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Geoff Brown Geoff Brown i(8327066 works by)
Also writes as: G.N. Braun
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Punk'd Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Beechworth : Cohesion Press , 2023 27741748 2023 anthology short story horror

'SNAFU: Punk'd holds eighteen tales from some of the best authors working in action-horror today, with a slant towards cyberpunk, steampunk, biopunk, and other punk sub-genres you may or may not have heard of. Warriors fighting for their lives amongst the many-verse SNAFU always brings to the game.

'Think Bladerunner (cyberpunk), Naked Lunch (biopunk), the Crysis videogames (nanopunk), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (steampunk) and so on… anything that can be considered a high-action monster story set within an obviously ‘punk’ theme.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Holy War Geoff Brown (editor), Kirsten Cross (editor), Bendigo : Cohesion Press , 2021 23676078 2021 anthology short story

'Religion and ideology have fuelled war since the beginning of humankind.

'Deeply-held beliefs can lead to factional wars, and it’s been said that more people have been killed in the name of some god than for any other reason.

'The Crusades, the Inquisition, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, and many more…

SNAFU: Holy War offers high-action horror based around conflicts of religion, either overt or covert, featuring previous SNAFU favourites along with some of the best brand new writers working in the field today.'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Medivac Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Australia : Cohesion Press , 2020 20957436 2020 anthology short story

'Some of the most important military missions have been medical evacuations – medivacs.

'Soldiers don’t often fight for themselves. They fight for the guy next to them, their brother, their friend, their family.

'And they fight hard.

'In 2019, Cohesion author and friend… hell, more family, really… Jim Moore was suddenly in the struggle of his life. He overcame the Big C, but his fight is ongoing. A fight to pay for all the treatments in a country that has no free public health system, and a fight to claw his way back from the ravages of the very treatment that saved his life.

'His fight is our fight, and if we don’t fight for our friends, is there anything really worth living for?

'All income from SNAFU: Medivac goes to Jim to help pay his bills and keep his household functional.

'Once this is no longer necessary, the income will transfer to a cancer research or treatment charity.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Future Warfare Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Beechworth : Cohesion Press , 2018 20957638 2018 anthology short story

'Join the military, they said.

'See far-flung worlds, they said.

'Meet interesting creatures, and kill them all.

'Soldiers fighting aliens in unforgiving landscapes, where every breath could be their last.

'Featuring stories by Mike Resnick, Alan Baxter, Tim Marquitz, Steve Lewis, and others.

'From near-future to far-future, featuring some of the best writers working in the field today.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Palace of Broken Dreams: A Brief History of Beechworth Asylum Geoff Brown (editor), Dawn Roach (editor), Bendigo : Cohesion Press , 2017 19660324 2017 multi chapter work non-fiction

'“A lunatic asylum, like a prison, is one of those estimable public institutions which we all admire most at a distance, but which very few of us care to become too intimately acquainted with.” 

'–Journalist, Ovens & Murray Advertiser 1903

'Beechworth Asylum has sat gracefully over the historic goldrush town of Beechworth for 150 years. Detailed within is a short, defined history of the asylum and the grounds, complete with photos and original contract plans to show the buildings and the architecture. Find out all about this hidden palace of broken dreams, and learn all the secrets of its many buildings and the heritage-listed gardens.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Hunters Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Bendigo : Cohesion Press , 2016 9441886 2016 anthology short story
1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Unnatural Selection Geoff Brown (editor), Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Bendigo : Cohesion Press , 2016 10964954 2016 anthology short story

'Man versus Nature.

'Anacondas, piranha, giant crocodiles/alligators/lizards, mutated bears near nuclear power stations, prehistoric sharks. All featured heavily in books and films of the 70s and 80s, when bio-horror was at its modern peak.

'This anthology of military-bio-horror stories takes you back to those classic days.

'Think Greg McLean’s Rogue, Lake Placid, Eight-legged Freaks, Anaconda, Meg, Prophecy, Deep Blue Sea, and other films/books where people (in this case soldiers) are fighting against mutated or ultra-dangerous animals.

'Join some of the best writers working today, along with some SNAFU favourites, for an unnaturally good time.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 His Own Personal Golgotha G.N. Braun , Monty Borror (illustrator), 2015 single work graphic novel fantasy
— Appears in: The Road to Golgotha 2015;
1 y separately published work icon The Road to Golgotha G.N. Braun , Amanda J. Spedding , Monty Borror (illustrator), Australia : Cohesion Press , 2015 9449494 2015 selected work graphic novel

'The Road to Golgotha holds two comics by Australian writers, set to the art of US illustrator Monty Borror.

'"His Own Personal Golgotha" by G.N. Braun follows the awakening of "the man" into a nightmarish world of cemeteries and bones. To achieve anything, he must find out where and who he is.

'"The Road" by Amanda J. Spedding shows us the changes wrought in Riley as she casts off her civilised veneer to allow the goddess within to emerge fully into her birthright.

'Redemption and personal growth are strong themes throughout both stories, and they each hold surprises as the protagonists struggle to come to terms with changes or growth they need to undertake. Travel with them as they go through their own personal golgotha along a road less-travelled.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Wolves at the Door Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Bendigo : Cohesion Press , 2015 9441743 2015 anthology short story

Military science fiction and horror stories.

1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Survival of the Fittest Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Bendigo : Cohesion Press , 2015 9441414 2015 anthology short story
1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : Black Ops Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Beechworth : Cohesion Press , 2015 10744173 2015 anthology short story
1 y separately published work icon SNAFU : An Anthology of Military Horror Amanda J. Spedding (editor), Geoff Brown (editor), Bendigo : Cohesion Press , 2014 9437076 2014 anthology short story

'War is Hell…

'Soldiers fight to survive.

'They fight each other, and they fight the demons inside.

'Sometimes, they fight real monsters.

'SNAFU collects stories of ancient myths, time travellers, horrors in the old west…

and the soldiers who fight them.

'Featuring some of the best writers working in the field today.

'Jonathan Maberry, Weston Ochse, Greig Beck and James A Moore lead the way, with a contingent of emerging authors to back them up.

'Fight or die.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Depth Lurker G.N. Braun , 2014 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Cthulhu : Deep Down Under 2014; Cthulhu Deep Down Under : Volume 2 2018; (p. 173-186)
1 State of Play of Australian Speculative Fiction Geoff Brown , Tehani Croft , 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: SQ Mag , 30 April no. 14 2014;
Two-part essay published as a single work: 'The State of Science Fiction and Fantasy in Australia' (Tehani Wessely) and 'The State of Horror in Australia' (Geoff Brown).
1 Cohesion Press - Publish Some Books Geoff Brown , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , September no. 244 2014; (p. 18-19)
1 y separately published work icon Midnight Echo no. 9 May Geoff Brown (editor), 2013 12171760 2013 periodical issue
1 Extracts from Hammered : Memoir of an Addict G.N. Braun , 2012 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Scintillae 2012 2012; (p. 190-196)
1 Journey to Self-Reliance : Kylie Chan Geoff Brown , 2011 single work prose
— Appears in: Painted Words 2011 2011; (p. 207-209)
1 Autumn as Metaphor G.N. Braun , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Painted Words 2011 2011; (p. 28-29)
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