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by Angela Slatter


  Carol Ryles submitted her first short story to the Inaugural Katharine Susannah Prichard Speculative Fiction Award in 1998. To her immense surprise, it was awarded Highly Commended. Since then she has gained a BA in English and a PhD in Creative Writing focussing on steampunk, has graduated from Clarion West (Seattle), and has worked as Editorial Consultant and Project Manager for Trove, The University of Western Australia’s online creative arts journal. Carol’s stories have appeared in over a dozen small press anthologies and she is currently working on her second novel. You can read more at carolryles.net

  Angela Slatter is the author of the Aurealis Award-winning The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales, the World Fantasy Award finalist Sourdough and Other Stories, Aurealis finalist Midnight and Moonshine (with Lisa L. Hannett), as well as the 2014 releases Black-Winged Angels, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, and The Female Factory (again with Lisa L. Hannett). Her short stories have appeared in Australian, UK and US Best Of anthologies. She is the first Australian to win a British Fantasy Award, and was an inaugural Queensland Writers Fellow. She blogs at angelaslatter.com about shiny things that catch her eye.

  Anna Tambour’s novel Crandolin was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award. Her next collection, The Finest Ass in the Universe, will be released in July 2015.

  Bram Stoker Nominee and Shirley Jackson Award winner Kaaron Warren has lived in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Fiji. She’s sold many short stories, three novels and four short story collections. Her latest collection is The Gate Theory. You can find her at kaaronwarren.wordpress.com and she tweets @KaaronWarren

  Janeen Webb is a multiple award winning author, editor and critic. She is the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, the McNamara SF Achievement Award, the Australian Aurealis Award and is a three-time winner of the Ditmar Award. She is internationally recognized for her critical work in speculative fiction, and holds a PhD in Literature from the University of Newcastle. A collection of her short stories, Death at the Blue Elephant (2014) was published by Ticonderoga Press.

  Recommended Reading List

  Ali Alizadeh, “Snow White and the Child Soldier”, Griffith Review 42: Once Upon a Time In Oz

  Pete Aldin, “The Whipping Tree”, Niteblade Fantasy and Horror Magazine #23

  Joanne Anderton, “Mah Song”, The Bone Chime Song

  ———“Fence Lines”, The Bone Chime Song

  Liz Argall, “Blunt Force Trauma Delivered By Spouse”, This Is How You Die

  Peter M. Ball, “From Tuesday To Tuesday”, Daily Science Fiction

  Lee Battersby, “The Canals of Anguilar”, Review of Australian Fiction Vol 5 Issue 5

  Alan Baxter, “Roll the Bones”, Crowded

  ———“It’s Always the Children Who Suffer”, Midnight Echo #10

  Deborah Biancotti, “Indigo Gold”, One Small Step

  Tony Birch, “The Ghost River”, Griffith Review 42: Once Upon A Time In Oz

  Jenny Blackford, “The Quiet Realm of the Dark Queen”, Dreaming of Djinn

  ———“Dream Hunt (Poetry)”

  James Bradley, “Catspaw, Or the Rakshasa’s Servant”, Aurealis #60

  O.J.Cade, “Burning Green”, Aurealis #66

  Anna Caro, “The Character of 82 James St”, Baby Teeth: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror

  Jay Caselberg, “Elephant’s Graveyard”, Unnatural Conditions

  ———“Sandals”, Unnatural Conditions

  ———“Collage”, Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror Vol 1

  ———“The Axe”, Unnatural Conditions: Collected Short Stories

  ———“The Track”, The End of the Road

  David Conyers and Brian M. Sammons, “Romero 2.0”, Undead & Unbound

  Matt Cowen, “Blood Sisters”, Baby Teeth: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror

  Thoraiya Dyer, “Seven Days in Paris”, Asymmetry

  Joanna Fay, “The Twelfth Hour”, Daughters of Icarus

  Jason Fischer, “Everything Is A Graveyard”, Everything Is A Graveyard

  John Paul Fitch, “Nip, Tuck, Zip, Pluck”, Diabolique

  Elizabeth Fitzgerald, “Phoenix Down”, Next

  Stephen Gepp, “From the Forebears”, Midnight Echo #9

  Lisa Hannett and Angela Slatter, “By Blood and Incantation”, One Small Step

  Lisa L. Hannett, “Another Mouth”, The Dark

  ———“The Coronation Bout”, Electric Velocipede

  ———“Morning Passages”, Shadows Edge

  ———“Snowglobes”, Chilling Tales: In Words, Alas, Drown I

  Richard Harland, “Here’s Glory for You”, Next

  Gerry Huntman, “The Cutpurse From Mulberry Bend”, Penny Dread Tales: Volume III: In Darkness

  Gerry Huntman, “Dom and Gio’s Barber Shop”, Lovecraft Zine #21

  Gerry Huntman, “In Arcadia”, The Dark Bard

  Julie Kearney, “Light Dawns”, Griffith Review 42: Once Upon a Time in Oz

  Cate Kennedy, “A Glimpse of Paradise”, Griffith Review 42: Once Upon a Time in Oz

  Richard L Lagarto, “The Wild Hunt”, Next

  Chris Large, “The Red House”, Aurealis #58

  ———“Girl Finds Key”, Next

  Sharyn Lilley, “Caleb’s Chair”, Blood and Roses

  Martin Livings, “Stillgeist”, Midnight Echo #10

  Tracie McBride, “Wooden Heart”, Next

  ———“Late For Eisheth”, The Demonologia Biblica

  ———“The Oldest Profession”, Horror Library Vol 5

  Kirstyn McDermott, “What Amanda Wants”, Caution: Contains Small Parts

  ———“Horn”, Caution: Contains Small Parts

  ———“Lost and Found”, Review of Australian Fiction Vol 5 Issue 2

  ———“The Home For Broken Dolls”, Caution: Contains Small Parts

  Ian McHugh, “The Canal Barge Magician’s Number Nine Daughter”, Clockwork Phoenix 4

  ———“Vandeimansland”, Next

  C.S. McMullen, “Monday-Child”, Aurealis Magazine

  Sean McMullen, “Acts of Chivalry”, Tales of Australia - Great Southern Land

  Robert Mammone, “Blood and Bone”, Midnight Echo #10

  Paul Mannering, “The Skulkybunking Wurld Champyon of the Hole Woorld”, Baby Teeth: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror

  Juliet Marillier, “The Angel of Death”, Prickle Moon

  ———“Prickle Moon”, Prickle Moon

  Sophie Masson, “Restless”, Aurealis #61

  Eileen Mueller and Alicia Ponder, “Ahi Ka”, Northwrite Competition

  Faith Mudge, “Winter’s Heart”, One Small Step

  Fi Michell, “Shoeless”, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #57

  Charlotte Nash, “Parvaz”, Dreaming of Djinn

  Anthony Panegyres, “Oleander: An Ottoman Tale”, Dreaming of Djinn

  A.S. Patric, “Memories of Jane Doe”, The Great Unknown

  Dan Rabarts, “Remnants”, Aurealis

  ———“All the Ghosts”, Baby Teeth: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror

  Angela Rega, “The Bellydancing Crimes of Ms Sahara Desserts”, Dreaming of Djinn

  Tansy Rayner Roberts, “The Minotaur Girls”, Glitter & Mayhem

  ———“Cold White Daughter”, One Small Step

  Guy Salvidge, “Blue Swirls”, The Great Unknown

  Leife Shallcross, “A Little Warning”, Next

  David Schembri, “The Blackfather of the Night”, Eulogies II: Tales From the Cellar

  Angela Slatter, “By My Voice I Shall Be Known”, The Dark

  ———“By the Weeping Gate”, Fearie Tales

  ———“Cuckoo”, A Killer Among Demons

  ———“The Burning Circus”, The British Fantasy Society Horror Anthology

  ———“The Song of Sighs”, Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth

  Darian Smith, “Recession”, Baby Teeth: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror

  Chris Somerville, “The Rift”, The Great Unknown


  Cat Sparks, “Scarp”, The Bride Price

  ———“Beyond the Farthest Stone”, The Bride Price

  Grant Stone, “White”, Baby Teeth: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror

  Anna Tambour, “Marks and Coconuts”, Postscripts 30/31

  Kaaron Warren, “Sleeping With the Bower Birds”, Shivers 7

  ———“The Human Moth”, The Grimscribe’s Puppets

  Jen White, “The Family Is Gathering”, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #57

  Kim Wilkins, “The Lark and the River”, The Year of Ancient Ghosts

  ———“The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, The Year of Ancient Ghosts

  Suzanne J Willis, “Number 73 Glad Avenue”, One Small Step

  Danielle Wood, “The Good Mother”, Griffith Review 42: Once Upon a Time in Oz

  Damon Young, “Art”, The Great Unknown

  Australian & New Zealand Fantasy & Horror Awards

  The Australian SF “Ditmar” Awards

  Best Novel

  Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood (Wildside Press)

  Nominees

  The Beckoning, Paul Collins (Damnation Books)

  Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet Press)

  The Only Game in the Galaxy (The Maximus Black Files 3), Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing)

  Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing)

  Best Novella or Novelette:

  “The Home for Broken Dolls”, Kirstyn McDermott, Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press)

  Nominees

  “Prickle Moon”, Juliet Marillier, Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications)

  “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins, The Year of Ancient Ghosts (Ticonderoga Publications)

  “By Bone-Light”, Juliet Marillier, Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications)

  “What Amanda Wants”, Kirstyn McDermott, Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press)

  Best Short Story

  “Scarp”, Cat Sparks, The Bride Price (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Nominees

  “Not the Worst of Sins”, Alan Baxter, Beneath Ceaseless Skies 133 (Firkin Press)

  “Cold White Daughter”, Tansy Rayner Roberts, One Small Step (FableCroft Publishing)

  “Mah Song”, Joanne Anderton, The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories (FableCroft Publishing)

  “Air, Water and the Grove”, Kaaron Warren, The Lowest Heaven (Jurassic London)

  “Seven Days in Paris”, Thoraiya Dyer, in Asymmetry (Twelfth Planet Press)

  Best Collected Work

  The Bride Price, Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Nominees

  The Back of the Back of Beyond, Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books)

  Asymmetry , Thoraiya Dyer (Twelfth Planet Press)

  Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott (Twelfth Planet Press)

  The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton (FableCroft Publishing)

  Best Artwork

  Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)

  Nominees

  Cover art, Pia Ravenari, for Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Cover art, Eleanor Clarke, for The Back of the Back of Beyond by Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books)

  Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for Eclipse Online (Nightshade Books)

  Cover art, Shauna O’Meara, for Next, edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous (CSFG Publishing)

  Cover art, Cat Sparks, for The Bride Price by Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Best New Talent

  Zena Shapter

  Nominees

  Faith Mudge

  Jo Spurrier

  Stacey Larner

  Michelle Goldsmith

  Aurealis Awards

  Fantasy Novel

  A Crucible of Souls, Mitchell Hogan (self­‐published)

  Nominees

  Lexicon, Max Barry (Hachette Australia)

  These Broken Stars, Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)

  Newt’s Emerald, Garth Nix (Jill Grinberg Literary Management)

  Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing))

  Fantasy Short Story

  “The Last Stormdancer”, Jay Kristoff (Thomas Dunne Books)

  Nominees

  “The Touch of the Taniwha”, Tracie McBride (Fish, Dagan Books)

  “Cold, Cold War”, Ian McHugh (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Scott H Andrews)

  “ShortCircuit”, Kirstie Olley (Oomph: a little super goes a long way, Crossed Genres)

  “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Ticonderoga Publications)

  Best Horror Novel

  Fairytales for Wilde Girls, Allyse Near (Random House Australia)

  Nominees

  The Marching Dead, Lee Battersby (Angry Robot Books)

  The First Bird, Greig Beck (Momentum)

  Path of Night, Dirk Flinthart (FableCroft Publishing)

  Best Horror Short Story

  “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Ticonderoga Publications)

  Nominees

  “Fencelines”, Joanne Anderton (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, FableCroft Publishing)

  “The Sleepover”, Terry Dowling (Exotic Gothic 5, PS Publishing)

  “The Home for Broken Dolls”, Kirstyn McDermott (Caution: Contains Small Parts, Twelfth Planet Press)

  “The Human Moth”, Kaaron Warren (The Grimscribe’s Puppets, Miskatonic Press)

  Best Collection

  The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton (FableCroft Publishing)

  Nominees

  Asymmetry, Thoraiya Dyer (Twelfth Planet Press)

  Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott (Twelfth Planet Press)

  The Bride Price, Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga Publications)

  The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Kim Wilkins (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Best Anthology

  The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012, Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene, eds, (Ticonderoga Publications)

  One Small Step, An Anthology Of Discoveries, Tehani Wessely ed. (FableCroft Publishing)

  Nominees

  Dreaming Of Djinn, Liz Grzyb ed. (Ticonderoga Publications)

  The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven, Jonathan Strahan ed. (NightShade Books)

  Focus 2012: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, Tehani Wessely ed. (FableCroft Publishing)

  Best Children’s Book

  The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie, Kirsty Murray (Allen & Unwin)

  Nominees

  Kingdom of the Lost, book 2: Cloud Road, Isobelle Carmody (Penguin Group Australia)

  Refuge, Jackie French (Harper Collins)

  Song for a Scarlet Runner, Julie Hunt (Allen & Unwin)

  Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)

  Ice Breaker: The Hidden 1, Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin))

  Young Adult Short Story

  “By Bone-Light”, Juliet Marillier (Prickle Moon, Ticonderoga Publications)

  Nominees

  “Mah Song”, Joanne Anderton (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, FableCroft Publishing)

  “Morning Star”, D.K. Mok (One Small Step, an anthology of discoveries, FableCroft Publishing)

  “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Ticonderoga Publications)

  Best Young Adult Novel

  These Broken Stars, Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)

  Fairytales for Wilde Girls, Allyse Near (Random House Australia)

  Nominees

  The Big Dry, Tony Davies (Harper Collins)

  Hunting, Andrea Host (self‐published)

  The Sky So Heavy, Claire Zorn (University of Queensland Press)

  Best Illustrated Book/Graphic Novel

  Burger Force, Jackie Ryan (self-published)

  T
he Deep Vol. 2: The Vanishing Island, Tom Taylor and James Brouwer (Gestalt Publishing)

  Nominees

  Savage Bitch, Steve Carter and Antoinette Rydyr (Scar Studios)

  Mr Unpronounceable Adventures, Tim Molloy (Milk Shadow Books)

  Peaceful Tomorrows Volume Two, Shane W Smith (Zetabella Publishing)

  Best Science Fiction Short Story

  “Air, Water and the Grove”, Kaaron Warren (The Lowest Heaven, Pandemonium Press)

  Nominees

  “The Last Tiger”, Joanne Anderton (Daily Science Fiction)

  “Mah Song”, Joanne Anderton (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, FableCroft Publishing)

  “Seven Days in Paris”, Thoraiya Dyer (Asymmetry, Twelfth Planet Press)

  “Version 4.3.0.1”, Lucy Stone (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #57)

  Best Science Fiction Novel

  Lexicon, Max Barry (Hachette)

  Nominees

  Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet Press)

  A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, Jane Rawson (Transit Lounge)

  True Path, Graham Storrs (Momentum)

  Rupetta, Nike Sulway (Tartarus Press)

  Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award

  Jonathan Strahan

  Australian Shadows Awards

  Novel

  809 Jacob Street, Marty Young (Black Beacon)

  Nominees

  Undead Kelly, Timothy Bowden (Severed Press)

  Topsiders, Scott Tyson (Legume Man Books)

  Long Fiction

  “The Unwanted Women of Surrey”, Kaaron Warren (Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, Tor)

  Nominees

  “Soul Killer”, Robert Hood (Zombies Vs Robots: Diplomacy, IDW Publishing)

  “The Home for Broken Dolls”, Kirstyn McDermott (Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press)

  Collection

  The Bone Chime Song and other stories, Jo Anderton (FableCroft Publishing).

  Edited Publication

 

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