I was born in Innisfail,QLD in 1962 (thus sharing birth state and year with fellow CSFGer and Turner prize winner, Maxine McArthur) I have a wife and two children, two dogs, two cats, and assorted goldfish. I currently live in sunny Canberra, where I run my own Computer Consultancy business. At one stage I was highly active in Sydney SF Fandom, but that took a bit of a nose-dive after the children were born. Those of you with long memories may remember me playing my guitar at some of the Syncons in the 80's.
Hobbies:
Reading, Writing, Cycling, role-playing, guitar, singing in a
local
choir, comics, helping run Bridge Crew
at
assorted conventions, small press publishing, and wondering where all
my
spare time went.
Johnny Werewolf:
I have written several stories set in an world where Werewolves,
Vampires, Zombies, and all sorts of Undead creatures live in modern day
Sydney in an
uneasy alliance with normal humans.
The main character is a struggling private investigator called Johnny
Phillips.
He also happens to be a werewolf.
The first of these appeared in the anthology Nor
of Human...
.
Here is a short story,
set
in Johnny's world.
Publishing History (to Date:)Note: A couple of people have pointed out that the word Undead refers to a particular class of creatures, specifically those who a dead yet still move (like Vampires), and should not refer to Werewolves. The same people have also pointed out that a female 'Sorcerer' should, in fact, be a 'Sorceress'. Well, this is my world, and in Johnny's world Undead is a catchall term for all those people who live an alternative, supernatural, lifestyle. And Sorcerer is a job description. (You don't refer to female lawyers as lawyeresses, do you?)
Story |
Publication |
Date |
Johnny Phillips, Werewolf Detective: The Collected Case Files | Aust Speculative Fiction | December 2008 |
Shroedinger's
Fruitbat |
Daikaiju
2 |
June 2007 |
Blobs |
Gastronomicon |
April 2005 |
Workers of the
World, Unite! |
Antipodean
SF ,#70 |
April 2004 |
Chance Encounters (revised) |
Elsewhere |
October 2003 |
Lamaman |
Antipodean
SF,#59 |
April 2003 |
The Aldrin Vial* | Machinations | August 2002 |
Dragon Omelette* | AustrAlien Absurdities | June 2002 |
Jetsam | Fables and Reflections, #2 | April 2002 |
Stranger | Antipodean SF,#45 | November 2001 |
Fringe Dwellers* | Nor of Human... | April 2001 |
First Timer | Antipodean SF, #36 | February 2001 |
Chance Encounters | Charge Magazine #1 Vol 23 | January 2001 |
Survival Guide | Goblin Muse #4 | August 2000 |
Prophecy | Jackhammer #12 Vol 3 | March 2000 |
Map Magic | Antipodean SF, #21 | November 1999 |
Psychology | Potato Monkey #1 | May 2001 |
Bomb Squad* |
Andromeda
Spaceways Inflight Magazine #4 |
December 2002 |
Wax Tadpoles |
Potato
Monkey #2 |
December 2002 |
(Stories marked with a '*' are "Johnny" stories.)
Barcodes:
Due to the number of times I have been asked, I have created a Barcode Generator
for ISBNs.
Links:
Magazines:
DemonGround
-
DEMONGROUND: Reflections of a Darker Future. A
fanzine
dedicated to supporting the genre of Modern Horror in roleplaying
games.
Antipodean SF
- Quality
short
SF (Monthly)
Andromeda
Spaceways
Inflight
Magazine - Fun SF,F&H, published bi-monthly
Organizations:
Canberra
Speculative Fiction Guild
- A weird great bunch of
writers.
Vision
Writers
Group
- Another great bunch of writers, this time operating out of Brisbane.
Authors:
Maxine
McArthur - Fellow CSFGer and winner of the 1999
George Turner
Award
Chuck
McKenzie -
A
funny writer and editor of reknown (so he tells me...)
Geoffrey
Maloney-
Another fellow CSFGer, and another award winner.
Les
Petersen - Yet
another
CSFGer, author and Illustrator
Alison
Venugoban - A lovely lady and an interesting
writer
Last Updated 7-Jan-2009