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Dead Red Heart
''Dead Red Heart'' is an anthology of Australian vampire short stories edited by Russell B. Farr, published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2011. Contents * “The Tide”, Martin Livings and friends * “Mutiny on the Scarborough”, Shona Husk * “Sun Falls”, Angela Slatter * “Such is Life”, Jeremy Sadler * “Apologetoi”, Chris Lawson * “Punishment of the Sun”, Alan Baxter * “Red Delicious”, Felicity Dowker * “Just a Matter of Economics”, Yvonne Eve Walus * “Quarantine”, Patty Jansen * “Out of the Grave”, Amanda Pillar * “Desert Blood”, Marty Young * “Thin Air”, Simon Brown * “Kissed by the Sun”, Jodi Cleghorn * "Bats", Jane Routley * “Black Heart”, Joanna Fay * “Renfield's Wife”, Damon Cavalchini * “Listening to Tracy”, Jen White * “Breaking the Drought”, Jay Caselberg * “Children of the Cane”, Jason Nahrung * “The Sea at Night”, Joanne Anderton * “Sky in the Morning”, Sonia Marcon * “Taking it for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ... or novell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Baxter (author)
Alan Richard Baxter (born 18 April 1970, Sussex, United Kingdom) is a British-Australian author of supernatural Thriller (genre), thrillers, Horror fiction, horror and dark fantasy, and a teacher and practitioner of Chinese martial arts, kung fu and Qigong, qi gong. He has published several novels, novellas, collections, and over 100 short stories. He has also co-written several novels with American action-adventure author, David Wood. He has won four Australian Shadows Awards and one Aurealis Award. Early life and influences Baxter was born in 1970 in Crawley, Sussex, UK. At the age of 7, his family moved to Surrey where Baxter remained until emigrating to Australia permanently in 1999 after 2 years of world travel. His earliest writing was an infamous short story in school, aged 7.[''Wikipedia:Reliable sources, unreliable source?''] His interest in speculative and genre fiction persisted from childhood into adulthood. He maintains that everyone reads speculative fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Shadows Awards
The Australian Shadows Awards are annual literary awards established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian/New Zealand/Oceania resident in the previous calendar year. Awards criteria and history Works are judged on their overall effect within the horror genre based on the author's skill, delivery, and the work's lasting resonance. Each year, a director is appointed by the AHWA to administer the award. Shortlists for each category are determined by a panel of judges, and the shortlisted nominees are announced in March/April every year. From 2005 to 2008, the Australian Shadows Award evaluated novels, anthologies, and short stories against each other in a single category. In 2009, the award was expanded into three categories: Short Fiction, Long Fiction, and Edited Publication. From 2011, the award was restructured to consist of five categories: Novel; Long Fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SF Site
SF may refer to: Locations * San Francisco, California, United States * Sidi Fredj, Algeria * South Florida, an urban region in the United States * Suomi Finland, former vehicular country code for Finland In arts and entertainment Genres * Speculative fiction (usually ''sf'') ** Science fiction or sci-fi (usually ''SF'') In film and television * , the Swedish film industry ** SF Film Finland, a Finnish film distributor * SF Channel (Australia) * , a German-language television network in Switzerland * , a Finnish film production company In music * Sforzando (musical direction) or sf, a musical accent * ''Subito forte'', a musical notation for dynamics (music) * Switchfoot, a band * Sasha Fierce, on-stage alter ego of American entertainer Beyoncé, and namesake of her album '' I Am... Sasha Fierce'' Other media * Saikoro Fiction, a Japanese role-playing game system * ''Street Fighter'', a series of fighting video games by Capcom Businesses and organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly
''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling". With 51 issues a year, the emphasis today is on book reviews. The magazine was founded by bibliographer Frederick Leypoldt in the late 1860s, and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name ''The Publishers' Weekly'' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly'' was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country. In 1878, Leypoldt sold ''The Publishers' Weekly'' to his friend Richard Rogers Bowker, in order to free up time for his other bibliographic endeavors. Eventually the publication ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Nahrung
Jason Nahrung (born 1968) is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in Melbourne with his partner Kirstyn McDermott. Nahrung has previously written for ''The Courier-Mail'' newspaper in Queensland, with a special interest in speculative fiction and horror-related topics. He was co-winner the 2005 William Atheling Jnr award for Criticism or Review. His first novel, '' The Darkness Within'' (based on an unpublished novella co-written with Mil Clayton), was published in June 2007 by Hachette Livre in Australia. Nahrung has also published some horror and speculative fiction short stories. Bibliography Novels * '' The Darkness Within'' – with Mil Clayton, (Hachette Livre) *''Salvage'', 2012, (Twelfth Planet Press) *''Blood and Dust'', 2012, (Xoum Publishing) Short stories *"Watermarks", (2014), ''Cosmos'' magazine. *"The Preservation Society", (2014), ''Dimension6'', Coeur de Lion. *"The Mornington Ride", (2012), ''Epilogue'', Tehani Wessely ( FableCroft Publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Caselberg
Jay Caselberg (born 1958) is an Australian science fiction writer. He has also used the name 'James Hartley' for some of his short fiction. His four novels to date are the ''Jack Stein'' series, comprising ''Wyrmhole'', ''Metal Sky'', ''The Star Tablet'' and ''Wall of Mirrors'', published 2003-2006 by Roc Books.http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/caselberg_jay Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction Subsequent works appeared mostly in the small press A small press is a publisher with annual sales below a certain level or below a certain number of titles published. The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. Independent press is general ..., comprising "Empties", "The Jackal Dreaming" as J.A Caselberg, "The Memory Box" and "Breath" as Jackson Creed. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Caselberg, Jay Living people 21st-century Australian novelists Australian male novelists Australian male short story writers University of Wollong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Routley
Jane Routley is an Australian writer of fantasy fiction. Biography Jane Routley was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her first book ''Mage Heart'' was released in the U.S. in 1996. It is the first book in the ''Mage Heart'' series. She has since released two more novels in the series. In 2000 all three novels were published in Australia. Dutch and German editions have also appeared. Jane had also published a novel ''The Three Sisters'' in the U.S. under the pseudonym Rebecca Locksley. She has written a number of short stories including a contribution to Paul Collins' Fantastic Worlds anthology with ''City of Whirlwinds''. ''Fire Angels'' and '' Aramaya'' both won the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel in 1998 and 1999 respectively. She is a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel. Bibliography ''Mage Heart'' *''Mage Heart'' (1996) *''Fire Angels'' (1998) *'' Aramaya'' (1999) *'' The Three Sisters'' (2004) (as Rebecca Locksley) Short fiction *"The Goddess Wake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Brown (author)
Simon Brown (born 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales), is an Australian science fiction writer. He originally trained as a journalist and worked for a range of Australian Government Departments, including the Australian Electoral Commission and the NSW Railways Department. He wrote science fiction short stories for many years and some of these have been collected in ''Cannibals in the Fine Light'' (1998). A second collection of Iliad-themed stories, ''Troy'', was published in 2006. He is a member of the Australian Skeptics and edited ''Skeptical – A handbook of pseudoscience and the paranormal'' in 1989. He was also an editor of ''Argos'', the journal of the Canberra Skeptics. He won the 2009 short story division of the ''Aurealis Award'' for his story "The Empire" Brown, Charles N. < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Dowker
Felicity Dowker is a speculative fiction writer from Victoria, Australia. She is predominantly recognised as a writer in the horror genre. In 2009, she won the Ditmar Award (Australian SF Award) for Best New Talent. Her story "Jesse's Gift" was nominated for the Aurealis Award for Horror Short Story. Dowker's stories have appeared in a number of Australian publications including Borderlands, Aurealis and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. One story in particular, "Bread and Circuses", was the recipient of positive reviews after appearing in the ''Scary Kisses'' anthology, and was described in ''Scoop magazine'' as one of the highlights of the collection. Her story, "Bread and Circuses" is a finalist for the 2010 Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lawson (writer)
Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Early life and education Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a crocodile farm and his mother studied psychology of personal identity. Later he studied medicine, attaining a graduate diploma in biostatistics, epidemiology and human genetics. Career Medicine Lawson worked for the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and Merck Sharp & Dohme. As of 2011 was practising as a family doctor. Writing Lawson's first work was published in 1993, entitled "Metacarcinoma" his short story was published in the Summer 1993 edition of ''Eidolon (Australian magazine)''. He received his first award for his work in 2000 when his short story "Written in Blood" won both the 1999 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and the 2000 Ditmar Award for best short fiction. Personal life Lawson is married and has two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Fiction
Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for larger fears of a society. Prevalent elements of the genre include ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves, ghouls, the Devil, witches, monsters, extraterrestrials, dystopian and post-apocalyptic worlds, serial killers, cannibalism, cults, dark magic, satanism, the macabre, gore and torture. History Before 1000 The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
