Kudos to the organising committee and all the amazing volunteers who made CoNZealand interactive and fun, in spite...

Te Kōrero Ahi Kā – A Review
TE KORERO AHI KA edited by Grace Bridges, Lee Murray and Aaron Compton Review by Simon Litten Te...

Crow Shine, by Alan Baxter -a review
Review by Piper Mejia Crow Shine is a collection of short stories by Alan Baxter. Starting with the...

Review: Hounds of the Underworld by Lee Murray and Dan Rabarts
SpecFicNZ review of the new supernatural mystery by writing team Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray A scientist with...

Bound by Alan Baxter – a review
Review: Bound by Alan Baxter Review by Nix Whittaker Super action packed well-written story. Easy to read but a...

Review: The Devil’s Children and Threshold of Madness
The Devil’s Children and Standing on the Threshold of Madness by Benjamin Blake Review by Dan Rabarts Benjamin...

Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror now open to submissions
Talie Helene and Liz Gryzb are now reading for their ongoing Year’s Best series, and we encourage our...
The Sleeper’s Dance
The Sleeper’s Dance, Mouse Diver-Dudfield Reviewed by Lee Murray Mouse Diver-Dudfield is an exciting new voice in New...

Kalanon’s Rising
Kalanon’s Rising by Darian Smith Solve the murder. Stop the war. Save the world. Sir Brannon Kesh spent...

Three Anthologies Seeking Submissions
The SUBMERGED, ALL HAIL OUR ROBOT CONQUERORS!, and THE DEATH OF ALL THINGS anthologies from Zombies Need Brains...

Subs Open: Lawless Lands
Anthology Submissions: Lawless Lands Lawless Lands: Tales from the Weird Frontier is an anthology embodying the frontier spirit of the...

Into the Mist
Into the Mist by Lee Murray When NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna and his squad are tasked with escorting...

Weekend Reads For Cold Days
July in Aotearoa might be more about freezing southerlies than ice-zombies from the North, but honestly, at least...
SpecFicNZ Writers Well-Represented at Recent Sir Julius Vogel Awards
Sir Julius Vogel Awards At the recent National Science Fiction Convention (Au Contraire 3) held in Wellington over...

Everything is Fine
Everything is Fine by Grant Stone A house at the edge of a prehistoric valley. A suitcase that...