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The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014 (Volume 5)

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by Kaaron Warren


  Foresight, Graham Storrs (Momentum)

  Australian Shadows Awards

  Novel

  Wolf Creek: Origin, Aaron Sterns and Greg McLean (Penguin)

  Nominees

  Suicide Forest, Jeremy Bates (Ghillinnein Books)

  Book of the Dead, Greig Beck (Momentum Books)

  Dark Deceit, Lauren Dawes (Momentum Books)

  Davey Ribbon, Matthew Tait (HodgePodge Press)

  Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

  Dreams of Destruction, Shane Jiraiya Cummings (self-published)

  Nominees

  Ghost Camera, Darcy Coates (self-published)

  “The Shark God Covenant”, Robert Hood, Dimension6 #3

  Collection

  Last Year When We Were Young, Andrew J. McKiernan (Satalyte Publishing)

  Edited Publication

  SQ Mag #14, Sophie Yorkston ed. (IFWG Publishing)

  Nominees

  SNAFU, Geoff Brown and Amanda J. Spedding eds (Cohesion Press)

  Suspended in Dusk, Simon Dewar ed. (Books of the Dead Press)

  Short Fiction

  “Shadows of the Lonely Dead”, Alax Baxter, Suspended in Dusk (Books of the Dead Press)

  Nominees

  “Mephisto”, Alan Baxter, Daily Science Fiction

  “Mummified Monk”, Rebecca Fung, Daylight Dims Volume 2

  “Bones”, Michelle Jager, SQ Mag #14

  “Last Year When We Were Young”, Andrew J. McKiernan, Last Year When We Were Young (Satalyte Publishing)

  Sir Julius Vogel Awards

  Best Novel

  Engines of Empathy, Paul Mannering (Paper Road Press)

  Nominees

  Dreamer’s Pool, Juliet Marillier (Pan MacMillan)

  The Sovereign Hand, Paul Gilbert (Steam Press)

  The Caves of Kirym, Derrin Attwood (Worldly Books)

  The Seventh Friend, Tim Stead

  Onyx Javelin, Steve Wheeler (HarperCollins Australia)

  Best Youth Novel

  The Caller: Shadowfell, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan)

  Nominees

  Tantamount, Thomas J. Radford (Tyche Books)

  Wee Mac, Linda Dawley (Little Red Hen Community Press)

  Donnel’s Promise, Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)

  Watched, Tihema Baker (Huia Press)

  Best Novella

  Peach and Araxi, Celine Murray Conclave: A Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy

  Nominees

  “A Mer-Tale”, Jan Goldie Conclave: A Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy

  Trading Rosemary, Octavia Cade (Masque Books)

  Ranpasatusan, Shelley Chappell

  The Last Homely Housekeeper, Rolf Luchs

  In the Spirit, J. C. Hart

  Best Short Story

  “Inside Ferndale”, Lee Murray SQ Mag, Issue 12

  Nominees

  “The Watch Serpent”, Eileen Mueller, Disquiet, (Creativa)

  “Chiaroscuro”, Charlotte Kleft, Disquiet, (Creativa)

  “Water”, Lee Pletzers, Disquiet, (Creativa)

  “Santa’s Sack”, Simon Fogarty, The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales (Phantom Feather Press)

  Best Collected Work

  Lost In The Museum, Phoenix Writers Group

  Nominees

  Corpus Delecti, William Cook (James Ward Kirk Publishing)

  Dreams of Thanatos, William Cook (King Billy Publications)

  The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales, A. J. Ponder, E. Mueller and P. Friend eds (Phantom Feather Press)

  Write Off Line 2014: They Came In From The Dark, Lauren Haddock and Jessica Harvey eds (Tauranga Writers Publishing)

  Beyond The Briar, Shelley Chappell

  Best Professional Artwork

  Cover for Lost In The Museum, Geoff Popham

  Nominee

  Cover for The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales, Geoff Popham

  Best Dramatic Presentation

  What We Do In The Shadows, Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, Produced by Chelsea Winstanley and Taika Waititi (Shadow Pictures)

  Nominees

  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Directed by Sir Peter Jackson, written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro.

  Housebound, Directed by Gerald Johnstone

  Best Professional Production/Publication

  Weta Digital: 20 Years of Imagination On Screen, Clare Burgess with Brian Sibley

  Nominees

  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Chronicles: Cloaks and Daggers, Daniel Falconer (Weta Workshop)

  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Chronicles: Unleashing the Dragon, Daniel Falconer (Weta Workshop)

  Cosplay New Zealand, Sylvie Kirkman

  Weta Workshop: Celebrating 20 Years of Creativity, Luke Hawker

  Other Awards and Achievements

  The Norma K. Hemming Award for excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in Australian speculative fiction was won by Paddy O’Reilly for her novel The Wonders (Affirm Press). Galactic Suburbia Podcast, run by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Andrew Finch, won the Hugo Award for Best Fancast.

  Three Australians have been nominated in the World Fantasy Awards. For Best Short Story is Kaaron Warren, “Death’s Door Café” (Shadows & Tall Trees), and in Best Collection are Angela Slatter, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings (Tartarus Press) and Janeen Webb, Death at the Blue Elephant (Ticonderoga Publications).

  About The Editors

  Liz Grzyb was born in the middle of a thunderstorm in Perth, Western Australia. She is the award-winning editor of acclaimed paranormal romance anthologies Scary Kisses and More Scary Kisses, the Orientalist pantomime Dreaming of Djinn, steampunk romance Kisses by Clockwork, co-editor of the paranormal noir Damnation and Dames and The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror series from Ticonderoga Publications. Liz is often to be found sipping champagne and debating the fate of the Oxford comma.

  Talie Helene is a musician and writer, from Melbourne, Australia. She writes poetry, fiction, and songs. Talie is horror editor for the anthology The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror (Ticonderoga Publications); she was news editor for the Australian Horror Writers’ Association for four years (2006–2010). She is a member of the SuperNova writers’ group. Talie has a background in music journalism, various music industry roles and fine art event management. She performs as a singer/songwriter, and has performed with many artists including The Tenth Stage, Wendy Rule, Saba Persian Orchestra, and Eden. For the latest updates, visit www.taliehelene.com

  Also Edited By Liz Grzyb

  Scary Kisses

  More Scary Kisses

  Damnation and Dames (with Amanda Pillar)

  Dreaming of Djinn

  Kisses by Clockwork

  Hear Me Roar

  Also Edited By Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene

  The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2010

  The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2011

  The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2012

  The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2013

  Thank You

  The editors would like to thank Alan Baxter, James Bradley, Imogen Cassidy, David Conyers, Terry Dowling, Thoraiya Dyer, Jason Franks, Michelle Goldsmith, Michael Grey, Stephanie Gunn, Lisa L. Hannett, Gerry Huntman, Rick Kennett, David Kernot , Charlotte Kieft, S.G. Larner, Claire McKenna, Andrew J. McKiernan, Faith Mudge, Jason Nahrung, Emma Osborne, Angela Rega, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Angela Slatter, Cat Sparks, Anna Tambour, Kyla Ward, Kaaron Warren, and Janeen Webb.

  Liz would like to thank Talie Helene, Russell B. Farr, Amanda Pillar, Kate Dunbar-Smith, Deb Wilson, Jacinta Rosielle, Angela Challis, Shane Cummings, Andrea Orlowsky, Jacintha Bell, Ruza Foster, Frankie Nathan, Kate Williams, Andrew Williams, Carol Ryles, Nicole Murphy, Alan Baxter, Anthony Panegyres, Ambre Hillier, Michael Hillier, Tasmar Dixon, Mel Donald, Phil Ward, Lina
Piscitelli, Kim Astle, Helen Grzyb, Marianne de Pierres, Isobelle Carmody, Helen Stubbs, Trudi Canavan, Sue Bursztynski, and the Department of Fabulous.

  Talie would like to thank Liz Grzyb, Russell B. Farr, Rocky Wood, Julia Svaganovic, Yaritji Green, Gillian Polack, Sharyn Lilley, Jenny Blackford, Lee Murray, Helen Stubbs, Sean Bowley, Andrew Kutzner, Matthew Sigley, Samantha Escarbe, Josephine Wilson, Leigh Irwin, Sonia Tamarri, Deborah Crabtree, Joanna Girardin, David Schembri, Adrian Bedford, Aaron Sterns, Martin Livings, Sophie Yorkston, Alisa Krasnostein, Jason Fischer, Geoff Brown, Deborah Biancotti, Cameron Trost, Christopher Sequeira, Tim Barsby, Giovanni Raggi, Stacey Palfreyman, Felicity Dowker, Ana Ravic, Lucy Sussex, Sarah Endacott, Jamie Reuel, Chuck McKenzie, Kirstyn McDermott, Ellen Gregory, Deborah Kalin, Tessa Kum, Tracie McBride, Jane Routley, the SuperNova Writers Crew, Charmaine Calaitzis and Adam Calaitzis.

  Acknowledgements

  “Shadows of the Lonely Dead” copyright (c) Alan Baxter 2014. First published in Suspended in Dusk, edited by Simon Dewar (Books of the Dead Press).

  “The Changeling” copyright (c) James Bradley 2014. First published in Fearsome Magics, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Solaris).

  “Soul Partner” copyright (c) Imogen Cassidy 2014. First published in Aurealis 74, edited by Dirk Strasser (Chimaera Publications).

  “The Bullet and the Flesh” copyright (c) David Conyers and David Kernot 2014. First published in World War Cthulhu, edited by Brian M. Sammons and Glynn Owen Barrass (Dark Regions Press).

  “Corpse Rose” copyright (c) Terry Dowling 2014. First published in Nightmare Carnival, edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books).

  “The Oud” copyright (c) Thoraiya Dyer 2014. First published in Long Hidden, edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older (Crossed Genres Publications).

  “Metempsychosis” copyright (c) Jason Franks 2014. First published in SQ Mag #15, edited by Sophie Yorkston (IFWG Publishing).

  “Of Gold and Dust” copyright (c) Michelle Goldsmith 2014. First published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 60, edited by Sue Bursztynski (ASIM).

  “1884” copyright (c) Michael Grey 2014. First published in Cthulhu Lives: An Eldrich Tribute to H.P.Lovecraft, edited by Salomé Jones (Ghostwood Books).

  “Escapement” copyright (c) Stephanie Gunn 2014. First published in Kisses by Clockwork, edited by Liz Grzyb (Ticonderoga Publications).

  “Vox” copyright (c) Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter 2014. First published in The Female Factory (Twelfth Planet Press).

  “Of The Colour Turmeric, Climbing on Fingertips” copyright (c) Gerry Huntman 2014. First published in Night Terrors III, edited by Theresa Dillon, Marc Ciccarone, and G. Winston Hyatt (Blood Bound Books).

  “Dolls for Another Day” copyright (c) Rick Kennett 2014. First published in The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows: Vol 2, edited by Rosemary Pardoe (Sarob Press).

  “Chiaroscuro” copyright (c) Charlotte Kieft 2014. First published in Disquiet, edited by Creativia (John Irvine and Tracie McBride).

  “Kneaded” copyright (c) S.G. Larner 2014. First published in Phantazein, edited by Tehani Wessely (Fablecroft Publishing).

  “Yard” copyright (c) Claire McKenna 2014. First published in Use Only As Directed, edited by Simon Petrie and Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books).

  “A Prayer for Lazarus” copyright (c) Andrew J. McKiernan 2014. First published in Last Year, When We Were Young, edited by Stephen Ormsby (Satalyte Publishing).

  “Signature” copyright (c) Faith Mudge 2014. First published in Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories, edited by Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press).

  “The Preservation Society” copyright (c) Jason Nahrung 2014. First published in Dimension6 2014, edited by Keith Stevenson (coeur de lion publishing).

  “The Box Wife” copyright (c) Emma Osborne 2014. First published in Shock Totem: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted #9, edited by Catherine Grant (Shock Totem).

  “Shedding Skin” copyright (c) Angela Rega 2014. First published in Crossed Genres, edited by Bart R. Leib, Kay T. Holt and Kelly Jennings (Crossed Genres Publications).

  “The Love Letters of Swans” copyright (c) Tansy Rayner Roberts 2014. First published in Phantazein, edited by Tehani Wessely (Fablecroft Publishing).

  “The Badger Bride” copyright (c) Angela Slatter 2014. First published in Strange Tales IV, edited by Rosalie Parker (Tartarus Press).

  “New Chronicles of Andras Thorn” copyright (c) Cat Sparks 2014. First published in Dimension6 2014, edited by Keith Stevenson (coeur de lion publishing).

  “The Walking-stick Forest” copyright (c) Anna Tambour 2014. First published in Tor.com, edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor).

  “Necromancy” copyright (c) Kyla Ward 2014. First published in Spectral Realms #1, edited by S.T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press).

  “Bridge of Sighs” copyright (c) Kaaron Warren 2014. First published in Fearful Symmetries: An Anthology of Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow (Chizine Publications).

  “The Lady of the Swamp” copyright (c) Janeen Webb 2014. First published in Death at the Blue Elephant (Ticonderoga Publications).

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