Books
DK's novels include the Aurealis
Award-nominated Squid's Grief,
the BookGateway Booky Award-winning Hunt
for Valamon, and adventure mystery The
Other Tree. DK's short stories have been
nominated for multiple Aurealis Awards, appearing in
anthologies from Twelfth Planet Press, FableCroft
Publishing, Ticonderoga Publications, World Weaver Press,
and Owl Hollow Press.
Browse below for more details, or click
here for a full reading list.
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Squid's Grief
Cyberpunk
Aurealis Award
Shortlisted for Best Science Fiction Novel
Ditmar Award
Shortlisted for Best Novel
When car-hacker Squid rescues a cheerful amnesiac
from the trunk of a stolen car, her decision to help
him recover his memory sets her on a collision
course with the enigmatic crime lords who rule
Baltus City.
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Hunt
for Valamon
Epic Fantasy Adventure
Spence City
Winner of the
BookGateway Booky Award for Best Fantasy Novel
When Prince Valamon is mysteriously abducted,
reclusive cleric Seris is charged with his rescue.
Leaving behind his cheerfully book-infested temple,
he must venture into the wild, unconquered lands,
and uncover the truth behind the vanished prince
before simmering tensions in the empire erupt into
war.
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The
Other Tree
Adventure Mystery
Spence City
When outcast botanist Chris Arlin learns that her
father has an incurable illness, she recruits
sardonic campus priest Luke, and embarks on a
desperate, wondrous quest to find the legendary Tree
of Life.
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The Birdsong
Fossil
Multispecies Cities
World Weaver Press
Aurealis Award
Shortlisted for Best Science Fiction Novella
Washington
Science Fiction Association Small Press Award
Shortlisted for Short Fiction
In the midst of the Earth's sixth mass extinction,
hundreds of species are lost every year. As
scientists scramble to preserve the DNA of vanishing
species, bio-roboticist Yuzuki Alvarez is determined
to preserve the rich and complex culture of animals.
Pushing the boundaries of the possible, she races to
recreate their minds - their souls - in robotic
form. But as the maelstrom of the Anthropocene
intensifies, time is running out.
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The Moon Collector
Under the Full Moon's Light
Owl Hollow Press
Aurealis Award
Shortlisted for Best
Young Adult Short Story
When the moon is mysteriously snatched from the
sky, outcast warrior Ora must venture beyond the
stars, to the realm of the forgotten gods, to
retrieve her world's stolen moon.
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Junkyard
Kraken
Mother of Invention
Twelfth Planet Press
Ditmar Award
Shortlisted for Best Short Story
In the twilight abyss of the ocean, wondrous
discoveries await, or so believes roboticist Nemi
Okiro. However, when her research on autonomous,
deep-sea submersibles is again rejected for funding,
she is determined to find another way to explore the
beckoning seas.
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The Spider and
the Stars
Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers
World Weaver Press
Washington
Science Fiction Association Small Press Award
Shortlisted for Short Fiction
One summer’s eve, a spellbinding tale of stargazing
spiders ensnares the heart of 5-year-old Del,
setting her on a path that will weave together the
worlds of entomology, biomimetics, and humanity’s
dreams of distant galaxies.
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The Wandering
Library
Ecopunk!
Ticonderoga Publications
Aurealis Award
Shortlisted
for Best Science Fiction Novella
In a future of risen seas and fractured
communications, Lani Bashir runs a much needed
mobile library service. From sprawling red deserts
to cities reclaimed by the sea, Lani and her
faithful alpacamel bring tales of adventure and
wonder to the children of these isolated
communities. However, when Lani crosses paths with
an enigmatic boy with an aversion to stories, she is
forced to question her own understanding of
friendship, purpose and home.
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The Heart of
the Labyrinth
In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry
Pratchett
Aurealis Award
Shortlisted
for Best YA Short Story
In the heart of the Labyrinth of Varissen, there
dwells a beast known only as the Devourer. However,
the Devourer is sick of eating adventurers, and he
suspects that once, long ago, he bore another name.
So when a young woman arrives, declaring that she’s
here to rescue him, the Devourer persuades her to
join him on a search for his forgotten past.
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Almost Days
Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror
2015
Ticonderoga Publications
Insert Title Here
FableCroft Publishing
Aurealis
Award Shortlisted
for Best Fantasy Short Story
In the unseen realm enfolding the world, timeless
custodians maintain order and balance. However, when
one custodian unexpectedly "retires", this triggers
a chain of events that threatens the separation
between the worlds.
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Autumn Moon
Holiday Magick
Spencer Hill Press
Tess is languishing in her job as a copy shop
assistant, when a curious encounter involving a
moonlit bridge, a rice dumpling, and a minor god,
nudges her life in a fresh new direction.
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Morning Star
One Small Step: An Anthology
of Discoveries
FableCroft Publishing Aurealis Award
Shortlisted
for Best Young Adult
Short Story
Washington Science
Fiction Association
Small Press Award Shortlisted for Short Fiction
When humanity is decimated by an enigmatic,
chronogenetic pathology, cargo pilot Ven is
entrusted with the last human in the universe – a
boy called Solomon.
Chasing rumours of other survivors, Ven and Solomon
begin an impossible journey across the
constellations, searching for answers, and a new
home.
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Goodbye
Beetle
The Journal of Unlikely Entomology 2.5
When Ryan's girlfriend leaves him without so much
as a goodbye, he becomes obsessed with decoding the
only clue she left behind: a Christmas beetle on the
windowsill.
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Keeping
It Together
Midnight Movie: Creature Feature
May December Publications
No one aspires to be the pizza delivery guy. It’s a
summer job, or something neurosurgeons do after
fleeing their war torn country. When I was a kid, I
wanted to be a bandit monk when I grew up. But that
was a long time ago.
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The
Obsolete Soul
Mark's career at the advisory office is at a
standstill, his relationship with girlfriend Ella is
quietly capsizing, and he's beginning to discover
strange blanks in his memory.
Plus his goldfish are missing.
As Mark's increasingly frequent episodes of amnesia
begin to take on a life of their own, he finds
himself battling the threat of an unexpected leap in
human evolution.
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Reading
List
Novels
Squid's Grief
(self-published, 2016)
Hunt for Valamon
(Spencer Hill Press, 2015)
The Other Tree
(Spencer Hill Press, 2014)
Short Stories
The Birdsong
Fossil (Multispecies Cities, World Weaver Press, 2021)
The Moon Collector
(Under the Full Moon's Light, Owl Hollow Press, 2018)
Junkyard Kraken
(Mother of Invention, Twelfth Planet Press, 2018)
The Spider and the
Stars (Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, World Weaver
Press, 2018)
The Wandering
Library (Ecopunk!, Ticonderoga Publications, 2017)
The Heart of the
Labyrinth (In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett,
2015)
Almost Days (Insert
Title Here, Fablecroft Publishing, 2015)
Autumn Moon
(Holiday Magick, Spencer Hills Press, 2013)
Morning Star
(One Small Step, Fabecroft Publishing, 2013)
Goodbye
Beetle (The Journal of Unlikely Entomology 2.5, 2012)
Keeping
It Together (Midnight Movie Creature Feature, May December
Publications, 2011)
The
Obsolete Soul (self-published, 2011)
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