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IFWG Publishing is pleased to reveal the cover for Matt Tighe’s upcoming horror fiction collection, Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories.

“Matt has made a name for himself with horror short fiction,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “and he has won awards and has been shortlisted in others. We are proud to have published him in a few anthologies: Spawn, Spawn 2, and Killer Creatures Down Under, two of which have been reprinted in this wonderful volume. We see his collection as being part of the rising arc of Tighe’s career and wish him well on this journey.”

The evocative cover art and design is by Greg Chapman.

Matt Tighe is a speculative fiction writer of horror, sci-fi and fantasy, probably in that order. He is an Australian Shadows Award winner, the recipient of the New England Writers’ Centre 2023 Varuna-NEWC Fellowship, and a repeat finalist for the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. He lives on a small farm in New South Wales with his amazing children, his patient spouse, and too many animals. He is also a professor of environ-mental science who works on pollution and environmental conservation.

Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories will be globally released on 6 October 2025, available through all good online and bricks and mortar stores, in print and ebook formats.