About

Greg Schmidt has always enjoyed creating stories and characters, but it is not until the last couple of years that he has allowed them to escape from head to page. Career malaise and a dash of mid-life crisis led him to start writing and, more importantly, completing stories once again.

He currently prefers writing short stories of varying genres and inspired by the every day. A passionate vegan and animal lover, many of his stories are about how animals make us feel and about how we treat them in turn.

His stories have appeared in four publications since 2023 and numerous short and long lists from competitions.

• In the Pale Moonlight - short list April 2025 Not Quite Write Prize

• Love in the Time of Flatulence - short list January 2025 Not Quite Write Prize

• One by One - published in the 2024 WestWords Living Stories anthology, "Over the Line..."

• Gem - published in the 2023 Lane Cove Literary Awards anthology

• Untitled #2 - published in the "Best of the 2023/24 Not Quite Write Price anthology

• A Bump in the Road - highly commended 2023 Lambing Flat National Cherry Festival Writing Competition

• Bowlo - published in the 2023 Stringybark Short Story Awards anthology, "Feral"

Greg lives and writes in Western Sydney, Australia with the immeasurable support of his wife, Zoe, and the four legged support crew featured below.