"A Positive" is a 1998

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short story by

Kaaron Warren Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels. She is the author of the short story collections ''Through Splintered Walls'', ''The Grinding House'', and ''Dead Sea Fruit''. Her short sto ...

Background

"A Positive" was first published in Australia in 1998 in issue #10 of the horror magazine '' Bloodsongs''. The issue was edited by Steve Proposch and David G. Barnett and published by Implosion Publishing and was the last issue of Bloodsongs to be published. In 2005 "A Positive" was republished in Kaaron Warren's collection, ''The Grinding House'' which was edited by Warren and published by CSFG Publishing. "A Positive" won the 1998

Aurealis Award for best horror short story The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and Horror fiction, horror writers". To qualify ...

beating works by Paul Brandon, Glyn Parry, Aaron Sterns, as well as her other work that was nominated, " The Glass Woman".

References

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