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Welcome to the chronicle of Mark Webb’s attempts to be an author specialising in speculative fiction.

There are various links and other resources accessible in the menus, but a lot of it is out of date. I’ll be updating over the coming weeks.

A list of my published work can be found on the bibliography page.


Some recent, still relevant posts

Antipodean SF 300-25 on sale now

Created August 7, 2024. Last modified August 7, 2024. 0 comments. Top.

Last year I posted that one of my stories, “Indistinguishable from Science”, had been selected as a part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of Antipodean SF.

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“Indistinguishable from Science” in Antipodean SF #293

Created April 25, 2023. Last modified April 25, 2023. 0 comments. Top.

If any of my longer term readers are still looking at this website (I know, it has been literally years since my last post!), you might recall that I have published some flash fiction pieces with Antipodean SF.

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AntipodeanSF Issue 262

Created July 11, 2020. Last modified July 11, 2020. 0 comments. Top.

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Tansy Rayner Roberts’ Patreon

Created July 1, 2020. Last modified July 1, 2020. 0 comments. Top.

Long suffering readers of this sparsely populated blog will recall that I’m a big fan of Tansy Rayner Roberts’ work. I’m one of her many Patreon subscribers, and it is a monthly investment that more than pays for itself in good reading and listening time.

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Antipodean SF Issue 261

Created June 16, 2020. Last modified June 16, 2020. 0 comments. Top.

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Shadowmancy by Jason Franks – a review

Created June 15, 2020. Last modified June 15, 2020. 0 comments. Top.

I’ve long been a fan of Australian author Jason Franks. His previous books, Bloody Waters and Faerie Apocalypse were both weird, but in the best possible way.

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My story killed a tree…

Created June 24, 2019. Last modified August 4, 2019. 0 comments. Top.

Last post I mentioned that my story “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” had been published in AntipodeanSF issue 250. Well, the fantastic news is that Nuke, the editor, also released the edition using the dried out bodies of dead trees.

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name – now available

Created May 2, 2019. Last modified May 2, 2019. 2 comments. Top.

Issue 250 of AntipodeanSF is out, and my short story ‘Where Everybody Knows Your Name‘ is available for reading amongst over 50 stories and images produced exclusively for this edition.

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Publication news – AntipodeanSF issue 250

Created April 6, 2019. Last modified April 6, 2019. 3 comments. Top.

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Antipodean SF Issue 249

Created April 5, 2019. Last modified April 5, 2019. 0 comments. Top.

As you may know, I help out on the Antipodean SF website, creating the eBook version of the online magazine each month. 

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Ditmar awards

Created March 8, 2019. Last modified March 8, 2019. 0 comments. Top.

The Ditmar Awards, Australia’s premier popular vote SF awards, are open for nominations. Anyone who has bought a membership of the national convention (Continuum 15 is Melbourne this year) or is “active in fandom” is eligible to vote. There’s an extensive list of eligible work here, an explanation of voting rules here, and you can nominate work with this online form.

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Antipodean SF Issue 248

Created March 6, 2019. Last modified March 8, 2019. 5 comments. Top.

As you may know, I help out on the Antipodean SF website, creating the eBook version of the online magazine each month.

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I worry about… ghosts

Last modified February 23, 2019. 2 comments. Top.


Antipodean SF Issue 247

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Dimension6 2018 Annual Collection

Last modified November 7, 2018. 0 comments. Top.


The Regersek Zone (a story)

Last modified October 27, 2018. 0 comments. Top.


What’s shakin’? – July, August and September 2018

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Dimension6 Issue 15 out now

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Matters Arising for the Identification of the Body by Simon Petrie – a review

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What’s shakin’? – June 2018

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Dimension6 Issue 14 out now

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Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer – a review

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The Reclaimers – out now in Dimension6 #13

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Faerie Apocalypse by Jason Franks – a review

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Swarm and Nexus by Deborah Biancotti, Margo Lanagan and Scott Westerfeld – a review

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Rewatching DS9 – Season 2

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Rewatching DS9 – Season 1

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‘Narration Blues’ stars in the AntiSF radio show Abnorba

Last modified July 16, 2017. 0 comments. Top.


Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier (Blackthorn and Grim Book 3) – a review

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