
My novella, Petrichor, has been released today thanks to Hague Publishing. Check out samples and reviews at https://www.z.haguepublishing.com/Petrichor. It’s available at Amazon and all other online bookstores.
October 15, 2021 at 6:13 pm (Uncategorized)
My novella, Petrichor, has been released today thanks to Hague Publishing. Check out samples and reviews at https://www.z.haguepublishing.com/Petrichor. It’s available at Amazon and all other online bookstores.
December 21, 2020 at 12:11 pm (Uncategorized)
My science fiction story “Where parallel lines meet” is up at StarShipSofa http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2020/12/16/starshipsofa-no-649-melanie-rees/
November 2, 2019 at 10:41 am (Uncategorized)
My short story, “The Space Between Us” was published by Emerging Worlds Magazine
https://emergingworlds.co.uk/2019/10/10/the-space-between-us-melanie-rees/
and my personal essay, “The bedridden astronaut” has been accepted in Black Inc’s anthology, Growing up disabled in Australia
https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/news/growing-disabled-australia-contributor-announcement
This acceptance holds special meaning to me as it will be my 100th acceptance of creative writing.
April 29, 2019 at 10:09 am (Uncategorized)
My short story, “Invasion”, is up at The New Accelerator and my poem, “A love letter to Winter”, recent appeared in InDaily Poets Corner.
December 4, 2018 at 9:16 am (Uncategorized)
Thank you to Third Flatiron for a Pushcart nomination for my story “Shadow Harvest”.
I also had four poems accepted by Lite Lit One, which looks like it will be a great journal.
November 8, 2018 at 7:41 pm (Uncategorized)
October 31, 2018 at 10:21 am (Uncategorized)
Just in time for Halloween, my spooky short story “Road rage” is up at Kasma Magazine today.
http://www.kasmamagazine.com/road-rage.cfm
October 20, 2018 at 5:49 pm (Uncategorized)
My story “The Red Goddess” is in the October issue of Factor Four Magazine.
http://factorfourmag.com/the-red-goddess-by-melanie-rees/
I also had an article feature in my local paper recently about the Writing Scholarship from The Brotherhood of St Lawrence as part of The Hope Prize.
October 1, 2018 at 11:47 am (Uncategorized)
My short story “Shadow Harvest” is out today in Terra! Tara! Terror! (Third Flatiron Publishing)
And my short story “Two to the power of one” recently appeared in Mad Scientist Journal.
September 1, 2018 at 11:58 pm (Uncategorized)
I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded one of two Women’s Writing Career Development Scholarships as part of The Hope Prize.
The Hope Prize is an annual Australian contest run by The Brotherhood of St Laurence and judged by eminent Aussies, Cate Blanchett, Dame Quentin Bryce, and Kate Grenville.
My scholarship-winning story, “Lilly of Locust Fields” will be included in an anthology to be published at the end of the year by Simon & Schuster.
August 31, 2018 at 8:55 pm (Uncategorized)
Three recent short story sales to Factor Four Magazine, Natures: Futures, and Third Flatiron Publishing’s Terra! Tara! Terror! anthology.
April 29, 2018 at 8:41 am (Uncategorized)
My story, “Bloodletting”, is in issue 6 of Unnerving Magazine
April 14, 2018 at 12:11 pm (Uncategorized)
My story “Socks soaked with time” is in the current issue of Lamplight Magazine.
http://lamplightmagazine.com/volume-vi-issue-iii/
February 8, 2018 at 9:15 am (Uncategorized)
My story “A Verdant Heart” is in Little Blue Marble today:
http://littlebluemarble.ca/2018/02/07/a-verdant-heart/
January 22, 2018 at 7:49 pm (Uncategorized)
My flash fiction, Two to the power of one, will appear in Mad Scientist Journal soon.
December 20, 2017 at 8:39 am (Uncategorized)
My interactive fiction, “Tripladin masacre” is out today at Sub-Q. You can play it by following the line below:
https://sub-q.com/play-tripladin-massacre/
October 13, 2017 at 8:45 am (Uncategorized)
My flash fiction story “Traditions” is up at The Martian Wave
http://www.nomadicdeliriumpress.com/tmw.htm
September 26, 2017 at 1:20 pm (Uncategorized)
My short story, “Tidal waves”, is in issue 42 of The Future Fire.
September 22, 2017 at 4:49 pm (Uncategorized)
My story “Head full of posies” is up today at Daily Science Fiction.
http://dailysciencefiction.com/hither-and-yon/magic-realism/melanie-rees/head-full-of-posies
September 5, 2017 at 8:46 am (Uncategorized)
My story, “Ash upon the Starry Night” is in issue 68 of Andromeda Spaceways Magazine.
http://andromedaspaceways.com/shop/asm-68/
Also recent sales to The Future Fire Magazine and InDaily Poet’s Corner.
August 4, 2017 at 11:28 am (Uncategorized)
My poem ‘Missing pieces’ is up at Zetetic: a journal of unusual inquiry.
https://zeteticrecord.org/2017/06/missing-pieces/
July 28, 2017 at 8:08 am (Uncategorized)
My story ‘The Last Polar Bear’ is in Ecotastrophe II.
It includes some great climate change stories.
July 26, 2017 at 10:35 am (Uncategorized)
My futuristic Aussie outback inspired story, The Drover’s Ghost, is up at Persistent Visions.
https://persistentvisionsmag.com/fiction/the-drovers-ghost-melanie-rees
July 17, 2017 at 6:18 pm (Uncategorized)
My flash fiction ‘Head full of posies’ has been accepted by Daily Science Fiction, and my story ‘Ash upon the Starry Night has been accepted by Andromeda Spaceways Magazine.
I also have a story up at the moment at Uprising Review.
June 4, 2017 at 10:37 am (Uncategorized)
My previously published story “Harmless” will appear in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine’s Best Stories of 2016 anthology.
My story “Boarding” will appear in Uprising Review.
My story “Farms collide” appears in the Nonsensically Challenged charity anthology. And I finally got to use the word SMOOT in a story.
April 29, 2017 at 1:02 pm (Uncategorized)
Two recent sales to Persistent Visions and Retro Future, for my short stories ‘The drover’s ghost’ and ‘Semelparity, springtime and the sentient soul’.
March 18, 2017 at 10:20 am (Uncategorized)
My haiku, Jacaranda Kings, appears in this E-issue of Haiku Journal: http://haikujournal.org/e-issues/
My short story, Spirit of the Free, is a finalist in the Newcastle Short Story Award and will appear in their anthology to be launched on the 7th of April.
February 25, 2017 at 12:41 pm (Uncategorized)
I have two stories out this month.
Virtually Human is up at Digital Science Fiction (first published in Daily SF). http://digitalfictionpub.com/quickfic/virtually-human-by-melanie-rees-sci-fic/
Permutations of the soul is up at Sci Ph Journal (first published in Plasma Frequency Magazine).
http://www.sciphijournal.com/permutations-of-the-soul-by-melanie-rees/
February 6, 2017 at 6:15 pm (Uncategorized)
My short story, ‘Elemetability’, is available in Aurealis issue 97.
January 11, 2017 at 9:00 am (Uncategorized)
I have a very short story, Blocked, up at Flash Fiction Press today.