Other Works

The Dare

30 Australian Stories For Children

Random House ISBN 1 74051 910 8

In the short story “The Dare” young Todd must pass - and survive - a terrifying initiation rite to win acceptance in his new country home. Are the ruins above town really haunted by the ghost of a homicidal convict? To find out and fit in, Todd will take the creepiest test of courage. By moonlight. This exciting anthology edited by Linsay Knight and illustrated by Gregory Rogers includes other celebrated Australian authors like Tim Winton, Victor Kelleher and Paul Jennings, and works by literary legends such as Norman Lindsay, May Gibbs and Colin Thiele.

Island of the White Spear

(Serialized Novella & Full Length Novel)

Asahi Shimbun Newspaper - serial novella

Illustrations by Annie E Studios

Nicola finds a very old map of the central Pacific, revealing a tiny island which appears on no other maps. The illustrated chart also shows a great stone spear rising from the center of the island. What looks like pale jewels are piled up on either side. Along with a couple who are her best friends, Nicola sets out for the island, concealed in a region famous for freak weather and magnetic problems. But the lost isle hides a sinister past, and others know of its existence.

Ruthless men, prepared to kill to keep a secret…

Pearson Education New Zealand - full length novel

ISBN 978-1-86970-642

Cover Design: Cheryl Rowe

Internal Illustrations: Fisheye Design, Sydney

Relic

Trust Me

Ford Street Publishing ISBN 978-1-876462-57-4
In the short story ‘Relic’ Oscar French is left alone with his archeologist Uncle’s latest acquisition. Floating in a glass dome filled with formaldehyde, the relic is a grisly severed head from a mysterious tomb in the jungles of northern Borneo. Its mouth carefully stitched shut, an unknown language tattooed across its wizened forehead, the Head of Savakor possesses strange powers. Unsuspecting Oscar is about to be offered the revenge he has dreamed of, and terrifying power he could never have imagined…but at what price?
‘Trust Me’ is sumptuous anthology edited by Paul Collins and featuring a brilliant introduction to the art of genre browsing by Isobelle Carmody. It treats readers to a broad sampling of famous Australian authors, illustrators and poets including Kate Forsyth, Gary Crew, Sophie Masson, James Roy, Deborah Abela, Shaun Tan and Kerry Greenwood.

Picture This 1

Pearson Heinemann ISBN 978-1-442518-6-50

In ‘John Doe’s Rorschach Test’, a boy is found at the foot of a mountain, suffering amnesia and plagued by strange dreams. Can the dedicated staff of a remote country hospital and the local police officer, a burnt out ex-profiler, solve the mystery of their unknown guest in time to prevent an awful tragedy?  Picture This 1 is a fascinating and varied collection of short tales, spanning many genres, penned by some of Australia’s best writers under ‘exam-type conditions’ -spinning a yarn based on an enigmatic ’stimulus image’ selected by the publisher! The talent featuring alongside Simon in this brilliant tome includes Scot Gardner, Anita Bell, Michael Pryor, Archimede Fusillo and Paul Collins.