C.H. Pearce - Canberra artist and author

Speculative fiction author and artist

C.H. Pearce is an illustrator and a writer of weird, unsettling speculative fiction and horror. Her short fiction has been published in Aurealis, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Fiction. Her cover and internal artwork has appeared in Saros, Lost Souls, and Midnight Echo. She lives with her family and three pet rats in Canberra, Australia. Find her stories, portfolio, print shop and links to social media on chpearce.net

For novel enquiries, please contact her agent Carleen Geisler at Britt Siess Creative Management. For short fiction, novella, and illustration enquiries, please contact C.H. Pearce.

Awards Eligibility and 2025 Round-Up

Hello friends! It’s that time of year again... I don’t blog often but when I do I blog about the entire year in review (this is why I cannot have a newsletter) including awards eligibility/all spec fic and horror writing or art I’ve published in 2025. Author A.C. Wise maintains a fantastic list of awards eligibility posts ( “What have you done, what have you loved 2025” ) if you want a refresher! Short fiction I had one (1) short story published in 2025 and I’m really proud o

Awards Eligibility and 2024 Round-Up

*updated August 2025 to reflect Ditmar Award eligible work I admittedly forgot to include until a post by Kaaron Warren reminded me......

Querying your novel post-2020 - Resource list

Querying, it's the worst! Querying in a post-2020 publishing landscape, especially. Let's get that out of the way up front. However, cold...