A selection of the darkest Australian fiction.
Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies taps into anxieties, painful memories and nightmares. Here, your worst fears come true.
Penned by established authors and fresh new voices, these stories range from the gothic and phantasmagorical, through the demonic and supernatural, to the dystopian and sci-fi.
Prepare for a visceral, frightening read.

Featuring work by:
Geraldine Borella
Jack Dann
Renee De Visser
Jason Fischer
Rebecca Fraser
Gary Kemble
David Kuraria
Paul Mannering
Tracie McBride
Samantha Murray
Robyn O’Sullivan
Antoinette Rydyr
Deborah Sheldon
Charles Spiteri
H.K. Stubbs
Matt Tighe
J.M. Merryt
Kat Pekin
Mark Towse
Ash Tudor
Kaaron Warren
Janeen Webb
Sean Williams

• Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies
• Literary Horror/Weird Fiction/Body Horror
• Editor: Deborah Sheldon
• Australian English
• ISBN: 978-1-925956-80-1
• RRP: UK £12.99 AU$30.95 US$15.99 EU €13.99
• Publisher: IFWG Publishing Australia
• 266 pages – paperback, English
• Binding: Perfect bound
• Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm
• eBook Formats: Amazon, iBook, kobo, NookBook, EPUB via distributor
• Key Words: Adult fiction, Horror, Body Horror, Literary Horror, Weird Fiction, Pregnancy, Babies, Birth, Short Fiction Anthology
• Publication Date: 3 May 2021
• Distributor: World-wide through IPG (IPG specific in North America, New South Books (partner) in Australia/New Zealand, and UID(Marsden/Eurospan) in UK/Europe)