Day 5 of the 14 Days of Halloween, featuring the Australian Horror Writers Association

Summary: Bill Congreve is a Sydney-based writer, editor, book reviewer and independent publisher. He has edited a number of short story collections, including Intimate Armageddons (Australia's first modern, original horror anthology), Passing Strange, Bonescribes, and Southern Blood. He has acted as a judge for the Aurealis Award on five occasions. His most recent anthology is The Year's Best Australian SF and Fantasy, One, co-edited with Michelle Marquardt. This is the first of an annual series showcasing Australian speculative writing. The US edition is The Year's Best Australian SF and Fantasy, 2005. Details can be found at www.primebooks.net/books/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-8095-5059-8. Bill's short stories have been published in a range of magazines and anthologies including Faerie Reel, Tenebres, Event Horizon, Terror Australis, Aurealis, Bloodsongs, and Cross-Town Traffic. His vampire stories have been collected in Epiphanies of Blood. His publishing company is MirrorDanse Books.