SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELThe city was in the same place. But was it the same city?Alice stands outside her family's 1950s red brick veneer, unsure if she should approach. It has been sixteen years, but it's clear she is out of options.Lydia opens the door to a familiar stranger - thirty-nine, tall, bony, pale. She knows her sister immediately. But something isn't right. Meanwhile her son,...

Two estranged sisters reconnect in the aftermath of ecological and social collapse, in this work of suspenseful, deeply human literary speculative fiction.They drift in their sleep, waiting for something. The end of the world, or another escape. But the world is still here. There's no escaping it.Jude's life has been about survival. She works on rebuilding - fixes roofs, trucks supplies, transports refugees. Tries to stay free from attachments and ...

WINNER OF THE AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL 2025An unputdownable supernatural thriller about a mysterious global event, set in an Australian rural town.It began in every town and city at the same time, in every dark and twisted corner of our world. One third of the earth's citizens were asleep at the time. Their awakening was marked by horror and confusion. Just about everyone else had their routine interrupted as they witnessed ...