Richard Harland experienced outstanding success in the Aurealis Awards announced earlier this year. He won the 2004 Fantasy Short Story Aurealis Award for "Catabolic Magic" (published in Aurealis #32), a joint award shared with Louise Katz for "Weavers of the Twilight". His novel, "The Black Crusade", also won the Horror Novel category, and was awarded the inaugural Golden Aurealis Award for Best Novel in any of the categories.

"The Black Crusade" is published by Chimaera Publications, and can be ordered from this website.