David Conyers

January 1, 2009: David makes the OzHorrorScope 2008 Dark Short Fiction Recommended Reading List for his science fiction tale "Soft Viscosity" which was published in the anthology 2012. In related news David becomes a judge for the 2009 Australian Horror Writers Assoication's Flash and Short Story Fiction competition which opens today.

December 10, 2008: David joins the online world of bloggers, with his new online journal davidconyers.blogspot.com. This blog will now feed into his Amazon.com Online Journal.  

December 1, 2008: "The Lord of the Law", David's horror short story that received a commendation in this year's Australian Horror Writers Association's Short Story Competition will be printed in The Fourth Black Book of Horror, from UK publisher Mortbury Press, and edited by Charles Black. David will also be appearing in a new Rainfall Books chapbook, Thrilling Tales #4.

November 21, 2008: Three of David's reviews appear in Issue 35 of Albedo One, out later this year. The reviews are Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007 edited by Angela Challis, Artifacts by William Jones and Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds.

October 30, 2008: David's short story "Subtle Invsion" appears in this year's Halloween Gast Fest presented by the Writing Show. Introduced by Stephen Studach, the reading of the story is followed by an interview with David by the host Paula Berinstein. Further information and a Podcast of the show can be found here.

October 30, 2008: David's Aeon Award nominated short story "Black Water" will see print in British science fiction magazine Jupiter #24.

October 6, 2008: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008 edited by Kelly Link, Gavin Grant and Ellen Datlow gives three honourable mentions to David Conyers for his short stories "From the Sick Tree" in Cthulhu Australis Part 1, and "Weapon Grade" and "The Spiraling Wom" in The Spiraling Worm. Daltow said of The Spiraling Worm that it is "a good collection of mostly new Lovecraftian adventures featuring secret service ops from the U.S., the U.K., and Australia. The original novella is impressive." "From the Sick Trees" and "Weapon Grade" also make the Recommended Reading List in Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy - Fourth Annual Volume edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt.

September 24, 2008: David appears in Studies in Australian Weird Fiction 2 in the symposium "Cthulhu Cultus Australis: The Australian Perspective on H. P. Lovecraft" discussed by Leigh Blackmore, David Conyers and Chuck McKenzie. The journal is edited by Benjamin Szumskyj and it can be purchased at Equilibrium Books. 

September 17, 2008: Appearing in his first 'best of' collection, David's dark science fiction tale "Subtle Invasion" will appear in Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror Vol 3 edited by Angela Challis. Published by Brimstone Press in December, David shares space with notable Australian speculative fiction authors including Sean Williams and Garth Nix.

September 1, 2008: David takes up the role of Board Member with the SA Writers' Centre where he has been a member for three years, presented writing workshops, and has been the editor of their member magazine Southern Write. David offers his skills in corporate marketing and his knowledge of the speculative fiction genre to the Board. 

August 1, 2008: David receives a commendation in the 2008 Australian Horror Writers Associations Short Fiction Award for his story "The Lord of the Law".