[1] It follows the story of Christine Starlight who has strong memories of her childhood friend, Mayfridh.

Mayfridh was then abducted by the king and queen of a Germanic fairyland and is now on the throne of the Autumn Castle.

[2] The Autumn Castle was first published in Australia in April 2003 by Voyager in trade paperback format.

[4] It was re-released in Australis in mass market paperback in 2004 and then as an audio edition in 2005 by Bolinda Publishing.

[4] The Autumn Castle was a short-list nominee for the 2003 Aurealis Award for best horror novel but lost to Victor Kelleher's Born of the Sea.