The Australian Shadows Awards shortlists and winners have just been announced! I’m delighted that Bluegrass Symphony got an Honourable Mention for ‘Best Collection’ and my novella ‘From the Teeth of Strange Children’ got a nod as well! So cool to be mentioned alongside such excellent authors.

Huge congratulations to all the winners and Honourable Mentions!

Novel:

No Award.

Honourable Mention: The Broken Ones by Stephen M Irwin

Novellas:

WINNER: The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt by Paul Haines

Honourable Mentions:
And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living by Deborah Biancotti
Sleeping and the Dead by Cat Sparks
From the Teeth of Strange Children by Lisa L. Hannett

Collections:

WINNER: Tales of Sin and Madness by Brett McBean

Honourable Mentions:
Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett, The Last Days of Kali Yoga  by Paul Haines, Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies by Lucy Sussex, Apocrypha Sequence (all four volumes) by Shane Jiraiya Cummings

Edited:

WINNER: Dead Red Heart ed. Russell B. Farr

Honourable Mentions:
More Scary Kisses ed. Russell B. Farr, Midnight Echo 6 ed. David Kernot, David Conyers and Jason Fischer, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror ed. Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene

Short Stories: 

WINNER:  Shovel Man Joe by Amanda J. Spedding

Honourable Mentions:
Taking It for the Team by Tracie McBride, The Sea at Night by Joanne Anderton, The Wanderer in Darkness by Andrew J. McKiernan, Out Hunting for Teeth by Joanne Anderton