IFWG Publishing is very pleased to announce the contributors to Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies following a long and complex submissions period. Editor Deborah Sheldon has come up with an amazing list of contributors with their stories, and we would like to add that many great stories had to be…
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Submissions Guidelines – Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies
THE SUBMISSION PERIOD HAS NOW CLOSED Submissions open: 31 July 2023 Deadline: 31 October 2023 Publisher: IFWG Publishing International Payment: 4c per word for original stories, 1c per word for reprints (Australian currency) Note: Open to Australasian writers only, where Australasia means Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the neighbouring islands of the Pacific. This call-out is open to Australasian…
New Release: Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite
IFWG is delighted to announce the world-wide release of its latest short fiction anthology, Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite, edited by Deborah Sheldon. The evocative cover art and design is by author/artist/designer, Greg Chapman. Australia: the land where everything wants to kill you. A continent filled with some of the deadliest animals…
Mother’s Day Celebration (for a week!)
THIS OFFER HAS NOW EXPIRED We publish a fair bit of horror in many sub-genres, and celebrating Mother’s Day shouldn’t be exempt from our itinerary! We see a number of activity lines converging to today(ish) – just a few days over two years ago we published Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies,…
Signing: Deborah Sheldon to Edit a new Australasian Body Horror Anthology
IFWG is excited to announce the signing of Deborah Sheldon’s editing services for a premium horror anthology to be published in 2024 – content details cannot be disclosed at this stage but we can say that a callout will be made late in June 2023 for an August to October submission period. It is expected…
Cover Reveal: Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite
IFWG is very pleased to reveal the cover of our upcoming anthology, Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite, edited by Deborah Sheldon. We gave the artist/designer, Greg Chapman, an ambitious concept to work with, and he delivered what you see here perfectly! Australia: the land where everything wants to kill you. A continent…
TOC reveal: Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite
IFWG is very pleased indeed to reveal the Table of Contents of our 2023 horror anthology, Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite, edited by Deborah Sheldon. Congratulations to the authors who were selected for publication – it was a very competitive open call-out. The authors/short stories that will be included in the anthology…
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….
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…
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…
Cover Reveal: Liminal Spaces by Deborah Sheldon
IFWG is very pleased to reveal the cover of Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories, by Deborah Sheldon. This collection is the third by IFWG Publishing and represents a significant portion of Sheldon’s body of horror and weird short fiction. Cover artwork and design is by the very talented Luke Spooner. We will reveal more about this…
New Release: Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies
IFWG is very excited to announce the release of its second of three new anthologies this year, Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies, edited by Deborah Sheldon. This is a particularly unique anthology for us, as it is the very first that is sourced from a fiction callout, with the exception of…
Book Deal: Fiction Collection by Deborah Sheldon
IFWG Publishing is delighted to announce the acquisition of a collection of short fiction by Deborah Sheldon, titled Liminal Spaces – Horror Stories. “This is a wonderful collection of Sheldon’s short fiction,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “mixing her recent successful stories in journals, along with original material. We have invested in her…
Taking Submissions – Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies
THE SUBMISSION PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED Deadline: 31 August 2020 Payment: 6c per word for original stories, 2c 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 Deborah…
New Release: Figments and Fragments by Deborah Sheldon
IFWG is very pleased to announce the world-wide release of Deborah Sheldon’s collection of short dark fiction, Figments and Fragments. “We are so pleased with this title,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, ” as it loops back to some of Sheldon’s earlier dark fiction, but also adds new stories – enriching the depth…
Update: Upcoming Australian Horror Anthology
IFWG is extremely happy to tease you a little more about our earlier announcement, when we revealed that Deborah Sheldon had signed up as editor of a forthcoming anthology. She will have four commissioned short fiction pieces by A-grade Australian authors, with the remainder of the TOC made up from a callout in 2020 to Australian horror…
Preorder Offer: Figments and Fragments by Deborah Sheldon
IFWG Publishing Australia is pleased to offer English-speaking World Wide preorders for Deborah Sheldon‘s collection of short stories, Figments and Fragments. It will be released worldwide on 18 November 2019. Brutal. Compelling. Sinister. From wheat farms, roadhouses, caravan parks and beaches to quiet suburban streets and inner-city apartments, award-winning author Deborah Sheldon tells distinctly Australian…
Forthcoming Collection/Cover Reveal: Figments and Fragments by Deborah Sheldon
It is IFWG’s pleasure to announce the forthcoming horror fiction collection by Deborah Sheldon, Figments and Fragments: Dark Stories. It collects Deborah’s published short fiction but it also contains three new stories. The artwork and design is by the amazing Keely Van Order, magnificently depicting the overarching theme of the collection. Brutal. Compelling. Sinister. From…
Preorder/Early Sale Offer: Contrition by Deborah Sheldon
Deborah Sheldon‘s new, confronting horror novel, Contrition will be released on 3 September 2018 in Australia/UK and New Zealand, and for a short time IFWG will make direct sales. North American release will occur in November. PREORDERS HAVE NOW CEASED In her late teens, Meredith Berg-Olsen had all the makings of a runway model. Now in…
News: IFWG Titles Win 2 Australian Shadows Awards
IFWG Publishing Australia is pleased to announce that two of its titles have won 2017 Australian Shadows Awards, for excellence in the horror and dark fantasy fields: Best Edited Work: Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1 (editors Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira and Bryce Stevens) Best Collected Work: Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories (Deborah Sheldon)….
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