No one talks about Anima Mutri anymore. Have you heard of her? No, I didn’t think so. She used to be an activist for social equality– women’s rights, anti-prejudice, that kind of thing. A friend of mine in the Abstainer movement met her once. Activists generally stick together, whether they’re boycotting d-mat or dumping shit […]
This sounds like one of those stories, but I swear it’s true. D-mat wasn’t always free. It cost money–remember money?–and it was rationed. If you used up your allowance at the beginning of the week, then you’d be stuck at home on the weekend, unable to go out with your friends. We were always looking […]
I’m deeply honoured that my story “The Legend Trap” has been nominated in the novella category of the 2015 Ditmar Awards.It’s a story I’m particular proud of – a slightly more meta riff on the urban myths I’ve been writing to accompany the Twinmaker series, one that I hope is chilling in its own right. […]
Helping Antipodean SF celebrate its 200th issue (!!) is a new Twinmaker story revealing Clair’s birth-father’s name, and why he’s out of the picture. Here are the opening lines: Ryder’s hands were deep in the exposed guts of a d-mat booth when he received the message that would change his life. “We’re having a baby.” […]