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Nicole Walsh - Author

Nicole Walsh - AuthorNicole Walsh - AuthorNicole Walsh - Author

speculative fiction: Recognisable people, unrecognisable worlds

speculative fiction: Recognisable people, unrecognisable worldsspeculative fiction: Recognisable people, unrecognisable worlds

published pieces

I am so grateful to have found beautiful homes for so many of my pieces. A big thank you to all the magazines and publishers that support emerging writers :-) I want to continue to learn what is marketable and to continue to improve my products and craft.

recent PubliCATIONS (2022/2023):

Magazine: COMING SOON!

Anthology: COMING SOON!

Anthology: COMING SOON!

Coming soon: April 2023

Up From thr River (10 000 words) has been accepted into Bards and Sages Quarterly Magazine.


Anthology: COMING SOON!

Anthology: COMING SOON!

Anthology: COMING SOON!

Three short (500 word) reprints accepted into an upcoming anthology.


Contract signed :-) Anticipated release date... unknown (there appears to be a delay).


  • Publisher reveal pending
  • Cover reveal pending

Magazine: OUT NOW!

Anthology: COMING SOON!

Magazine: FREE to read

Coming Soon: 20 March 2023

Into The Blue (2500 words). Magazine: Last Girls Club Magazine


My first attempt at "lit fic" (with supernatural elements). A feminist horror piece, my first published by this gorgeous magazine: https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/


*There are sensitivity/trigger warnings with this piece. Detailed here: https://nicolewalshauthor.com/sensitivity-warnings-tw


You can buy this magazine here (PDF): https://www.lastgirlsclub.com/pdfcopy/p/spring-issue-2023-panic

And here (hard copy): https://www.blurb.com/b/11517497-spring-equinox-2023

Magazine: FREE to read

Magazine: FREE to read

Magazine: FREE to read

March 2023

Affordable Resurrection (1600 words)

Brand NEW piece, published through Teleport Magazine


Read here for FREE: https://www.teleportmagazine.com/2023/03/17/affordable-resurrection/


Check out this fantastically professional and supportive magazine here:  https://www.teleportmagazine.com/


Magazine: FREE TO READ

Magazine: FREE to read

Magazine: FREE TO READ

December 2022

The End (800 words). Magazine: Metastellar Magazine. Reprint: previously published in Daily Drunk Magazine, June 2020.


Read for free here: https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/the-end/ 


Check out this fabulous magazine here: https://www.metastellar.com/ 


Novel: buy now

Magazine: FREE to read

Magazine: FREE TO READ

November 2022:

Debut Novel: Lust and Submission. Book one of the demon queen, angel king series. Blueberry Lane Books.


Buy here (in Australia):  https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1942183151 

Or here:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLY56WDZ 


More about my novels here: https://nicolewalshauthor.com/novels

Anthology: buy now

Magazine: FREE TO READ

Anthology: buy now

August 2022:

Hell-Bound (6000 words). Anthology: Summer of Speculation: Villains, by Cloaked Press.

More info available here:

https://www.cloakedpress.com/sos2022/


Buy here: https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Speculation-Villains-Benjamin-DeHaan-ebook/dp/B09ZSK8MWR


And here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Summer.../dp/B09ZSK8MWR


Anthology: buy now

Magazine: FREE TO READ

Anthology: buy now

August 2022:

Situation (700 words). Reprint (previously published on my website, and in Metastellar Magazine in 2021. Anthology:  The Best of MetaStellar, Year One.


More about this project  here: https://www.metastellar.com/the-best-of-metastellar-year-one/


Buy here (in Australia): https://www.amazon.com.au/Best-MetaStellar-Year-One/dp/B0B859GVX3/


Or here: https://www.amazon.com/Best-MetaStellar-Year-One/dp/B0B859GVX3/


Or here:  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-best-of-metastellar-year-one-kerry-eb-black/1141908592?ean=9798201284596 


Magazine: FREE TO READ

Magazine: FREE TO READ

Magazine: FREE TO READ

September 2022

Tidal Bones (2100 words). Magazine: Carmina Magazine.

I am delighted by this fresh, gorgeous new home for this previously unpublished piece.


Read for FREE here: http://carminamagazine.com/tidal-bones.html in this super supportive http://carminamagazine.com/index.html: magazine


Tidal Bones is a darker piece - my attempt at horror/dark fiction/Australian gothic fiction. A vulnerable woman stands in the ruins of a stolen wedding dress, with cliffs all about her. Something dark watches her from the haunted bay.


Tidal Bones was inspired by the happiest days of my childhood, looking for treasures along deserted beaches.


*There are sensitivity/trigger warnings with this piece. Detailed here: https://nicolewalshauthor.com/sensitivity-warnings-tw

Magazine: FREE TO READ

Podcast/Audio Project: buy now

Magazine: FREE TO READ

September 2022

Heaven-Sent (800 words). Magazine: Metastellar Magazine.

Reprint: previously published on my website.


Read FOR FREE here: https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/heaven-sent/

Check out this super supportive magazine here: https://www.metastellar.com/ 


This is another light (hopefully) funny piece that mixes the bizarre and fantastic with the mundane and every day.


Heaven-Sent was inspired by a day at the office, and a particular email habit that I find a tad challenging. Read my blog for more info :-)

Podcast/Audio Project: buy now

Podcast/Audio Project: buy now

Podcast/Audio Project: buy now

July 2022:

The Cat (5000 words), audio in Catscast. 


Catscast releases fun, cat-themed speculative fiction monthly. 


The Cat features as a patreon only episode (behind a paywall) and is available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/catscast-episode-68138129

For more fantastic cat-related spec fic, check out: https://escapeartists.net/catscast/

Magazine: FREE TO READ

Podcast/Audio Project: buy now

Podcast/Audio Project: buy now

March 2022

Team Meet (4000 words). Magazine: Teleport Magazine. This is the second piece I have managed to have published in this magazine :-)


Read FOR FREE here: https://www.teleportmagazine.com/2022/03/22/team-meet/

And here: https://www.teleportmagazine.com/


I created this story from the angle of: could I write a reasonably tasteful story that begins with a man in a bathroom? Can I? Yes. Yes I can!


I dabble with the idea of writing a novel-length piece about these characters :-)

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

2021:

2021:

2021:

  1. The Cat (5000 words). Magazine: Teleport Magazine, May 20, 2021.  Read FOR FREE here: https://www.teleportmagazine.com/2021/05/20/the-cat/  
  2. Kill-Switch (1400 words). Magazine: Sci Fi Lampoon, Winter edition. Buy here:  http://scifilampoon.com/  
  3. Situation (700 words) (reprint: first published on my website). Magazine:  Metastellar Magazine.  Read FOR FREE here: https://www.metastellar.com/2021/08/02/situation/  
  4. Misplaced Dreams (3000 words) (reprint: first published in Legendary Tales magazine). Magazine: Etherea, November 2021. Buy here: https://ethereamagazine.com/product/etherea-magazine-4/  
  5. Neighbours (1000 words). Anthology: A Quiet Afternoon 2, Victory and Grace Press. July 2021. Buy here: http://graceandvictory.ca/afternoon2.html  or here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Quiet-Afternoon-Another-Peaceful-Stressful/dp/099400978X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UY0V16O6U17G&dchild=1&keywords=a+quiet+afternoon+2&qid=1631389316&sr=8-1
  6. Thornside (5000 words). Anthology: Insurgence: A Fae Rebellion, Corrugated Skies Press. Buy here: http://www.corrugatedsky.com/new-release-insurgence/ and here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Insurgence-Fae-Rebellion-Nicole-Walsh/dp/1950903214/ref=sr_1_14?crid=1SJST2YM50028&keywords=insurgence&qid=1647978566&s=books&sprefix=insurgence%2Cstripbooks%2C433&sr=1-14

2020:

2021:

2021:

  1. Wicked Obscenity (500 words). Anthology: Queensland Writers Centers first Right Left Write Anthology. Not sure where you buy this book. 
  2. Spring-Child (500 words). Magazine: Aphelion - The webzine of science fiction and fantasy, Issue 255, Volume 24, October 2020. Read FOR FREE here:  http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/flash/2020/10/Spring-Child.html
  3. The End (800 words). Magazine: The Daily Drunk.  Story archived off their site, no longer available. 
  4. Misplaced Dreams (3000 words). Magazine: Legendary Tales, October 2020.  This gorgeous magazine is defunct. I am not sure where you buy a copy.
  5. Lost (50 words). Competition: KSP Writers' Centre Quarantine Quill Comp co-winner Aug 2020 (one of three :-)


Lost (50 words) (Full story here)


Light etched the mountain’s spine, mist ribboned the open blades of ravines. Mary dragged bloodied nails down grooves in soft plastic. A dark house winged her back. Bare feet chilled cold nests of dew-soaked grass. Each breath hung, a fading wisp. The mountain trailed distant threads of sound:

“Benny?”

“Ben-nny!”
(Comp rules: 50 words or less, must include the words spine, open and wisp) 


2019:

2021:

2019:

  1. Wicked Obscenity (500 words). Competition: Right Left Write Competition, Queensland Writers Centre August 2019 Winner. Moved/no longer available. 
  2. Wicked Obscenity (500 words). Magazine: issue 267 of the Queensland Writer's Centers WQ Magazine, December 2019. 
  3. Smitten (2000 words). Anthology: Witches, Warriors and Wyverns by TANSTAAFL Press.  Buy here: https://tanstaaflpress.com/books/witches-warriors-and-wyverns/ or here: https://www.amazon.com/Witches-Warriors-Wyverns-Thomas-Gondolfi/dp/1938124596 

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