About

I am a dad and a husband (he/him). I run most days, especially since I hit 40, and I try to be kind (always trying...). I wrote a few short stories over a decade ago, and came back to it at the end of 2019. I write horror and sci-fi and fantasy, probably in that order. I won the 2021 Australian Shadows Award for short fiction, and have been shortlisted four times for Ditmar Awards and six times for Aurealis Awards. I'm also an academic and environmental scientist. The art on the next page of this site is credited to my son Kevin (titled 'This is your brain on fiction'). The photo below is from my usual morning run.

I don't have a twitter account anymore. I do use Blue Sky, where I like to point out the work of awesome writers and tell jokes to the void via @mktighewrites.bsky.social.