Andi C. Buchanan

Guest writer

Andi C. Buchanan lives among streams and faultlines just north of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Their latest novel Sanctuary is about found family and haunted houses. Winner of a Sir Julius Vogel Award, their genre-blending novella 'From a Shadow Grave' explores a historical murder, the legends surrounding it, and what might have been. Andi’s short fiction has previously been published in Fireside, Cossmass Infinities, Apex, and more.

Human not machine: how autistic writers are writing new space for themselves

Human not machine: how autistic writers are writing new space for themselves

We're not machines, ghosts, robots, changelings or aliens – but many of us like the idea of hanging out with them sometimes.

By Andi C. Buchanan | 26th April, 2022

Mount Victoria Tunnel, Wellington. Photo: Newsbie Pix / Flickr CC-BY-2.0

From A Shadow Grave: The ghost story based on a real-life Wellington murder

In 1931, 17 year-old Phyllis Avis Symons was buried alive by her partner in the fill from construction of Mount Victoria Tunnel. The case was a sensation, and is the focus of Andi C. Buchanan's new novel, extracted here.

By Andi C. Buchanan | 14th January, 2020