Sybil’s Garage Sale

Jan 31st, 2009 | By Stephanie Campisi

‘Drinking Black Coffee at the Jasper Grey Cafe’ will appear in Sybil’s Garage number 6. The magazine is published by the same fabulous people behind the well-received Paper Cities anthology.



The State of the Union

Jan 25th, 2009 | By Stephanie Campisi

So I’ve been a bit of a lazy blogger, but in my defence, I’ve been quite the busy Steph. I’m currently going over my proofs for ‘The Ringing Sound of Death on the Water Tank’, which is slated to appear in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3. This story, which is set on my [...]



Speculative sunscreen

Jan 18th, 2009 | By Stephanie Campisi

My Ombra sunscreen:
1) has a nerdy name
2) is apparently ‘non-ghosting’.



Reading material decisions under (blood) pressure

Jan 15th, 2009 | By Stephanie Campisi

Tonight I sliced open my little finger whilst trying to open a tin of kidney beans to make some felafel for my boy. My little finger spurted not so little amounts of blood all over my carpet and anything else liable to stain (but none of the washable surfaces, it seemed).
So, testing the absorptive capabilities [...]



Fantasy Magazine best of 2008 poll

Jan 8th, 2009 | By Stephanie Campisi

Fantasy Magazine is running a poll for its best story of 2008. My story Painting Walls in the Town of N– appeared there in January (just as an FYI, of course), and there’s plenty of other interesting stuff to read and vote for, too.
If you leave a thoughtful, or even thoughtless, comment explaining your choice, [...]