Member Since:
Feb. 15, 2011
Rod Marsden
Biography
Rod Marsden was born in Sydney but did most of his growing up while on holidays in the northern NSW fishing village of Iluka where his mom, May, and dad, Chic (short for Charles), taught him how to fish. It was on these fishing trips he discovered through his mom, he actually did like to read and wanted, one day, to be a writer.
Way back in the ‘70s, Rod visited the USA but never got to meet his heroes Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Leonard Nimoy, Jimmy Doohan, George Takei, and the lovely Nichelle Nichols. He also never got to meet his all time favorite members of the Marvel Comics bullpen Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Gene Colan.
It can be said that USA artist Gene Colan’s renderings of the sexy, slinky Black Widow made him wonder about becoming an artist.
Rod was first attracted to vampires (femme fatales of course) by the British Hammer series of horror movies, which included Vampire Lovers and To Love a Vampire, and by certain early Universal films such as the original Bela Lugosi version of Dracula.
Rod has a BA in Liberal Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Education and a Master of Arts in Professional Writing.
Rod’s short stories have been published in Australia (Small Suburban Crimes anthology), New Zealand (Australian Animals are Smarter than Jack 2 anthology), England (Voyage magazine), Russia (Fellow Traveler magazine) and the USA (Cats Do it Better than People anthology, Night to Dawn magazine, Detective Mystery Stories magazine). Then there is the more recent NTD book, Undead Reb Down Under Tales.
He lives on the south coast of NSW, Australia.
Way back in the ‘70s, Rod visited the USA but never got to meet his heroes Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Leonard Nimoy, Jimmy Doohan, George Takei, and the lovely Nichelle Nichols. He also never got to meet his all time favorite members of the Marvel Comics bullpen Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Gene Colan.
It can be said that USA artist Gene Colan’s renderings of the sexy, slinky Black Widow made him wonder about becoming an artist.
Rod was first attracted to vampires (femme fatales of course) by the British Hammer series of horror movies, which included Vampire Lovers and To Love a Vampire, and by certain early Universal films such as the original Bela Lugosi version of Dracula.
Rod has a BA in Liberal Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Education and a Master of Arts in Professional Writing.
Rod’s short stories have been published in Australia (Small Suburban Crimes anthology), New Zealand (Australian Animals are Smarter than Jack 2 anthology), England (Voyage magazine), Russia (Fellow Traveler magazine) and the USA (Cats Do it Better than People anthology, Night to Dawn magazine, Detective Mystery Stories magazine). Then there is the more recent NTD book, Undead Reb Down Under Tales.
He lives on the south coast of NSW, Australia.
Where to buy in print
Books
Dragon Queen
by Rod Marsden
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 103,950.
Language:
English.
Published: March 14, 2021
by
Night to Dawn Magazine & Books LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Visionary & metaphysical
Mixing with your betters can get you killed. Dragons know this as does a certain maverick pilot and his researcher wife. It is possible to get thrown into events not of your own making in which you must do your best to survive.
50 Dragons
by Rod Marsden
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 83,120.
Language:
English.
Published: April 22, 2020
by
Night to Dawn Magazine & Books LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Peace meant sacrifice, and Dreadnought had already sacrificed so much of himself. He was scarred from battle and felt numb from his pain as well as that of others. Then one day, Dreadnought came to stare into the eyes of the statue of King Kamehameha and drew strength from it.
Desk Job
by Rod Marsden
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 96,730.
Language:
English.
Published: July 3, 2012
by
Night to Dawn Magazine & Books LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Lewis Carroll’s Alice thought Wonderland was strange. Sarah Hollingsworth knew her adventures in Office-land were twisted and downright bizarre. The office of the 1990s was a hunting ground where the unprotected were bagged and disposed of. The trick was not to be one of them.
Disco Evil: Dead Man's Stand
by Rod Marsden
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 97,690.
Language:
English.
Published: February 17, 2011
by
Night to Dawn Magazine & Books LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Horror
When Paul becomes a vampire, he brings a new technique in curing people of bad manners. He will seek out the destroyers of "make love, not war" and drink their blood. In many cities of the world, he recruits from the living to aid him in his great work. As a walking corpse, he makes his stand - a dead man's stand.
Ghost Dance
by Rod Marsden
Price:
$3.49 USD.
Words: 63,750.
Language:
English.
Published: February 10, 2011
by
Night to Dawn Magazine & Books LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
If Helen Kiln wanted a quiet, no-nonsense life she should never have become a psychic for the PSI division of the Sydney, Australia branch of the Secret Compass. Of late there were ghosts to sort out, vampires on the loose, a Gypsy warning to heed and a young man becoming a monster to befriend. With any luck she’d get in her morning cup of coffee and donuts!
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