Dmetri Kakmi had a wonderful book launch of his latest novel, The Woman in the Well, at Athenaeum Library (hosted byThe Sun Bookshop) in Yarraville (Victoria, Australia) on 24 April 2025. It was very well attended and all had a great time, as evidenced by the video below (courtesy of Jon Rendell): The Woman in…
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New Release: The Woman in the Well by Dmetri Kakmi
IFWG is delighted to announce the global release of Dmetri Kakmi’s new novel, The Woman in the Well. The atmospheric artwork is by Sydney-based Danyon Street, and the complementary design is by Greg Chapman. IFWG’s Managing Director, Gerry Huntman, stated: “This is a special work. It is among the select few of our novels that…
TOC and Cover Reveal: Into the Cthulhu-Universe (editors Steven Paulsen & Christopher Sequeira)
IFWG Publishing International is excited to reveal the Table of Contents and Cover of its upcoming weird/horror anthology, Into the Cthulhu-Universe: Lovecraftian Horrors in Other Literary Realities, edited by Steven Paulsen and Christopher Sequeira. The amazing cover art is by Dillon Naylor and the design is by the masterful Greg Chapman. With his Cthulhu Mythos,…
New Release: Nightmare Logic: Tales of the Macabre, Fantastic and Cthulhuesque by Leigh Blackmore
IFWG is very happy to announce the release of Leigh Blackmore’s collection of dark and weird fiction, Nightmare Logic: Tales of the Macabre, Fantastic and Cthulhuesque. “This is the second collection we are publishing of Blackmore’s,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “complementing his recent poetry chapbook, Azathoth and Other Horrors: The Collected Nightmare…
New Release: A Touch of Death by Shaun Meeks
It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Shaun Meeks’ fifth book in his Dillon the Monster Dick series. The wonderful cover art and design is by Steve Santiago. “We always look forward to the next instalment of Meeks’ Dillon series,” said Managing Director, Gerry Huntman, “particularly to see what is next…
Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies: Announcement of Contributors
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…
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…
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 Acquisition: Cut To Care: A Collection of Little Hurts by Aaron Dries
IFWG is very pleased to announce the acquisition of publishing rights to Aaron Dries’ short fiction collection, Cut To Care: A Collection of Little Hurts. An agency that sends social workers into the homes of grieving families to impersonate dead loved ones… The kind old woman who saved a teenager’s life but now finds herself…
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…
New Release: Drive, She Said, and Other Stories by Tracie McBride
It is with pleasure that we can announce the UK and Australian release of Melbourne-based author, Tracie McBride’s collection of short fiction titled ‘Drive, She Said, and Other Stories’. “What attracted IFWG to Tracie’s short fiction,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director, “wasn’t just the quality and weirdness/darkness of her narrative. It was the collection itself,…
Forthcoming Release: Altered Gate by Shaun Meeks
We are very pleased to announce that Shaun Meeks‘ third book in his Dillon the Monster Dick series will be released on May 3 2019. As his previous volumes, The Gate at Lake Drive, and Earthbound and Down, the story continues with weird horror, humour, and an undercurrent of consulting detective noir. The cover is…
Cthulhu Deep Down Under Vol 2 TOC
We are pleased to reveal the full cover spread and table of contents of Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2, which will be released worldwide 1st August 2018. Cover art and design by the very talented Steve Santiago, and edited by Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira, and Bryce Stevens. Introduction by Peter Rawlik Sleeping Dogs by…
Cover Reveal: Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2
IFWG is very proud indeed of our Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3-volume series and look very much forward to Vol 2’s world release on 1st August 2018. We have just signed off the full cover spread, but at this early stage we would like to showcase the front cover – another beautiful job by artist…
Double Book Launch
Last night (15 February 2018) IFWG held a double book launch at Readings Hawthorn – a wonderful event. We launched our first two books for 2018 – Steven Paulsen’s anthology, Shadows on the Wall, and Jason Frank’s novel, Faerie Apocalypse. Jack Dann kindly (and entertainingly) MC’d the event, and the Readings’ crew did a wonderful…
Cthulhu Deep Down Under Vol 1 Launch
On the evening of the 1st February 2018 IFWG had a great launch of Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1, with a strong attendance, many of whom are notable in the spec-fic community in Melbourne and surrounds. It was held in the spacious and atmospheric Readings St Kilda, where the staff were very helpful. Gerry…
Shadows on the Wall Preorders
IFWG Publishing is again happy to announce that, Shadows on the Wall, the dark and weird short story collection by Steven Paulsen, will be released for sale on 15 January 2018 (a double release with Jason Franks’ Faerie Apocalypse). For a limited time – until the end of this year only – we have special…
Cover Reveal: Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1
Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1 will be released on 15 November 2017, but we can’t resist revealing the cover art and design by Steve Santiago. Table Of Contents: Introduction by Ramsey Campbell A Pearl Beyond Price by Janeen Webb Haunting Matilda by Dmetri Kakmi Wife to Mr Lovecraft by Lucy Sussex Darkness Beyond by…
News: TOC Reveal for Cthulhu: Deep Down Under Volume 1
IFWG Australia is pleased to announce the Table of Contents for Cthulhu: Deep Down Under Volume 1, edited by Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce Stevens. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell A Pearl Beyond Price by Janeen Webb Haunting Matilda by Dmetri Kakmi Wife to Mr Lovecraft by Lucy Sussex Darkness Beyond by Jason Franks The Diesel…
Cover Reveal: Shadows on the Wall by Steven Paulsen
Earlier this year we informed you that we had the great pleasure to have acquired Steven Paulsen’s dark collection of stories, Shadows on the Wall. This will be released on 1 January 2018, but in the meantime we are very excited to reveal the front cover of the collection, with original artwork by Academy award-winning…