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Barend Nieuwstraten III grew up and lives in Sydney, Australia, where he was born to Dutch and Indian immigrants. He has worked in film, short film, television, music, and online comics. He is now primarily working on a collection of stories set within a high fantasy world, a science fiction alternate future, as well as a steampunk storyverse, often dipping his toes in horror in the process. With over twenty stories published in anthologies, he continues to work on short stories, stand-alone novels, and an epic series.

A discovery writer not knowing what will happen when he begins typing, he endeavours to drag his readers on the same unknown journey through the fog of his subconscious. 

His published stories include;

 

'The Last Song' ['Solantis vol.1 – 2020],

'Assimilant 630: Singe' ['Lethal Impact' Dragon Soul Press -2020],

'Solyn the Scavenger' ['All Dark Places 2' DSP – 2020],

'Sackcloth and Silver' ['Wolf Night' DSP – 2021]

'The Feathergate Hotel' ['Imperial Devices' DSP – 2021]

'Children of Brechor' ['Spirit' DSP – 2021]

'The Tiger and the Ox' ['Valiance' DSP – 2021]

'Black Spire Isles' ['Far, Far and Away' Mirror World Publishing – 2021]

'The Weight of Rebellion' ['Summer of Speculation' Cloaked Press – 2021]

'Custodian One' ['Space Bound' DSP – 2021]

'Hearthshare' ['Fall into Fantasy' CP – 2021]

'The Selection Process' ['Extinct Worlds' DSP – 2021]

'Solyn the Slayer' ['All Dark Places 3' DSP – 2021]

'Hatchling' ['All Dark Places 3' DSP – 2021]

(5 Assorted) ['Forest of Fear 3' Blood Song Books - 2021]

'Podfall' ['Titanic Terastructures' JayHenge – 2021]

'Upon Reflection' ['Timeless 2' DSP – 2021]

'Pyrofang' ['Winter of Wonder' CP – 2021]

'One Whisker' ['Dragons and Heroines' DSP – 2022]

'Unauthorised Fauna' ['Spring into Sci-Fi 2022' CP – 2022]

'The Delivery' ['Trials by Tides' Ardent Dawn Publishing/Zasra Press – 2022]

'Retrieval' ['Surge' DSP – 2022]

'Prowtied' ['Wicked Wishes' Fiction Atlas – 2022]

'Blacktooth' [+5 drabble] ['Grimdark 2' Black Hare Press – 2022]

'Call of the Ancients' Craft' ['Beyond Atlantis' DSP – 2022]

'Temple of the Black Fist' ['Valor' DSP – 2022]

'Under the Oasis' ['Age of Artifice' DSP – 2022]

'The Worst Thing in the Dark' ['Haunt' DSP –2022]

'Embrace of the Spider Queen' ['Beautiful Darkness' DSP – 2022]

'Black Rabbit' ['Season of the Witch' Crimson Pinnacle Press – 2022]

'Dead Man's Crown' ['Nightmare Fuel: Objects of Horror' CP – 2022]

'A Sweet Home for a Bitter Heart' ['Once Upon a Wicked Heart' FA – 2022]

'Fire and Lightning' ['Reign of Fire' DSP – 2023]

'Beyond the Ensuite' ['Manor of Frights' Horror Addicts – 2023]

'Twin Temptation' ['Depths of Love' Cloaked Press/SFWG – 2023]

'Blue Monday' ['Union' DSP – 2023]

'Under a Broken Moon' ['Beastly Tales' DSP – 2023]

'A Cold Reception' [Spring Into SciFi 2023' DSP - 2023]

'Turning a New Leaf' ['Rogues and Redeemers' AD/ZP –2023]

'In the Raftshade' ['Song of the Siren' DSP – 2023]

'The Patient Shore' ['Song of the Siren' DSP – 2023]

'The Plate of Plenty' [ParSec – 2023]

'Greyrazor' ['Trickster' DSP – 2023]


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