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Excerpt
His fingertip began to wriggle, not at all like a fingertip, but more as if part of it were trying to escape. Then, impossibly, the fingernail rearranged itself into the shape of an insect. A lacewing. A replica of the one he had just killed.
He pulled it free. It fluttered to the ground and vanished. "No point in letting it change me completely," he said. "I’m sorry, that was somewhat gruesome. I had no choice."
His finger was bleeding. He blew on it gently and the wound healed over as if the lacewing had never happened.
Bio
I live in Perth, Western Australia and have enjoyed reading science fiction and fantasy since the age of ten. A graduate of Clarion West in 2008, I also love hiking around misty mountains and walking in the rain, preferably as far away from the equator as I can get. I am currently writing a steampunk fantasy novel as part of my PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Western Australia.
Publications
"Deeper than Flesh and Closer" (2010) in Belong: Interstellar Immigration Stories ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
"The Bridal Bier" in the Eidolon 1 anthology, ed. Jeremy G Byrne & Jonathan Strahan (2006), which was shortlisted in the Australian Shadows Award for horror and awarded an honorable mention in the Australian Aurealis Award for fantasy.
Writing Description
I write wherever my imagination takes me: usually sf or fantasy with a touch of dark.
Goals
At least two novel chapters per week.
