My first Oz Comic Con was a blast. Met a ton of talented people, connected with friends old and new, even sold a respectable number of books. Thanks to Meerkat Press for helping with the merch (check out cool raven mug below). Thanks to Alan Baxter for throwing me into the ring and showing me…
Thank you to Meerkat Press for hosting the joint launch of The Bridge and J.Ashley Smith’s Ariadne: I love you. Thanks to all who attended, asked questions and got our over-caffeinated answers and congratulations to Andrea Teare for winning the swag.
It’s true! In case you don’t believe me, here is the picture of the trophy, along with my Shirley Jackson Award nominee stone. Couldn’t be more grateful to the Aurealis Award Committee, and all the folks who had a hand in Collision’s success, from (especially) my wonderful agent, Matt Bialer, to Meerkat Press for getting…
Collision:Stories is a finalist for the Aurealis Awards in two categories. Best novella, fantasy, for “Like Ripples on a Blank Shore,” and best collection. So many pals, new and old are also on the list, which is here. Acclaimed authors Eugen Bacon and Kat Clay and will be frocking up to be socially distanced hosts…
You can view the full list here. Lots of friends, colleagues, idols on the short list, including Karron Warren’s brilliant novella Into Bones Like Oil, also from Meerkat. I just keep looking at my name alongside Nathan Ballingrud’s, Brian Evenson’s (both of whose collections are among my most treasured rereads) and under hers—Shirley’s herself. My…
So whatever I said about you, 2019, I take it back. I always thought there was something ominous about the way you looked at me in the rear view with your staring eyes and squiggly sideways eyebrows, and, well here we are. Apart from feeling sad all the time, I’m one of the okay ones….
JS Breukelaar is all about 2020.
Thrilled to announce that my new flash fiction story, “Lifeline,” will be published some time next year by Catapult Press.
Very grateful for this starred review of Collision: Stories by Paula Guran at Locus Magazine. Whether her name is familiar or not, her debut collection, Collision: Stories, should be on your “must read” list. Breukelaar, an American living in Sydney, Australia, writes in a clean, incisive style with razor-sharp opening hooks, while blending the literary,…
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