IFWG is very happy indeed to reveal the amazing cover of Jason Frank’s contemporary fantasy/SF/crime novel about tourism and murder, X-Dimensional Assassin Zai Through the Unfolded Earth. The cover and design work was by the very talented and lauded Italian artist, Daniele Serra. More information will be forthcoming over the next several months. X-Dimensional Assassin…
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New Releases: Walking the Tree and its teen companion chapbook, Morace’s Story
IFWG is extremely pleased to announce the release in all geographies, except for now in North America, the reprint of Kaaron Warren’s acclaimed fantasy novel, Walking the Tree, and its original young teen companion chapbook, Morace’s Story. “This is an absolutely unique publishing event,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “as this double release…
Special Offer: Kaaron Warren’s Walking the Tree companion set (with Morace’s Story)
Kaaron Warren’s classic fantasy novel, Walking the Tree, will be rereleased on the 4 April 2022, along with a brand new companion chapbook, Morace’s Story. This is a unique set, as Morace’s Story tells the same tale as Walking the Tree but through the eyes of the young protagonist from the original adult novel. For…
Anthology Submission Guidelines: Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite
Submissions open: 22 April 2022Deadline: 15 July 2022 NOW CLOSEDPayment: 4c per word for original stories, 1c per word for reprints (Australian currency)Publisher: IFWG Publishing Australia (co-published in North America through the IFWG Publishing International imprint)Note: Open to Australian writers only (citizens, residents and ex-pats)To be edited by award-winning author and anthology editor, Deborah Sheldon….
New Acquisitions: Midnight Masquerade & Black Days and Bloody Nights by Greg Chapman
IFWG Publishing Australia is proud to announce two new dual publications from Bram Stoker Award and Australian Shadows Award nominated author and artist, Greg Chapman, for 2024. MIDNIGHT MASQUERADE and BLACK DAYS AND BLOODY NIGHTS will collect brand new fiction alongside Chapman’s acclaimed novellas, ‘The Last Night of October’, ‘The Followers’, ‘Vaudeville’ and ‘Torment’. Of the dual works Chapman said:…
Signing: Deborah Sheldon to Edit a Second Exciting Australian Horror Anthology
IFWG is very excited to announce the signing of Deborah Sheldon’s editing services for a premium horror anthology to be published in 2023. It will entirely consist of accepted submissions from a callout to Australian horror fiction writers in 2022. It is too early to provide full details for this project, as we are still…
Supanova Melbourne March 2022: Panel Video: The secrets behind CAPED FEAR: SUPERHUMAN HORROR STORIES
Watch the panel/Q&A with editors Bryce Stevens and Christopher Sequeira (absent: Steve Proposch) on their latest project, Cape Fear: Superhuman Horror Stories. Taken on 5 March 2022.
New Acquisitions: Nightmare Logic & Azathoth and Other Horrors by Leigh Blackmore
IFWG is always on the lookout for dark literature that draws from our special areas of interest, and also executed in forms that are different in some way, or less represented in mainstream publishing. We are fortunate indeed to have acquired the publishing rights to two such works by one of Australia’s much-respected dark fiction…
Preorder Offer: Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts by Aaron Dries
THIS OFFER HAS NOW EXPIRED Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts will be released in Australian, New Zealand and UK on the 9th May 2022 (North America to be confirmed, probably June 2022). To celebrate this upcoming dark fiction collection by Aaron Dries, we are very happy to make the following preorder offer:…
New Release: The Paradox War by Ian C Douglas (final in the Zeke Hailey Series)
IFWG Australia is pleased to announce its release of Ian C Douglas’ final book in his Zeke Hailey middle grade science fiction series, The Paradox War. “Yet another of our series has reached its conclusion,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “and yet again there’s mixed emotions involved. Another imaginative, riveting young teen novel…
New Release: The Guardians of St. Giles middle grade series by Jeffery E Doherty
IFWG is very pleased to announce the release of the 2nd edition of the first two books of Jeffery E Doherty’s middle grade series, The Guardians of St. Giles (Olivia Stone and the Trouble With Trixies and Olivia Stone and the Dread of the Dreamers) as well as a brand new title in the series,…
New Release: Liminal Spaces by Deborah Sheldon
IFWG Australia is very pleased to announce its release of Deborah Sheldon’s third collection of horror fiction, Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories. “Sheldon’s fiction continues to wow us in IFWG,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director, “and we are proud to have a catalogue that effectively covers her horror writing career. Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories certainly sits…
Release Dates: The Guardians of St. Giles middle grade series by Jeffery E Doherty
IFWG is pleased to announce the release dates of the 2nd edition of the first two books of Jeffery E Doherty’s middle grade series, The Guardians of St. Giles (Olivia Stone and the Trouble With Trixies and Olivia Stone and the Dread of the Dreamers) as well as a brand new title in the series,…
Cover Reveal: Heads, You Lose by Shaun Meeks
IFWG is pleased to reveal the cover for Shaun Meeks‘ upcoming novel, Heads, You Lose, the 4th book in his Dillon the Monster Dick series. The cover art and design is by the amazing Steve Santiago, who has illustrated the entire series with amazing images and color. The Dillon the Monster Dick series is one…
New Release: The Carbonite’s Daughter by Deryn Pittar
IFWG are very pleased to announce the release of New Zealand author, Deryn Pittar’s young adult dystopian novel, The Carbonite’s Daughter. We are also over the moon with the wonderful artwork by Anthony Christou, and the cover design by Greg Chapman. Deryn and her novel has a very close tie to IFWG, as, for a…
New Acquisition: Songs From a White Heart by Jack Dann
IFWG’s Chapbook series is an avenue for the publishing house to present material that is underrepresented in the broadest sense of the word – and poetry is an example. We are extremely pleased to have acquired the rights to Jack Dann’s poetry collection, Songs From a White Heart, and look forward to its release in…
Cover Reveal: Following the Braid by Cary J Lenehan
IFWG Publishing is very pleased to reveal the cover for Cary J Lenehan’s sixth instalment in his epic 8-part fantasy Warriors of Vhast series, Following the Braid. Artwork and design by UK-based Catherine Archer-Wills – we think this is one of her best. “Again we have chosen a non-combative scene for the cover,” said Gerry…
COVER REVEAL: DRACULA UNFANGED gets cover by the 2020 BBC DRACULA’s, and THE WOLFMAN’s 2011 Oscar-winning Make-Up Artist, Dave Elsey!
IFWG Publishing unveils its cover for a new ‘Imagine That’ Horror Anthology: DRACULA UNFANGED, by cover artist, Oscar winner Dave Elsey! Elsey shared Best Make-Up with industry legend, his pal, Rick Baker, on THE WOLFMAN, in 2011, and Elsey has serious Dracula cred with his amazing make-up and creature shop work (with wife, Lou) on…
Cover Reveal: Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts by Aaron Dries
IFWG is very pleased to reveal the cover of Aaron Dries’ upcoming horror collection, Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts. The artwork and design is by the very skilled and talented Don Noble, from Rooster Republic Press. An agency that sends social workers into the homes of grieving families to impersonate dead loved…
IFWG’s Spanish Language Line of Titles
A statement by Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of SQ Mag Pty Ltd, trading as IFWG Publishing Australia, IFWG Publishing International, and IPI Comics. When IFWG was first conceptualised and built into a publishing house, it was assumed that it would exclusively cater for English speaking readers. To be honest, it wasn’t even a topic to…