Deborah Sheldon (Author of Cretaceous Canyon)

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Deborah Sheldon

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Horror, Crime, Thriller

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I'm a multi-award-winning author and anthology editor from Melbourne, Australia. I write poems, short stories, novelettes, novellas and novels across the darker spectrum of horror, crime and noir.
My latest titles are the collection The Broonie and Other Dark Poems, the novel Bodily Harm, and the anthology I edited Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies.
My award-nominated titles include the novels Bodily Harm, Cretaceous Canyon, Body Farm Z, Contrition and Devil Dragon; the novellas Redhead Town and Thylacines; and the collections Figments and Fragments: Dark Stories and Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories. My collection Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories won the Australian Shadows 'Best Collected Work' Award, w ...more

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	Cretaceous Canyon 3.87 avg rating — 125 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil Dragon 3.83 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Waters 4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thylacines 3.74 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories With Bite by Deborah Sheldon (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Anthony Ferguson (欧宝娱乐 Author), Geraldine Borella (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man-Beast 4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies by Deborah Sheldon (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Geraldine Borella (欧宝娱乐 Author), Jack Dann (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body Farm Z 4.52 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfect Little Stitches: and Other Stories 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ronnie and Rita 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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REDHEAD TOWN is a finalist in the Australasian Shadows Awards!

My novella Redhead Town is a finalist for the "Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction" presented by the 2024 Australasian Shadows Awards!

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Bite: A Vampiric Anthology

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Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures

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Vampires: Encounters With the Undead by David J. Skal (2006-10-31)

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To be honest, I disliked Clavell's writing style, which I'd describe as ugly but functional. Action scenes felt clumsy and dull. His constant exposition dumps - especially in dialogue - exhausted me. The constant POV head-hopping was so irritating. D ...more
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I enjoyed this anthology, especially the classics from the early 1900s. This is a BIG book, so expect many fabulous tales over its 700 pages. (My only complaint would be the constant interruptions from the editor. I already know you love each story, ...more
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