Things in the Well Publications

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We're growing... Things in the Well!

Things in the Well is the publications arm (or tentacle?) of Oz Horror Con, which was established in 2012. Oz Horror Con's mission initially was to 'Bring the horror to Oz!' During our first few years, we ran three horror conventions with international guests, arranged multiple screenings and began publishing books.


We also set up and ran many social media groups. In 2015, we began to focus more on the publishing side of things and together with a group of over 30 artists and writers, we published The Refuge Collection series of short stories, all for charity (Sanctuary Australia Foundation and Refugee Action UK).
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These Tales from Refuge comprised 36 stories spanning 6 volumes and these were published in 2 books: 'The Refuge Collection... Heaven to Some!' featuring stories by Ramsey Campbell, Paul Kane, Lee Murray, Kaaron Warren, Martin Livings, and more, and book 2, 'The Refuge Collection... Hell to Others!' features stories by Gerry Huntman, Mark Allan Gunnells, Amdi Silvestri, Brian Craddock, Marty Young, and more. 

36 short stories set in a shared dystopian future world called
'Refuge' - Heaven to Some, Hell to Others!
Proceeds to charities: Sanctuary Australia Foundation and Refugee Action UK
Also published by Oz Horror Con, The Refuge Collection is available in eBook format as well as softback and hardback from Amazon as well as The Book Depository. All the profits go to charity. Several of the stories are also available as Audible audio books.
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Awards:
Lee Murray's 'The Thief's Tale' won the Sir Julius Vogel (SJV) Award for short fiction in New Zealand in 2015, and Matthew R. Davis's 'The Heart of the Mission' was shortlisted for the Australian Shadows Award for best long fiction in 2016.

The Book of the Tribes, 2013

This 100+ page tribute to Clive Barker was published to help promote the only screening of Clive Barker's Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut in the Southern Hemisphere.

Unholy Beginnings...

Oz Horror Con have several years' experience in publishing. Steve Dillon began his publishing career in 1984 with the publication of 'Adventurer,' a bi-monthly role-playing games magazine which ran for 13 issues before folding in 1987.

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During that time, Steve interviewed Clive Barker at the launch of his novel "Weaveworld," and also commissioned a horror comic strip 'Whiplash' created by Warren Ellis and Staz Johnson, and published several stories by the UK's "Necroscope" author Brian Lumley.

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In 2013, Steve published "The Book of the Tribes" - a tribute to Clive Barker's Nightbreed - Cabal Cut, which was screened in Melbourne, and hosted by The Cabal Cut Director Russell Cherrington.

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In 2015, we began publishing "The Refuge Collection," initially as single eBooks, then as 6 volumes of 6 eBooks, and ultimately as printed 2 books, each containing 3 volumes of 6 stories each. So there are 36 stories in all!

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In 2017, we published "Between the Tracks - Tales from the Ghost Train," which was the first of the series of themed anthologies we called 'Things in the Well.' Three more anthologies in the series have been published, as well as two 'seasonal' fiction magazines (including a Christmas themed magazine for charity) and a collection of short stories by the UK Author Paul Kane, Kane's Scary Tales.

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-Steve Dillon, 2017.