Specul8 Publishing

Specul8 Publishing Strange minds welcome. Sanity optional. Specul8 Publishing is the demented brain child of Rockhampton based author TC Phillips.

Specul8 Publishing: where TC Phillips turned his oddball ideas into a haven for Aussie and Kiwi writers who love all things weird, wild, and wonderfully speculative. After stumbling his way into a series of anthologies, literary journals and other international publications he was struck with the idea to try and ferret out other like-minded writers, freaks and miscreants a little closer to home. I

n 2014 he launched Specul8: Central Queensland Journal of Speculative Fiction and was shocked to learn there were far more of his type of twisted people out there than he ever bargained for. Three years and four bumper issues later, we set our sights a little farther afield and morphed into Specul8 Publishing, offering an independent publishing avenue for Australian and New Zealand based writers working in the kinds of speculative genres which really excite us. Whether sci-fi, horror, fantasy, steampunk or anything else in between, the stranger and more fantastical the better.

We’ve only got a few more authors left to meet before Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X arrives next week.N...
26/06/2025

We’ve only got a few more authors left to meet before Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X arrives next week.

Next up, meet Robert Veld, author of “The Day Everything Changed”

Meet Robert Veld, the monstrous mind behind 'The Day Everything Changed' from Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X.

25/06/2025

Okay Specul8ors, we might have Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X coming out next week, but what other things have you got planned?

Have a recent or upcoming release of your own? Let us know the deets and give us a peek at that cover below 👇

Get ready for more Colossal contributors! This time meet Lukas P. Threlfall. author of "Evershroud Files: Summit"
25/06/2025

Get ready for more Colossal contributors! This time meet Lukas P. Threlfall. author of "Evershroud Files: Summit"

Meet Lukas P. Threlfall, the monstrous mind behind 'Evershroud Files: Summit' from Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X.

How’s your story coming along for our latest flash fiction prompt?
24/06/2025

How’s your story coming along for our latest flash fiction prompt?

Meet our next Colossal contributor, William Robertson - author of Kaiju Sandwiches for Lunch
24/06/2025

Meet our next Colossal contributor, William Robertson - author of Kaiju Sandwiches for Lunch

Meet William Robertson, the mind behind 'Kaiju Sandwiches for Lunch' from Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X.

Well the writers start comin' and they don't stop comin'Fed to the rules and I hit the ground runnin'Next up, meet Aaron...
23/06/2025

Well the writers start comin' and they don't stop comin'
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground runnin'

Next up, meet Aaron Dick - Author, author of "Nor Earthquakes Cease"

Meet Aaron Dick, the monstrous mind behind 'Nor Earthquakes Cease' from Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X.

Just over a week left to go, and we've still got more Colossal authors to meet. Next up, meet Karen Bayly, author of "Di...
23/06/2025

Just over a week left to go, and we've still got more Colossal authors to meet. Next up, meet Karen Bayly, author of "Diary of a Monster"

Meet Karen Bayly, the monstrous mind behind 'Diary of a Monster' from Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X.

Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X has a little something for everyone, including a Greener Pastures comic f...
21/06/2025

Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X has a little something for everyone, including a Greener Pastures comic from Michael Michalandos (writer), Kazuhiro Matsumura (artist) and Tim McEwen (letterer and editor).

Meet Michael and Tim below:

Meet Michael Michalandos and Tim McEwen, two of the minds behind the Greener Pastures comic 'Urban Squall'

Okay Kung Fu buffs, thoughts? I really just don't get this one, as I write: "Put simply, martial arts fans watch martial...
21/06/2025

Okay Kung Fu buffs, thoughts? I really just don't get this one, as I write: "Put simply, martial arts fans watch martial arts movies for martial artists."

Chinese studios want to "start a film revolution.”

Want another dose of flash fiction goodness? Check out our latest challenge winner, "The Keeper" by Stephen Herczeg.
20/06/2025

Want another dose of flash fiction goodness? Check out our latest challenge winner, "The Keeper" by Stephen Herczeg.

“Been a keeper for fifty years and I ain’t seen nothin’ so strange as that night,” the Old Man said drinking deep from his beer.He told this story every night, mostly to tourists that found their …

Let's keep rolling through these monstrous minds behind Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X!Next up, meet Ian...
20/06/2025

Let's keep rolling through these monstrous minds behind Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X!

Next up, meet Ian Gielen - Author

Meet Ian Gielen, the monstrous mind behind 'In The Shadow Of Giants' from Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X.

We're going back to the beginning....
19/06/2025

We're going back to the beginning....

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