I’m a finalist for Best Novel and Best Short Story in the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Awards!

A 2022 awards eligibility post. I’m especially proud of my debut urban fantasy/ paranormal romance novel City of Souls, and two short stories.

It’s Wellington Heritage week so I thought I’d write a quick piece about a couple of the Wellington heritage research holes I fell into while writing City of Souls and explain a few of the little things I added into the story as a love note to home.

I went to two awards nights in August and won something at each! Agent’s Choice in the RWNZ Great Beginnings Contest for my novel City of Souls, and Best Short Story at the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for ‘Data Migration’.

I’m a finalist in 3 categories in the 2022 Sir Julius Vogel Awards and I have a special THANK YOU for everyone who nominated (and anyone else)

Read on for my works published in 2021 that are eligible for nomination.

My horror short story ‘Synaesthete’ free to read.

Against the Grain, my witchy fiction novella about a coeliac mountain biking witch and her snarky demon familiar, is available now!

My debut short story collection, Alt-ernate, is available from 9 April 2021.

Mel’s recommended nominations for the New Zealand’s 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror