IFWG is very pleased to announce the acquisition of a novel by Leanbh Pearson titled The Ghost Warrior. “We were very impressed with Pearson’s manuscript,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “and in particular the blending of fantasy with a number of contemporary themes.” When gifted with extraordinary powers by a ghost warrior, Wolf-heart…
Tag: dark fiction
New Release: Sunset Tales by Biola Olatunde
In February 2022 our sister press, IFWG Publishing International, announced the passing of Biola Olatunde. She was an early author for our company and we published four amazing novels (now discontinued). Having missed the opportunity to publish a chapbook of her poetry, we have instead now released (Worldwide except North America, where it will be…
Tool Tales wins Ditmar Award
IFWG is very pleased to receive the news that Kaaron Warren and Ellen Datlow’s chapbook collection of microfiction and photographs of antique tools, Tool Tales, has won the Best Collection category of the 2022 Ditmar Awards. This is the second award that the title has received, as it won the Best Collected Work category in…
Preorder Offer: Turning of the Seasons by J.S. Breukelaar & Seb Doubinsky
THIS OFFER IS NOW CEASED IFWG is very excited to release J.S. Breukelaar and Seb Doubinsky’s title, Turning of the Seasons in early November. We want to share the love and an excellent way to do this is to offer facilities for preorders – at competitive rates (equal to, or better than retail price, with…
Preorder Offer: Almost Human: A Collection of Short Stories by Nathan Burrage
IFWG is looking forward to the release of Nathan Burrage’s Almost Human collection on 1 September 2022. To celebrate this upcoming title, we are pleased to offer a preorder price with free shipping for this novel for anyone in the world(*). This offer will cease on 15 August 2022. Click the following link to preorder…
Cover Reveal: Almost Human: A Collection of Short Stories by Nathan Burrage
IFWG is very excited to reveal the cover for Nathan Burrage’s upcoming horror collection, Almost Human: A Collection of Short Stories. The art and design is by the very talented and skilled Greg Chapman. Almost Human will be released in August 2022.
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:…
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…
New Acquisition: The Horror by Seb Doubinsky
IFWG prides itself with its Chapbook series, releasing once or twice a year a short title with something special between their covers: underepresented work, such as poetry, microprose, hybrid narrative/poetry with illustrations, and other experimental pieces. It is therefore with much delight that we can announce the acquisition of Seb Doubinsky’s dark novella, The Horror,…
New Acquisition: Three Curses and Other Dark Tales by Leanbh Pearson
IFWG is very pleased to announce the acquisition of a collection of short fiction by Leanbh Pearson titled Three Curses and Other Dark Tales. “We have had a long standing admiration of Pearson’s work, both as a writer and an active member of the speculative fiction scene in Australia,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of…
New Acquisition: Short Fiction Collection by Anthony Ferguson
IFWG Publishing is very happy indeed to acquire a collection of short fiction by Australian author, Anthony Ferguson. We have known him for some time, as he is an active and creative talent in dark fiction and horror in the Australasian community, and it was inevitable that a publisher would pick up his work. We…
Preorder Offer: Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract by Rebecca Fraser
Rebecca Fraser’s wonderful collection of dark and weird tales, Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract, will be released world-wide on 15 April 2021. Coralesque is part of IFWG’s ‘Uncaching the Treasures’ marketing campaign, and as part of it, we are delighted to offer print preorders from now in late March 2021. eBook preorders…
New Release: The Crying Forest by Venero Armanno
IFWG Publishing Australia is over the moon to announce the release (2 November 2020) of Venero Armanno’s latest novel, The Crying Forest in Australia, New Zealand, UK and Europe. The novel will be released through our International Imprint in North America through IPG on 1st February 2021. “We feel privileged to have Armanno’s wonderful novel…
Cover Reveal: Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract, by Rebecca Fraser
IFWG is very pleased to reveal the front cover of Rebecca Fraser‘s upcoming collection of dark short fiction and poetry, Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract. The cover art and design is by the incomparable Greg Chapman, who has worked with IFWG in past projects (as has Rebecca). A surfer who becomes horrifyingly…
Preorders Open: Black Moon by Eugen Bacon
PREORDERS HAVE NOW CEASED Black Moon: Graphic Speculative Flash Fiction by Eugen Bacon, and lavishly illustrated by Elena Betti, will be published world-wide in print-format (only) on 1 December 2020. This is a unique, experimental book, first in IFWG’s Chapbook line of tiles, providing poetic prose in short form, each story/vignette accompanied by evocative art…
Book Deal: Poetry Collection by Silvia Canton Rondoni
IFWG is very pleased to announce a book deal with Silvia Canton Rondoni for a collection of poetry (‘Stark Naked’), along with a significant number of illustrations by Silvia Nieto. “Silvia Canton Rondoni has been associated with IFWG for a few years now, both as a contributor of fiction as well as a capable editor…
Books Deal with Kaaron Warren & Ellen Datlow
IFWG Publishing is extremely pleased to have acquired the publishing rights for five titles by Kaaron Warren, one of which is a collaboration with multi-award winning editor Ellen Datlow. Three Warren titles are transfers of rights from a previous publisher (Slights, Mistification and Walking the Tree) and two are original works: Morace’s Story (a middlegrade…
New Acquisition: Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract, by Rebecca Fraser
IFWG is pleased to announce the acquisition of the rights to a collection of dark fiction and poetry by Rebecca Fraser, titled Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract. IFWG has previously published her young teen novel, Curtis Creed and the Lore of the Ocean, but Coralesque is her first foray into adult fiction…
New Acquisition: Black Moon by Eugen Bacon
IFWG is proud to announce the acquisition of a collection of dark flash fiction by Eugen Bacon, each paired with gorgeous illustrations by Elena Betti, entitled Black Moon. “This is an opportunity we can’t miss,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG. “This is an amazingly unique project, bridging literary, dark speculative fiction, and powerful…
Cover Reveal: The Year of the Fruitcake by Gillian Polack
IFWG is pleased to reveal the cover for Gillian Polack’s upcoming science fiction novel, The Year of the Fruitcake. The wonderful artwork and design is by Luke Spooner from Carrion House. The novel tells of the Earth-based life of a mostly-mindwiped alien anthropologist inhabiting a human perimenopausal body instead of her own more rational body with…