This piece about living with chronic pain was first published on The Mighty in 2018, but it seems to have disappeared. As it’s still very relevant, but not something I often tend to discuss at length, it feels right to republish it here, with some minor updates/edits. As always, when writing a personal piece, I
Creative Writing
Short Story – Long Drop
Short story – Long Drop. Offered for consideration for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021, category of Short Story.
Short Story – Night Wolves
Offered for consideration for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021, category of Short Story. If you think this work is worth a nomination, please take a couple of minutes to fill in this form at the SFFANZ page, before 31st March 2021. Thank you so much, and I hope you enjoy it.
2020 Round Up
I had big plans for 2020. Yeah, I know, me and everybody else, right? But I really did... And then… everything went to Hell in a hand basket.
A Regular, Normal Christmas
My final story of 2020: DIE HARD meets Hallmark (kinda) in this crazy, tongue-in-cheek holiday mashup. Content warning: contains profanities, PG13.
Merry Christmas, Other You
A weird, seasonal horror story for anyone who has ever wished they had a second pair of hands or more time to get everything done over the holiday period. Content warning: includes some profane language. PG13
New Release – Poetry Chapbook
Around this time last year I released RISE, a collection of poems about motherhood, family, old friends, spiritual journeys and the sea. This year is the turn of BEACH GLASS & OLD BONES, poems with a strong focus on belonging, becoming and mental health. Both ePubs are, and always will be, free on Smashwords. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/tabathawood
Breathing Room
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Friends Are The Family You Chose For Yourself — Why Horror Blogs are Essential
by Mx T. / @meringutang To celebrate the upcoming rebrand of DHR — something which I am very excited about and thrilled to be a part of — it seemed like a good time for me to share some thoughts about Horror blogs and the review scene in general. Strap in, this might get a
The Memento Vitae Project
My usual author bio begins like this: Tabatha Wood lives in New Zealand and writes weird, dark fiction and uplifting poetry. Despite her obsession with the strange and unusual, she considers herself mostly harmless. I don’t always write horror. In fact, a lot of what I write isn’t really horror at all, and is just barely skirting the