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COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY: Short Stories, Novellas, etc.

 

“The Spark (a Romance in Four Acts)”

  Legends of Australian Fantasy, 2010

         Eds. Jack Dann & Jonathan Strahan

 

“A Glimpse of the Marvellous Structure (and the Threat It Entails)”

  Godlike Machines, February 2010

         Ed. Jonathan Strahan (SF Book Club)

 

“Ungentle Fire”

  The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters Of Modern Fantasy, 2009

         Ed. Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann

 

“The Origin of Haiku by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Renga in the Struggle for Meaning”

  The Tangled Bank (Tangled Bank Press), November 2009

         Ed. Chris Lynch

 

“The Inevitable”

  New Space Opera 2, July 2009

         Ed. Jonathan Strahan & Gardner Dozois

 

“Dreamless: Super-Villanelle Dub Mix” & “Dreamless: Super-Villanelle Dub Alternate Mix”

  Through the Clock’s Workings (Sydney University Press)

         Ed. Amy Barker

 

“The Haunted Earth”

  Hope 2, 2009

         Ed. Grant Watson

 

“A Longing for the Dark”

  Terra Incognita, 2009 (podcast)

         Ed. Keith Stevenson

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Midnight in the Café of the Black Madonna”

  Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips, 2009

  Destination: Prague, 2007

         Ed. Steve Savile (Big Finish)

 

“Signs of Death”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2007

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

 

“The Seventh Letter”

  The Bulletin: Summer Reading Edition, December 2006

  Pevnost (Czech) as “Čtvrté písmeno” (“The Fourth Letter”). 2008

  Concept Sci-Fi eZine, November 2008

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

*  Aurealis Award, Best Science Fiction Short Story: Winner, 2006

 

“Dying for Air”

         (with Simon Brown)

  Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 23, June 2006

 

“Night of the Dolls”

         (with Shane Dix)

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Elemental, 2006

         Eds. Alethea Kontis & Steve Savile (Tor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daihaiku & Haikaiju

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales, March 2005                                                            

         Eds. Robert Hood & Robin Pen (Agog! Press)                                                      

                                                                                                                                                        

“The Magic Dirt Experiment”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Mitch? 4: Slow Dancing Through Quicksand:

  Short Stories From Aussie Writers Who Should Know Better (ed Mitch?), March 2005

 

(anonymous)

  Consensual A Trois, eds. Cathy Cupitt, Stephen Dedman and Elaine Kemp

 

“The End of the World Begins At Home”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Borderlands, April 2004

  Journeys of the Mind (Double Dragon eBooks)

 

“Or Die Trying”

         (with Shane Dix)

  Star Wars: Insider, March 2004

 

The Trilerbe Dulciftify

  Visions, January 2004

 

“The Goggle”

  Antipodean SF #65 (on-line), October 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Hunting Ground”

  Southern Blood, July 2003

         Ed. Bill Congreve (Sandglass Enterprises)

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Recommendation, 2004

 

“The Butterfly Merchant”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Agog! Terrific Tales, April 2003

         Ed. Cat Sparks (Agog! Press)

 

The Girl-Thing

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Nowa Fantastyka (Polish translation, as “Lalka”) August 2004

  eidolon.net, December 2002           

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Recommendation, 2003

 

“Team Sharon”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Mitch? 3: Hacks to the Max (ed Mitch?), April 2002

 

“Nightmare”

         (flash fiction)

  aurealisXpress (online), December 2001

 

“On this Rock”

  Mitch? 2: Tarts of the New Millennium, April 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Land Itself”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  Fictionwise.com, July 2000 (electronic issue of Eidolon)

  Eidolon Vol.8 #1 (30), May 2000

*  Aurealis Award, Best Science Fiction Short Story: Nomination, 2000

 

“Ghost of a Day”

  SwanCon 25 Souvenir Book, April 2000

 

“Evermore”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Science-Fiction 2007, Editions Bragelonne, 2007 (French translation)

  Bli Panika (webzine), April 2002 (Hebrew translation, as “LE’OLAMIM”)

  RH Audio (Random House), 2000 (spoken word)

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction 17, June 2000

         Ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martins Press, USA)

  Altair 4, September 1999

*  Year’s Best Science Fiction: Reprinted, 2000

 

Atrax

         (with Simon Brown)

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

*  Aurealis Award, Best Horror Short Story: Winner, 1999

 

“Dark Gardens”

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

 

“Rare Justice”

  HarperCollins Voyager Website, April 2000

  Ticonderoga On-Line, May 1999

  SwanCon 24 Souvenir Book, April 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

“(untitled)”

  Adelaide Advertiser Weekend, “Just Fifty Words”, January 30, 1998

 

Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie

         (“Among the Beautiful Living Dead”)

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Dreaming Down-Under, January 2000

         Eds. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb (Tor, US)

  Dreaming Down-Under Volume One, September 1999

         Eds. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb (HarperCollins Australia)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Dreaming Down-Under, November 1998

         Eds. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb (HarperCollins Australia)

*  Locus short-listed story, 1999

 

“Hollow Men”

         (with Shane Dix)

  Twenty3, April 1998

         Eds. Anna Hepworth, Simon Oxwell and Grant Watson (Infinite Monkeys)

 

“The Truth in Advertising”

         (with Simon Brown)

  AustrAlien Absurdities, 2001

            Eds. Chuck McKenzie & Tansey Rayner Roberts (Agog Press)

  Cannibals of the Fine Light, April 1998

            Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

 

“The Masque of Agamemnon”

         (with Simon Brown)

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Troy, 2007 (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Hayakawa’s SF Magazine (Japanese translation)

  Nowa Fantastyka (Polish translation), 2004

  Eidolon Vol.7 #3 (27) , August 1998

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction 15, June 1998

         Ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martins Press, USA)

  The Year’s Best Australian SF & Fantasy 1997, May 1998

         Eds. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (HarperCollins Australia)

  Eidolon: SF Online, December 1997

*  Year’s Best Science Fiction: Reprinted, 1998

*  Year’s Best Australian SF & Fantasy: Reprinted, 1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Love & Mandarins”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  The Year’s Best Australian SF & Fantasy 1997, May 1998

         Eds. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (HarperCollins Australia)

  Eidolon Vol.7 #1/2 (25/26), December 1997

*  Year’s Best Science Fiction: Recommended, 1997

*  Year’s Best Australian SF & Fantasy: Reprinted, 1998

 

“The Freezing of Sarah”

  Bloodsongs #8, 1997

*  Aurealis Award, Best Horror Short Story: Nomination, 1997

 

“A View Before Dying”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  A View Before Dying, June 1998

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Eidolon Vol.6 #2/3 (22/23), October 1996

 

“Dissolution Days”

  Eidolon Vol.6 #1 (21), April 1996

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

*  Year’s Best Science Fiction: Honourable Mention, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Passing the Bone”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  The Year’s Best Australian SF & Fantasy 1996, April 1997

         Eds. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (HarperCollins Australia)

  Eidolon Vol.5 #4 (20), 1996

*  Aurealis Award, Best Horror Short Story: Winner, 1996

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Honourable Mention, 1996

*  Year’s Best Australian SF & Fantasy: Reprinted, 1997

 

“Salvation”

  Eidolon Vol.5 #3 (19), November 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Perfect Gun”

  Eidolon: SF Online, 1997

  Eidolon Vol.5 #1/2 (17/18), June 1995

*  Ditmar Award, Best Short Fiction: Nomination, 1996

 

“A Map of the Mines of Barnath”

  StarShipSofa (podcast)

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  The Wonder Years, 2003 

         Ed. Bill Congreve, Selected Peter McNamara (MirrorDanse Books)

  The Best Science Fiction of the Nineties, 2002  (Hayakawa, Japanese translation)

  Hayakawa’s SF Magazine, April 2000  (Japanese translation)

  Centaurus, 1999

         Eds. Damien Broderick & David Hartwell (Tor Books)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Eidolon: SF Online, 1997

  Eidolon Vol.4 #4 (16), March 1995

*  Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (Japan): Nomination, 2002

*  Aurealis Award, Best Science Fiction Short Story: Nomination, 1995

*  Ditmar Award, Best Short Fiction: Nomination, 1996

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Honourable Mention, 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

“On the Road to Tarsus”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  A View Before Dying, June 1998

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Eidolon Vol.4 #3 (15), September 1994

 

“New Flames for an Old Love”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  A View Before Dying, June 1998

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  The Leading Edge #31, September 1995 (revised for Mormon readers)

  Doorway to Eternity, July 1994

         Ed. Bill Congreve (MirrorDanse Books)

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Recommended, 1994

 

“Reluctant Misty & the House on Burden Street”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Doorway to Eternity, July 1994

         Ed. Bill Congreve (MirrorDanse Books)

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Recommended, 1994

 

“Doorway to Eternity”

  Doorway to Eternity, July 1994

         Ed. Bill Congreve (MirrorDanse Books)

 

“Cold Sleep, Cold Dreams”

         (as E.W.Story)

  Alien Shores, June 1994

         Ed. Peter McNamara (Aphelion Publications)

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Soap Bubble”

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection, December 2004

         Ed. Rob Gerrand (Black Inc.)

  Nowa Fantastyka, March 2000 (Polish translation)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Alien Shores, June 1994

         Eds. Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch (Aphelion Publications)

 

“The Jackie Onassis Swamp-Buggy Concerto”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  Ticonderoga On-Line, January 2004

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Eidolon Vol.4 #2 (14), April 1994

 

“The Wedding of the Millennium, Part 2: The Barren Heart”

  Daarke Worlde #5, May 1994

 

“Mary’s Blood”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  Bloodsongs #1, February 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Wedding of the Millennium, Part 1: The Twain”

  Daarke Worlde #4, November 1993

 

“Ghosts of the Fall

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications) (revised version)

  Writers of the Future Vol.IX, September 1993

         Ed. Dave Wolverton (Bridge Publications)

  [Excerpt:       Kensington & Norwood Writers’ Group Anthology 1992]

*  Writers of the Future Contest: 3rd Prize, 1st Quarter 1992

*  Ditmar Award, Best Short Fiction: Nomination, 1994

 

“Reunion”

  Eidolon Vol.4 #1 (13), July 1993

 

White Christmas

  Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008

         Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

  Ticonderoga Online, Summer 2006

         Eds. Russell B. Farr & Liz Grzyb

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  Altered Voices, 1999 (revised for teenage readers)

         Ed. Lucy Sussex (Scholastic US)

  Aboriginal Science Fiction, Christmas Issue, 1997

  The Lottery, June 1994 (revised for teenage readers)

         Ed. Lucy Sussex (Omnibus Books)

  Eidolon Vol.3 #3 (11), January 1993

*  Year’s Best Science Fiction: Honourable Mention, 1993

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Honourable Mention, 1993

*  Year’s Best Science Fiction: Recommended, 1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Goddess of Stone”

  The Mentor #77, December 1992

 

“Going Nowhere”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  Tenebre, November 2000 (French translation)

  New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999

         Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

  The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories, Nov 1994

         Ed. Dr Ken Gelder (Oxford University Press)

  Intimate Armageddons, September 1992

         Ed. Bill Congreve (Five Islands Press)

*  Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Honourable Mention, 1992

 

“Looking Forward, Looking Back”

  The Mentor #76, September 1992

 

“The Blink”

         (as Bradley MacMillan)

  Canberra SF Society Newsletter, August 1992

 

“In the Eye of the Octopus”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  Eidolon Vol.3 #1 (9), July 1992

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Heartbreak Hotel”

  The Mentor #75, July 1992

 

“Crossed Lines” (as Erick T. Ladd)

  Daarke Worlde #1, June 1992

 

“Tourist”

  Aurealis #8, June 1992

 

“The Nightmare Stars”

  HongCon92, June 1992

*  HongCon ‘92 Short Story Competition: 1st Prize, 1992

 

“The Third & Final Death of Ronald Saw”

  Canberra SF Society Newsletter, May 1992

*  Canberra SF Society Short Story Competition: Equal-3rd Prize, 1991/92

 

“Woman’s Revenge”

  Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #6, May 1992

 

“The Darkest Night”

  Mitch?: Short Stories for Short Attention Spans, April 2000 (complete & revised)

  TLS #2‑3 (serialised) March‑April 1992

 

“Robbery, Assault & Battery”

  Nemesis #16, March 1992

 

“Traffic”

  Eidolon Vol.2 #3 (7), Summer 1992

 

“The Leaf”

  Dragon’s Whisper #4, December 1991

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Twist of the Knife”

  Tenebre, November 1999 (French translation)

  Terror Australis, June 1993 (revised)

         Ed. Leigh Blackmore (Hodder & Stoughton)

  Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #5, December 1991

*  Esoteric Order of Dagon Short Story Competition: 3rd Prize, 1991/92

 

“Light Bodies Falling”

  Light Bodies Falling, 2005

         Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

  The Aurealis Mega Oz SF Anthology, February 1999

         Eds. Stephen Higgins & Dirk Strasser (Chimaera Publications)

  Aboriginal Science Fiction 35/36, Winter 1992

  Aurealis #6, December 1991

 

“The Stuff of Dreams (& Far Stranger Things)”

  Canberra SF Society Newsletter, October 1991

*  Writers of the Future Contest: Finalist, 2nd Quarter 1991

 

“Burglar Alarm”

  Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #3, July 1991

 

“Playing Radio”

  Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #2, May 1991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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