Science Fiction, Climate Fiction, Fantasy and Dark Fiction Storyteller
Hi, I'm David Kernot, welcome to my site
David Kernot is a South Australian author who writes contemporary fantasy, science fiction, climate fiction, crime thrillers, and dark fiction/horror and has eighty short story publications in anthologies throughout Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. His work has appeared in over 30 different printed publications worldwide. David is the indie author of Gaia’s Guardians (2026), The Seventeenth (2026), Maralinga Winds (2026), Not Like Us (2024), Gateway Through Time (2020), Impossible Futures: The Collected Works (2020), Beam Rider (2015), The Search for Giselle (2014), Future Worlds (2014), Autumn Comes Slowly (2013), Panspermic Earth (2013), and The Early Years (2013).
David has judged the Australasian Horror Writers Association Shadow Awards and the Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier awards for speculative fiction. He was an editor for Australia’s speculative fiction magazine, The Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and he is a member of the Australian Crime Writers Association.
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Gaia's Guardians
By David Kernot
Three generations of the Ironbark family are humanity’s last hope in a world ravaged by climate change. Armed with mystical Gaia Stones that connect them
The Seventeenth
By David Kernot
To escape her secretly monstrous husband, a serial killer, Miriam reinvents herself in the quirky town of Two Rivers. She unexpectedly finds a connection with
Maralinga Winds
By David Kernot
Haunted by war and the ghost of his twin sister, veteran Martin returns home to his childhood home defeated. When he discovers a magical family
Impossible Futures: The Collected Works
By David Kernot
Each year technology steps closer to the day when we can leave Earth to explore and colonise new worlds. But what are we going to
The Early Years
By David Kernot
A collection of twelve (plus one) easy to read, science fiction short stories to make you think about our place in the cosmos.
The Search For Giselle
By David Kernot
After the war, a lost, beautiful woman reaches out and connects with Andrew Stone in a way he's never experienced. She's in danger. Andrew struggles
Future Worlds
By David Kernot
A collection of four novelette length stories that highlight mankind's exploration of the universe, and the struggle to live among the stars, of the hope
Gateway Through Time
By David Kernot
When cracks appear across the central Australian desert, US General John Cobb discovers it marks the return of The Great Old Ones, the Elder Gods,
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This morning, on the way to the Institute Building to write some more of my psychological thriller , aka the “Dark Voices” novel, I
I’ve been able to create print copies for seven of the eight books listed through Draft2Digital and Books2Read, and now have a link to an
I recently had an opportunity to attend a gathering by Fleur McDonald when she came to SA, and hear some behind the scenes stories about her new
I’m sure that some people who follow my posts just want to find out what the new thing I’m trying to cook is. This week’s cooking
In November I was able to attend a workshop on writing horror by author Margot McGovern. At the time Margot mentioned that her new novel, This Stays
Like a lot of writers probably do, I like to jot down notes prior to starting a writing session or do story structure planning on paper. I’ve opted
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