recent PubliCATIONS (2022 and 2023):
Magazine (Headland): COMING SOON (December 2023)
Magazine/webzine (Bewildering Stories): COMING SOON
Magazine/webzine (Bewildering Stories): COMING SOON
Brand NEW story accepted for publication!
A fabulous Aotearoa New Zealand Magazine has accepted a piece for publication in their Speculative Fiction Issue, issue 20 (5 December 2023).
- FIRST time in this magazine
- BRAND new piece
- Title and genre reveal to come
Not sure of the exact date of publication - maybe October 2023? More to come!
Magazine/webzine (Bewildering Stories): COMING SOON
Magazine/webzine (Bewildering Stories): COMING SOON
Magazine/webzine (Bewildering Stories): COMING SOON
Kill Switch (1400 words)
Bewildering Stories has accepted Kill Switch (reprint, previously published in Sci Fi Lampoon Magazine)
- FIRST time in this magazine :-)
Not sure of the exact date of publication - it depends on how all the pieces fit together, as to which issue it ends up in.
Magazine: OUT NOW
Magazine/webzine (Bewildering Stories): COMING SOON
Anthology (Best of...): COMING SOON (September 2023)
Lovely (2000 words)
Not One Of Us Magazine has accepted one of my pieces for publication: 1st October 2023
- FIRST time in this magazine
- BRAND new piece
- First EVER modern/supernatural dark fiction short story published
*(Sensitivity warning on this one - details on sensitivity warning page)
This magazine is having some difficulties with their website/FB page. Details on how to BUY this magazine here: https://legacyliteraryservices.com/not-one-of-us/subscribe/
Anthology (Best of...): COMING SOON (September 2023)
Anthology (Best of...): COMING SOON (September 2023)
Anthology (Best of...): COMING SOON (September 2023)
Heaven Sent (800 words) REPRINT
Metastellar is a fantastically supportive magazine that produces professional, quality anthologies and work. They are also a dream to work with. As a reader and a writer, I cannot recommend this magazine enough.
I was lucky enough to have a piece in their Best Of Metastellar Year One. Imagine my delight when one of my pieces that they published in 2022 made it into the BEST OF YEAR TWO!
This piece should be available in all the places, VERY soon!
Anthology: COMING SOON
Anthology (Best of...): COMING SOON (September 2023)
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
A NEW publisher accepted three of my reprints/short stories to appear in an upcoming anthology. Contract SIGNED!
There were a lot of delays with the release date, but it looks like it will be OUT SOON - ebook first (perhaps October) then paper version!
Featuring:
- Spring-Child (500 words)
- The Books (500 words)
- On time (500 words)
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
Anthology (Best of...): COMING SOON (September 2023)
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
Neighbours (1000 words) REPRINT
I am thrilled to announce one of my favourite and also one of my very FIRST short stories has been published as a re-print by Metastellar!
Neighbours, a 1000 word fantasy piece, is based in my "Hell-Colony" world. I have other published (Hell-Bound, Life Lesson) and unpublished short stories based in this world. I also have completed and partially completed novels and novellas based in this world :-)
This time around Neighbours is FREE to read (previously in an anthology).
Check out Neighbours here: https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/neighbors/
Check out this fabulously supportive and professional looking spec fic magazine here: https://www.metastellar.com/
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
17 August 2023
Life Lesson (1800 words)
Brand NEW piece, published through Teleport Magazine
This is another amusing, modern feel fantasy short story. What is DIFFERENT about this piece is... I liked it SO much I have written a whole NOVEL based on these characters!
Life Lesson, is FREE to read here: https://www.teleportmagazine.com/2023/08/16/life-lesson/
Checkout this fantastically supportive magazine here: https://www.teleportmagazine.com/
- Funny, fantasy, modern feel
- Incompetent villains teaching a school, in hell
Magazine: OUT NOW
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
Magazine: OUT NOW - FREE to read
13 August 2023
Bone White (2500 words)
Brand NEW piece, published through Andromeda Spaceways Magazine
This piece was shortlisted for a chance for publication toward the end of 2022. To my absolute delight, they accepted my piece!
To my further amazement, my piece Bone White inspired the cover art for this issue :-) WOW! I love it.
Andromeda Spaceways Magazine Issue #91 is out NOW.
Buy this magazine here: https://andromedaspaceways.com/product/asm-91/
Find out MORE about this magazine here: https://andromedaspaceways.com/
- FIRST time in this magazine
- BRAND new piece
- My FIRST ever sci fi piece to be published
- The FIRST piece of art inspired by my work
Magazine: OUT NOW!
Magazine:OUT NOW - FREE to read
Magazine: OUT NOW!
April 2023
Up From the River (10 000 words). Bards and Sages Quarterly Magazine.
My longest published short story and the piece with the shortest publication journey! Up From the River has a faerytale/fantasy vibe to it and has been published by this gorgeous magazine: https://www.bardsandsages.com/index.html
Buy this magazine here: https://www.bardsandsages.com/bards-and-sages-quarterly.html
Magazine: OUT NOW!
Magazine:OUT NOW - FREE to read
Magazine: OUT NOW!
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:OUT NOW - FREE to read
Magazine:OUT NOW - FREE to read
Magazine:OUT NOW - 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:OUT NOW - 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
Anthology: buy now
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
Magazine: FREE TO READ
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/
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
Magazine: FREE TO READ
Podcast/Audio Project: buy now
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
Magazine: FREE TO READ
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 :-)
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