I am delighted to announce that a reprint of my story Tasmanian Devils has been included in volume one of Dark Tas, an anthology of dark fiction set in Tasmania by authors living in, or with strong connections to, Tasmania.
Dark Tas: Volume 1 is available in paperback and ebook on all Amazon sites.
I am delighted to announce my romance novel Dylan’s Rock has been translated into Spanish. The ebook of El Rock de Dylan is currently available through Kobo, iBooks, Barnes & Noble and Tolino, with many more distributors coming soon.
Many thanks to Marta Baonza Jerez for her hard work translating the original text, and to Babelcube for making it possible.
Una novela romántica sobre una estrella del rock
Amy, una joven viuda, está cansada del agujero negro en que se ha convertido su vida. Cuando su cantante favorito, Dylan Knox, viene a su ciudad con motivo de su gira australiana de conciertos, le parece la ocasión perfecta para salir, por fin, a divertirse un poco.
Dylan es una estrella del rock estadounidense con un turbulento pasado. Ya estuvo casado en un ocasión y se divorció, y no tiene intención de repetir la experiencia. Entonces conoce a Amy…
Como la relación parece imposible, siguen su camino por separado, pero no logran olvidarse el uno del otro. Cuando vuelven a encontrarse, la chispa entre ambos es, si cabe, más fuerte que nunca. En ese momento, surge un escándalo que podría destruirlo todo…
It is with delight I announce the publication of two new short stories by me in Trickster’s Treats #2 from Things in the Well Publications. Here, you can read my stories Worst House in the Street and Poke, as well as 32 other all-new offerings. What better way to celebrate the Halloween season?
All proceeds from the anthology go to Women’s Community Shelters Ltd. Buy links can be found HERE Available in paperback and for Kindle.
Midnight Echo, magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, has been relaunched! Volume 12 is out now, on Amazon, and a tiny 99 cents for a limited time.
My short story, Effigia Malo, is published here for the first time, and I even got my name on the front cover!
A publisher I have been using to distribute some of my ebooks, Pronoun, is closing down. This means some titles of my ebook titles will disappear and then reappear on some retailers as I change over to a new company. In most cases any reviews they have received on the retailer’s site before the move will be lost, so if you have been kind enough to leave one, please check in a few weeks that the review is still there. It’s a disappointing situation, and means spending time on something other than writing, but if all goes to plan my books will be available in even more places than before. I’ll try to update the sales links on my website as the move progresses.
In other news, I have finally received my copy of the hardcover edition of Thank You: A Tribute To Chris Cornell. The images are darker than I’d like, but not bad enough to attempt reworking the whole book. Expanded distribution has now been selected, but buying directly from Lulu will save you 40% off the list price. The hardcover will start appearing on other retailers over the following couple of months.
I recently published a long-lost novel by Australian-born Rosa Campbell Praed. The Soul of Countess Adrian was first published in 1891, but had been out of print for a century. The story is a romance, but is set against Bohemian London and the occultism that was the craze of the time. Charm and drama merge in this lost piece of Australian literature history. It is available as a paperback on Amazon US, UK and Canada, and will appear on other retailers in the future. The ebook is also out on Amazon, and will appear on other retailers soon as part of the ebook migration.
I don’t have any titles scheduled for release in the near future, but I am working on a number of projects. Some horror, some romance, some long, some short. I had hoped to have at least one out before Christmas, but it’s highly unlikely now.
Do you love a hardcover book? Well, good news! My books are being released as hardcovers. Here are the first four of my titles to be in the format.
Dylan’s Rock in both Regular Print and Large Print
Scar On The Sky in Large Print
Arachnight & Tasmanian Devils in Large Print (also in the same volume for the first time).
Buy directly from Lulu and you will save big on the list price. Also make sure you check Lulu’s homepage for additional discount offers.
Two more titles will be joining them in hardcover – Scar On The Sky (in regular print), and Thank You: A Tribute to Chris Cornell (also in regular print). I will be updating my buy links as I approve the proof copies, although all the titles mentioned here are already available for purchase through Lulu.
The paperback edition of Thank You was released earlier this month. Initially available on Amazon, you can now purchase copies from other retailers such as Barnes & Noble, and Book Depository. Please see the book’s page on my website for links.
There were a few problems in getting this out there. Last minute issues with the manuscript delayed the ordering of the proof copies, which then took almost a month to arrive. Then, a few days after publishing, Amazon suddenly wondered why my name wasn’t listed in the author field and they suspended the book. Once they’d read my brief email replying to theirs it was soon available again, but it would have been better all round if they’d inquired about it during the set-up stage. Recently the book disappeared off Amazon’s sites completely. It’s back again now, after I contacted them on discovering its absence, but it was gone for up to five days, and I never did hear from them as to what had gone wrong. Fingers crossed, that will be the final problem.
There have also been occasional problems with people unable to download the free ebook edition from Amazon. If this has happened to you, please try again.
It’s possible a hardback edition of Thank You will be released in the future, due to popular demand. Watch here for news.
The free ebook edition will be released on 20 July, 2017. Pre-orders are already live on Amazon, and it will also be available through Google Play, iBooks, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. The book has already hit #1 on some Amazon sites.
The paperback has been delayed slightly, but will hopefully be available within a month. The list price will be around $15US.
Download and buy links will be activated on the book’s page on my website as they become available.
I have enormous gratitude to all the contributors. This book simply would not exist without them!
It’s Mother’s Day here in Australia, and to celebrate I have a special offer for you. Until May 28, you can get the ebook of Scar On The Sky for half price on Smashwords. Enter the coupon code LU58D in checkout to receive your discount.
Click HERE to go to the book’s page.
Merchandise is also now available HERE.
The first retailers have listed Scar On The Sky for sale. Currently it is available from Amazon (ebook and print), and Kobo (ebook). My Published Works page will be updated as other retailers list it.
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071YVP18V
Amazon Australia https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B071YVP18V
Amazon Canada https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B071YVP18V
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071YVP18V
Amazon US paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/1545226296
Amazon UK paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1545226296
Amazon US LP paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/154526015X
Amazon UK LP paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/154526015X
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/scar-on-the-sky
Angela J. Maher 