Welcome to September! This month I have another acceptance to announce - 'What He Deserves' was accepted into Black Hare Presses 'Dark Moments' collection. It will be published online sometime later in the year (and mentions a bit of cartomancy - hence the playing cards image). I've still been working on a problematic story... *sigh* … Continue reading August News
Author: Heather Ewings
Heather Ewings is a Tasmanian writer of mostly speculative fiction. With an MA in History, and a fascination with myth and folklore, her work weaves our world with the world of the other: of spirits, and mythological beings, and sometimes even magic.
July News
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com Once again the month has flown by. I haven't been doing quite so much writing this month, mostly labouring on an old story I'd love to have published but just can't get right. However, I do have another acceptance to share! My story, 'Raven's Sacrifice', has been accepted into the … Continue reading July News
June News
I'm still struggling with the fact I'm even writing a summary for June already - surely I've got a few weeks to go before I need to do this?? June absolutely flew by, but my biggest news of the month was the publication of my short story 'Klaria's Battle', in the 'CANCER: Speculative Fiction inspired … Continue reading June News
May News
This month has had some particularly difficult moments, and I'm not going to say more about that, except that you should *always* trust your instincts! I originally intended to take part in Ray Daley's story submissions challenge (if you missed my last post the aim of the challenge was to submit a story a day). … Continue reading May News
April News
First of all a huge THANK YOU!! to everyone for all your support this month, with the release of my first novella 'What the Tide Brings'. It was very briefly in the Top 100 Best-Selling Australian and Oceanian Literature on Amazon's Kindle store, which was very exciting. If you missed out - the ebook … Continue reading April News
What the Tide Brings – Available NOW
Along the coast she-oaks and salt gums were interspersed with honeysuckle and clumps of blade grass. (a deleted phrase from 'What the Tide Brings' after the location was moved from Australia to Scotland) Great News! What the Tide Brings is available now in both ebook and paperback (signed copies available too!). And up until … Continue reading What the Tide Brings – Available NOW
Two New Anthologies
This week has been hard, and busy with all sorts of things, some of which I'll cover in my I have two announcements today - two anthologies containing my stories were published this week! Black Hare Press's OCEANS anthology is the 9th in their Dark Drabble series, and is full of dark stories revolving … Continue reading Two New Anthologies
March News
Well - what to say about March? You all know the big news that's affecting us all. How are you coping during these times? If you've read my bio, you'll see that I've called myself a would-be hermit, and if I'm completely honest I'm mostly enjoying this time where I can actually be a hermit … Continue reading March News
Maggie and the Selkie – intro
I've been super busy behind the scenes here, working on a few novellas I hope to publish later this year. The first will be a slightly adapted version of my novella 'What the Tide Brings', which was printed by The People's Library for their project in 2018. Part of what I have been doing is … Continue reading Maggie and the Selkie – intro
February News
The biggest news for the month is the publication of 'Stories of Hope' - a bushfire relief anthology published by Deadset Press, which includes my story 'Raven's Sacrifice'. I haven't had a chance to read all 70+ stories yet, but I'm made my way through most of them and there are some amazing tales in … Continue reading February News
Heather Ewings 