to some tall tales from an ex-crocodile farmer and after hearing a retelling of an actual feed taking place. Of course, everything else is entirely fictional—the farm and the characters, and the troubles they find themselves in. But I hope the flavour of Far North Queensland shines through.

Thanks to Tim Hawken, Alan Baxter, AHWA and the Midnight Echo crew for allowing this ‘Hatchling Horror Writer’ to join in. Enjoy!

Short Stories in Uncertain Times

Edited by Laura Norris & R.A. Stephens

Published by Rhiza Edge

A homeless boy walks the city in search of a prized possession. A couple wakes to a day where the sun refuses to rise. Two housemates, reeling from the loss of their friend, are saddled with the care of a pot plant. A new student attempts to include herself in the worst known environment: a new school. A girl, lost in time, adapts to the new normal.

These fourteen short stories explore connectivity, resilience, grief and the small ways to navigate the uncertainties of life.

Authors included: Sandy Bigna, D. J. Blackmore, Geraldine Borella, Samantha-Ellen Bound, Niko Campbell-Ellis, Peter Clarkson, Kelly Emmerton, Carla Fitzgerald, Kate Gordon, Deborah Huff-Horwood, Elizabeth Macintosh, Laura Norris, Frances Prentice and R. A. Stephens.

Reviewed by Sam at Lamont Books: ‘Written during the current pandemic, when we questioned everything about life, this is a wonderful collection of fourteen short stories, suited to upper secondary students.

These short stories are all about experiencing life, both the good and the bad times. These stories draw on how we can all learn from what we go through, and prove to ourselves how strong and resilient we really can be.

They are stories of how deep experiences in life help shape who we become, and how we react to confronting situations.

From escaping broken and violent family situations, overcoming grief, anxiety and mental health issues, these stories are ones that will stay with you.

These stories might be short, but they are powerful and insightful, and with the stories all coming from different authors they tackle the theme of uncertainty from a variety of perspectives. A wonderful read for those living in uncertain times.

Check out my author interview at: https://wombatrhiza.com.au/blog/the-opposite-of-disappearing-author-interview-with-geraldine-borella/

Coming Soon: Crossed Spaces

Posted by Rhiza Edge on 19th Dec 2020

We are pleased to announce the winners of Crossed Spaces!

Congratulations to:

Adele Jones, Anne Hamilton, Catriona McKeown, Emily Larkin, Geraldine Borella, Janeen Samuel, Jennie Del Mastro, Jennifer Horn, Jo Hart, Jonathan E. Furneaux, Lynne Stringer, Jack Garrety, Penny Jaye, Rosanne Hawke, Russell Hume and Stephanie Martin.

Each have contributed a fantastical story to this collection, which as been edited by Lynne Stringer and RA Stephens, bringing to you a handful of different worlds to visit!

Crossed Spaces is a collection of 16 short stories that explore different aspects of the realms of science-fiction and fantasy. Tales of humour, action and the quintessential sci-fi existential crisis of the human race; there’s a little something for everyone.

Meet the clockmaker that fixes a broken time machine; a young scientist who betrays his people to protect an alien species; a girl bonds with her new technological helper; a boy who finds his whole life changing when his best friend writes in a mysterious notebook; and a crew aboard a settlement spaceship who discover that sleeping passengers have gone missing …