IFWG Publishing is a publishing house based in Gold Coast, Australia, specialising in speculative fiction for middle grade, YA and adult readers, sold throughout the world. Its parent company, SQ Mag Pty Ltd, also runs a comics and graphic novel line called IPI Comics, which is global in reach but focuses heavily on the North American market.

Gerry Huntman
Owner/Manager of SQ Mag Pty Ltd
(trading as IFWG Publishing International and IPI Comics)

The Managing Director and Chief Editor of IFWG Publishing International is Gerry Huntman. Aside from being an author himself, he was co-founder of IFWG, and has edited over 30 titles (comprising well over 2.5 million words). He is a full member of Editors Australia, the Australian Publishers Association, the Australian Society of Authors, the Horror Writers Association, and the Australasian Horror Writers Association.

Chris Sequeira is a company Director in SQ Mag Pty Ltd, and is the Chief Editor of IPI Comics, along with being a senior editor in the print books businesses. He has brought in a wealth of knowledge in anthology projects, as well as the comics business.

Deborah Sheldon is a senior editor in IFWG Publishing, specialising in dark/horror anthologies. She is also a respected author in the horror genre.

Steven Paulsen is a senior editor in IFWG Publishing, specialising in themed weird/dark/fantastical anthologies. He is also a respected author in a number of genres in speculative fiction.

Noel Osualdini is an editor and proofreader who, since 2019, has worked on numerous horror, science fiction and fantasy titles for IFWG – he is IFWG’s longest-employed editor. Some of his own horror stories—most of which were originally published in anthologies in Australia, England and the USA—were collected in Train Wreck and Other Stories (Things in the Well Publications). Stingers, his joint collection of insect horror with European author Tim McLean, will include new and previously published stories and poems, and is due out later in 2023 (Noodle Doodle Publications).

Brisbane-born creative, Sarah Heard, who has loved stories since the cradle. A QUT Creative and Professional Writing graduate and educator by trade, she is a deep lover of history, fantasy, and grammatical accuracy, and you will just as soon find her out larping on the weekends as getting alongside young writers and encouraging their talents. Sarah was IFWG Publishing’s first Intern and is now one of our copy editors.

Stephen McCracken has been an avid reader from a young age, fitting the cliché of the “torch under blankets” kid. A lover of speculative fiction, Stephen also reads many other genres, including detective, military, adventure, noir, biography, non-fiction including science, technology, history and philosophy.

Having a keen interest in the publishing industry, Stephen offered early on to do proofreading for IFWG, a skill he developed while working on technical documentation in his computer administration career. He has since branched out into part-time editing and marketing, enjoying both roles. He plans on developing his editing skills further and acquiring accreditation.

Stephen lives in Canberra and is active in the writing community, attending various events and organising dinners to connect writers, agents, publishers and artists.

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