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Tim Borella - Author
Exploring unexpected sidetracks
from deep oceans to deep space —
In print, online and podcast
Speculative fiction
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AntiSF Issue 307
My story ‘Recursion’, about a scientist trapped in spacetime, appears in this month’s AntipodeanSF. Thanks Nuke!
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Bio
Tim Borella is an Australian author of speculative and other fiction published in print, online and in podcasts. He’s also a songwriter, and has been lucky enough to spend most of his working life doing something else he loves, flying. Tim lives in beautiful Far North Queensland, Australia.
ASFWF Competition:
Very happy to have received a Commendation in the inaugural ASFWF (Australian Science Fiction Writers’ Foundation) short story competition with my story ‘Liminal, Medial, Deep’!
Killer Creatures Down Under
Excellent website on all things horror, Ginger Nuts of Horror, is hosting a four-part spot where Killer Creatures authors (including yours truly) discuss their inspirations. Check it out!
Home Ground Advantage
Thanks so much to Nightmare Fuel Magazine for publishing my microfiction take on the dark side of country football!
Best of the Zodiac Series
Update on the Deadset Press ‘Best of’ Collection … coming very soon.
Stories of Survival
Deadset Press produced this anthology in 2021, with proceeds to the Melanoma Institute of Australia and dedicated to the late Aiki Flinthart, Australian speculative fiction author of note. I was very pleased to have my story ‘Tox Hunt’ included.
Fear Forge Anthology
Proud to be part of Horrorsmith Publishing’s Fear Forge Anthology - Winter Quarter 2022 with my story ‘Serasthes’. This anthology is shaping up to be something special, so if you like the idea of horror/dark fantasy stories with links to a forge or forged artifacts, please check it out!
Killer Creatures Down Under
IFWG Publishing have revealed the TOC for ‘Killer Creatures Down Under - Horror Stories with Bite’, edited by the award-winning Deborah Sheldon. I’m really pleased to have my story ‘Nineteen Hours on Deep Creek Station’ included, alongside work from an impressive list of authors.
Miri
Diving the Great Barrier Reef can be idyllic … until it’s not.
Miss Deborah
A World War II air gunner’s fate has life-and-death repercussions seventy years later.
The Talbotville Centaur
Victoria, 1890 - can rumours of a wild man running with high country horses be true?
To Vanquish Other Blooms
When bees die out, artificial replacements chart their own path, with dark results.
Natcon Conflux
I was very pleased to be the 2021 Natcon ‘Visions of Time’ Short Story Competition runner-up with my story ‘The Nothing’.
King of the Road
Watch out for people who think they own all they survey …
Antipodean SF
A shout out to AntipodeanSF, a wonderful supporter of speculative fiction in our neck of the woods and elsewhere.
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