Day 12 of the 14 Days of Halloween, featuring the Australian Horror Writers Association

Summary: Marty Young is president and founder of the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA). Currently finishing his Ph.D in paleo-oceanography, Marty is co-editor of Macabre: The New Era in Australian Horror, which will be published in 2006. He sits on a number of horror award panels, including those of the 2004 and 2005 Aurealis Awards, the inaugural 2005 AHWA flash and short story competition, and the 2006 "Australian Shadows" award. Marty's first short story will be released on Halloween 2005 as part of the "Shadow Box" e-anthology, and his first novel, 809 Jacob, is finished but awaiting some minor edits before he finds a home for it.