We are very excited by this acquisition – a while back Christopher Sequeira, Bryce Stevens and Steve Proposch (respected dark fiction editors) put out a boutique title called Cthulhu: Deep Down Under, an anthology that acquired Mythos-based stories from many of Australia’s dark fiction luminaries. The excellent front cover is directly below. The acquisition encompasses the…
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News: The Grief Hole Wins Australia’s Premier Horror Literature Award
It is with pride and joy that we can announce that Kaaron Warren‘s The Grief Hole has won the Best Novel category of the 2016 Australian Shadows Awards – Australia’s (and beyond) most reliable awards for quality horror and dark fiction. The Grief Hole was a special project for the IFWG team, and a great deal…
New Release: Star Quake 4, SQ Mag’s Best of 2015
IFWG Publishing Australia is pleased to announce the release of Star Quake 4: SQ Mag’s Best of 2015, edited by award winning editor, Sophie Yorkston. It is regretful that we had to publish this anthology so late, but we believe it is worth the wait. Like previous volumes, we have distilled the very best of SQ…
New Signing: Shadows on the Wall collection by Steven Paulsen
It is with great pleasure that we announce the acquisition of publishing rights to Steven Paulsen’s dark and weird collection of short stories, Shadows on the Walls. The collection contains stories from award winning anthologies, as well as original fiction. Original cover and internal art will be supplied by the Hugo and Oscar Award winning artist,…
Forthcoming Release: The Gate Theory by Kaaron Warren
IFWG Publishing Australia is pleased to have acquired worldwide print and digital book rights for Kaaron Warren’s short story collection, The Gate Theory. “This collection attracted much-deserved rave reviews when it was published in 2015, and when we heard that its rights were available, we jumped for it,” Gerry Huntman, Managing Director IFWG Publishing Australia…
New Signing: Last Year, When We Were Young by Andrew J McKiernan
IFWG Australia is very pleased to announce the acquisition of Andrew J McKiernan’s collection of dark short stories, Last Year, When We Were Young. This work was first published in 2014, and with this signing, we will be supplementing what is already very good with additional stories and rich illustrations by the author. The collection will be…
The Grief Hole Illustrated: News and Pre-Orders
The Grief Hole Illustrated: An Artist’s Sketchbook Companion to Kaaron Warren’s Supernatural Thriller, by Keely Van Order will be released next month. Those who ordered it as part of the Limited Edition offer for The Grief Hole are locked in for shipment as soon as the book is printed, but we are offering an excellent preorder…
Cover Reveal: The Grief Hole Illustrated
We are pleased that Keely Van Order‘s art portfolio collection of the illustrations contributing to The Grief Hole are well underway and will be available for sale in December (with preorders coming out in the next week or two). In the meantime, the following is the working cover at this time, for your viewing pleasure.
News: ARCs Produced for The Grief Hole
We are very happy with the print proofs of our hardcover and trade paperback versions of Kaaron Warren’s The Grief Hole. Here they are in all their glory (can’t convey the wonderful feel of them with their matte finishes).
eBook Preorders: The Grief Hole by Kaaron Warren
Preorder channels are now open for the ebook formats of Kaaron Warren’s upcoming masterpiece, The Grief Hole. Available channels are as follows: Amazon Kindle Apple iBook Barnes and Noble Kobo Books will be downloadable from 26 to 27th August 2016, depending on your geography. Of course, if you want to preorder the more tangible trade…
Print Preorders: The Grief Hole by Kaaron Warren
Kaaron Warren’s masterpiece of dark fantasy and horror, The Grief Hole, will be released and launched on 27 August 2016 (Australian Eastern Standard Time). IFWG Publishing Australia had offered preorders for both the Trade Paperback and Cloth Bound versions. Trade Paperback offer has expired wef 20 September 2016 Australian Eastern Standard Time. Orders can be made…
Cover Reveal: Earthbound and Down by Shaun Meeks
IFWG has had a long association with the artist, Steve Santiago, and we were chuffed with his commission for the cover and design for The Gate at Lake Drive by Shaun Meeks, the first book in the Dillon the Monster Dick Series (noir, horror). We are doubly chuffed with the atmospheric piece Steve has done…
News: What Has Been Said of Kaaron Warren’s Upcoming Novel, The Grief Hole
IFWG Publishing Australia has attracted interest far and wide for Kaaron Warren’s upcoming novel, The Grief Hole. A select number of well known writers have had the opportunity to read it, and the following are some of their statements. “The Grief Hole is a tour-de-force of personal despair and abject horror. Restrained yet horrific, and brushing up…
News: Art Book Signing With Keely Van Order
Sometimes collaborations are formed serendipitously, rather than by solicitation and design. This is such a case. Keely is currently commissioned to do the artwork and design for Kaaron Warren’s The Grief Hole, to be released in August 2016 – no small task as it involves 6 internal pieces and two covers (hardback and paperback). When…
News: Acquisition of ‘Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories’ by Deborah Sheldon
IFWG Publishing Australis is very pleased to sign on Deborah Sheldon’s collection of dark fiction, ‘Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories’. A good number of these stories have already graced the pages of quality publications, including Midnight Echo, Aurealis Magazine, SQ Mag, and Allegory Magazine. Quite a few of the stories will be original to…
News: Release of chap-ebook, Haunted Flesh by Robert Hood
IFWG is excited to announce its 9th Chap-ebook, Haunted Flesh: Stories of the Living Dead, by Robert Hood. Over recent months we supplied the chap-ebook with our Peripheral Visions limited edition give-away, but now we believe it is the right time to also release this 32k collection of zombie tales for sale. When are dead people not…
News: New Release – The Gate at Lake Drive by Shaun Meeks
IFWG is primarily an adult speculative fiction publishing house and yet we haven’t published any dark fiction, horror if you will, except for our Australian imprint and some anthologies. Shaun Meeks fills this hole, and with a great deal of good reading! It is with pleasure that we announce the release of Shaun’s novel, The…
News: Cover Reveal of Chap-eBook, “Haunted Flesh” by Robert Hood
IFWG Publishing Australia is pleased to reveal the Chap-eBook, “Haunted Flesh: Stories of the Living Dead” by Robert Hood. This ebook (only) consists of 35,000 words, the majority of which are zombie-related fiction published by Hood, who is considered the godfather of horror fiction in Australia, and notably an expert on all things ghost and…
Sneak Peek: Internal artwork of Peripheral Visions by Nick Stathopoulos (6)
With pleasure we reveal the sixth (and last) sneak peek post related to Nick Stathopoulos’ collaboration with us for Robert Hood’s reference collection of ghost stories, Peripheral Visions. Sorry, we aren’t revealing the seventh illustration – the frontispiece, because those who are purchasing the hardcover need a surprise treat. And treat it is! For those of you who have…
Sneak Peek: Internal artwork of Peripheral Visions by Nick Stathopoulos (5)
Again with pleasure we reveal the fifth (and second last) sneak peek post related to Nick Stathopoulos’ collaboration with us for Robert Hood’s reference collection of ghost stories, Peripheral Visions. For those of you who have just joined us, we have decided to have an illustration for each of the six sections of the hardcover version, including the signed, limited…
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