Author of dark fiction. Shirley Jackson Award winner. Co-host @LTCIpodcast. Also: father, insomniac, moth dust gatherer. he/him.
Joined August 2015
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4 Jun 2024
This Thursday is the one-year birthday of my short story collection #TheMeasureOfSorrow. Thought I’d celebrate early with a few of my favourite reviews.
Big thanks to all of youse who bought a copy, left a review, said nice things etc. It means the world to me.
@meerkatpress
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8 Jan 2025
💀😵SUPERB dark fiction by J. Ashley-Smith. #TheMeasureofSorrow #Ditmar award winner. #ACT highly commended. @PublishersWkly #starredreview Need we say more?
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@spooktapes @ipgbooks #DarkFantasy #Horror #shortfiction
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6 Dec 2024
A bit chuffed about this... The Family Madness and The Measure of Sorrow made it onto Ellen Datlow's recommended reading list. These are two of my favourite stories from the collection, so it means a lot to see them get a nod.
5 Dec 2024
J. Ashley-Smith's Measure of Sorrow and The Family Madness made Ellen Datlow's 2024 Best Horror recommendations list and we are stoked! Excuse us while we go read the rest of these stories as Ms. Datlow knows her dark fiction!
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@spooktapes #bestof2023
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
5 Nov 2024
PUBLICATION DAY!
THE SUM OF ALL THINGS
A novel about freedom, love and political violence. And aliens. And amazons. And magic.
All rolled in one, with an acid candy wrapping.
@MeerkatPress @mattbialer
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5 Nov 2024
This! Absolutely love this episode. Spooky, funny, clever and Cattish.
5 Nov 2024
The Cat gets permissive in this latest episode with special guest, author and artist @N_VincentAbnett. @spooktapes has a fashion meltdown. @AaronDries DIYs his bootcuts into flares. @KaaronWarren forgets her own name.
Slide on into Episode 41 – Slip!
ltcipodcast.com/2024/11/02/s…
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5 Nov 2024
Looking forward to this upcoming discussion... ACT Book of the Year shortlisted authors (including yours truly) in conversation with @TheEscherMan. If you dig on libraries, books & heaps of local talent, pop along and see what it's all about!
@LibrariesACT
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5 Nov 2024
In the latest Let The Cat In, Kaaron, Aaron and I talk clothes, ghosts and existential crises with the wonderful Nik Vincent-Abnett. Check it out!
5 Nov 2024
The Cat gets permissive in this latest episode with special guest, author and artist @N_VincentAbnett. @spooktapes has a fashion meltdown. @AaronDries DIYs his bootcuts into flares. @KaaronWarren forgets her own name.
Slide on into Episode 41 – Slip!
ltcipodcast.com/2024/11/02/s…
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
4 Nov 2024
Exclusive Preorder Offer! 30 yrs ago, Kathe Koja's SKIN changed the landscape of dark fiction forever. Soon this classic of #QueerBodyHorror will be back in print, w/ a brand new introd from Eric LaRocca.
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@kathekoja @crsripley @eric_larocca
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
31 Oct 2024
These are 3 recent Halloween Reads We Didn’t Publish but Highly Recommend! Treat yourself.
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@kathekoja @keith_rosson
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
30 Oct 2024
WHAT??? Get 15% off all books thru Dec 7th!! (not preorder specials - so sorry!) w/code: 24HOLIDAY$
Spooky reads, smart reads, giftable reads, mysterious reads, thrilling reads. READS FOR ALL NEEDS!
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#blackfriday #halloweenreads #holidaygifts
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
30 Oct 2024
Happy SECOND birthday to my SECOND novel, Emma After! If you're in the mood for some spooky shenanigans in rural Australia you could do a lot worse than picking up this supernatural romp.
Happy to sort you out with a personally signed copy if you're keen too.
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
29 Oct 2024
Bourbon Penn 34 cover reveal. Early release available now to subscribers!
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28 Oct 2024
Just a couple of days left on this sale (31 October). If you're an Aussie and into your cyberpunk, look no further. @TitanBooks
18 Oct 2024
Aussie readers. The Kindle version of my novella, Ghost of the Neon God, is currently on sale (Australia only). If you're after fast-paced, thought-provoking cyberpunk, I've got you covered.
Available here: shorturl.at/bKDqy @TitanBooks
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Look what's up today (free) horror fiction by @KaaronWarren --read it!Reactor (formerly Tor.com) (@reactormag) / X - go.shr.lc/3zZ3iyG
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
15 Oct 2024
I've been SO wanting to sharing this! Thanks to @tordotcom for hosting the cover reveal for THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH.
A young woman is seduced by the glamour of the circus and drawn into a world of violence, cruelty and revenge...
Link in comments
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
7 Oct 2024
We won!
7 Oct 2024
@KaaronWarren, @SpookTapes, and I just won a fricken Ditmar Award For our podcast Let The Cat In!!!
In a state of actual shock.
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8 Oct 2024
So happy to see this! Fantastic collection 🎉
7 Oct 2024
Returned from hols yesterday to learn #TheMeasureOfSorrow (@MeerkatPress) won Best Collection in this year's Ditmar Awards!
meerkatpress.shop/products/t…
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J. Ashley-Smith retweeted
8 Oct 2024
So excited and honoured to win 3x Ditmars last night in Short Story for “Jimmy Flip Brings His Little One To Work, and It Comes My Turn To Hold It” in BODY OF WORK anthology (ed. @cztacks), Fan Artist and Best New Talent. 😱 It was such a strong Ditmars shortlist in every
ALT Flowers and awards at a kitchen table
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7 Oct 2024
Returned from hols yesterday to learn #TheMeasureOfSorrow (@MeerkatPress) won Best Collection in this year's Ditmar Awards!
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7 Oct 2024
And as if that wasn't enough, @LTCIpodcast won the Ditmar for Best Fan Publication. Kudos to @KaaronWarren and @AaronDries for three years of shit-talking banter...
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7 Oct 2024
Congrats to all the winners and shortlistees, but a special shoutout to @KaaronWarren for the Bitters love, and to @CHPearceWrites for the Ditmar trifecta. Huge thanks to all who voted – and to all the volunteers who've kept these awards alive since 1969.
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