Simon Petrie is a

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

-born

speculative fiction Speculative fiction is an umbrella term, umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from Realism (arts), realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or ...

writer now based in

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. He is predominantly recognised as a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Petrie's stories have appeared in a number of Australian publications including Borderlands, Aurealis and

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' or ''ASIM'' is a fantasy and science fiction magazine published out of Canberra, ACT, Australia. The publishers of ''ASIM'' describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently ...

, in New Zealand publications such as Semaphore Magazine and several Random Static anthologies, and in magazines elsewhere in the English-speaking world such as

Redstone Science Fiction ''Redstone Science Fiction'' was an online science fiction magazine. The first issue was published June 1, 2010 and maintained a regular monthly schedule until the September 1, 2012 issue. ''Redstone Science Fiction'' (often called ''Redstone SF ...

Murky Depths ''Murky Depths'' bylined as "The Quarterly Anthology of Graphically Dark Speculative Fiction" was a British horror and science fiction magazine which began publishing in 2007. The magazine editor-in-chief was Terry Martin and the editor was An ...

and

Sybil's Garage ''Sybil's Garage'' was a speculative fiction, poetry, and art journal, published by Senses Five Press. Issues one through six were released as a small press magazine, or zine. Issue seven was released in trade paperback format. The publication co ...

. He is a former member of the

collective and has edited five issues of the magazine. Petrie's work has seen several nominations for Australian and New Zealand speculative fiction awards and he has won the

Sir Julius Vogel Award The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are awarded each year at the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction fandom. They are commonly referred to as the ...

(New Zealand SF Award) three times: in 2010 for Best New Talent, and in 2013 and 2018 for Best Novella or Novelette. He is best known for two series of stories: his 'Gordon Mamon' stories ("Murder on the Zenith Express", "Single Handed", "The Fall Guy", ''The Hunt For Red Leicester'', "A Night To Remember", "Elevator Pitch" and "This Guy's The Limit") centred around the exploits of a space-elevator operative who doubles as a reluctant detective and his 'Titan' stories (''Wide Brown Land'', a collection of eleven short stories, and the novella ''Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body'') exploring human colonization of the Saturnian satellite.

Bibliography

Collected short fiction * ''Rare Unsigned Copy: tales of Rocketry, Ineptitude, and Giant Mutant Vegetables'' (2010, Peggy Bright Books) * ''Difficult Second Album: more stories of Xenobiology, Space Elevators, and Bats Out Of Hell'' (2014, Peggy Bright Books) * ''Wide Brown Land: stories of Titan'' (2018, Peggy Bright Books) * ''80,000 Totally Secure Passwords That No Hacker Would Ever Guess'' (2018) * ''Murder on the Zenith Express: the Gordon Mamon collection'' (2018) Novellas * ''Flight 404''/''The Hunt for Red Leicester'' (2012, Peggy Bright Books) * '' Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body'' (2017, Peggy Bright Books) Anthologies—as editor or coeditor * ''

'' issues 35, 40, 51, 54, 61 (2008–2015, Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-operative) * ''

Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear ''Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear'' is a speculative fiction short story anthology edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie, and published by Peggy Bright Books in 2012. It contains thirteen original short stories, mostly by Australian writers. The ...

'' (2012, Peggy Bright Books, coeditor with Edwina Harvey) * ''Next'' (2013, CSFG Publishing, coeditor with Robert Porteous) * '' Use Only As Directed'' (2014, Peggy Bright Books, coeditor with Edwina Harvey)

Awards and nominations

In the following table, entries with a blue background won the award; those with a white background were the nominees on the short-list. Award winner
Nominee on the shortlist

References

Living people New Zealand fantasy writers New Zealand science fiction writers New Zealand male short story writers Australian science fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-writer-stub