IFWG Publishing is pleased to announce the Australian imprint’s release of Aaron Dries new collection of fiction, Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts. “This title represents Dries’ writing skills magnificently,” said Gerry Huntman, MD of IFWG. “We were impressed with his mix of supernatural and body horror from the moment we read his…
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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…
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 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…
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…
Translation Acquisition: Dawn of the Zombie Apocalypse (Spanish) by Lee Murray
IFWG’s long-planned move to publish Spanish-language titles will come to fruition this year, bolstered by a strong Spanish-language distribution wing of our North American distributor (IPG) as well as some distribution penetration into the marketplace in Spain via Gazelle. David Bowles’ El espejo humeante (translation of The Smoking Mirror) has already been announced and it…
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: Iconic Jekyll/Hyde Novel Set In America by Louis K. Lowy
IFWG Publishing is thrilled to have acquired long-standing IFWG author, Louis K. Lowy’s as-yet untitled novel featuring Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the US. “Lowy is an incredibly versatile author,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “best represented by his four novels we have published to date – an historical science fiction with…
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…
New Release: Bedding the Lamia: Tropical Horrors by David Kuraria
Today, the 3rd December 2021, is an unusual day for IFWG as we are releasing four new titles simultaneously, two of which are in the dark fantasy/horror end of speculative fiction. This doesn’t in any way reduce the quality of these books, and IFWG is certainly proud to announce the release of Bedding the Lamia:…
Two-Cover Reveal: Walking the Tree and Morace’s Story by Kaaron Warren
IFWG is very pleased to reveal the covers of two companion titles by Kaaron Warren, which will be co-released worldwide on the 4th April 2022: Walking the Tree, a reissue of a classic Warren novel, and Morace’s Story, an original middle-grade title that recounts the same story as Walking the Tree, but through the eyes…
Upcoming Release: The Guardians of St. Giles middle grade series by Jeffery E Doherty
IFWG is happy 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 book, Olivia Stone and the…
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