Jason Nahrung

Jason Nahrung
Jason Nahrung
	Jason Nahrung in 2007
Born	1968 (age 52–53)
Occupation	Writer; journalist
Nationality	Australian
Genre	Horror fiction; Speculative fiction
Website
	jasonnahrung.com

Jason Nahrung (born 1968) is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in Melbourne with his partner Kirstyn McDermott. Nahrung has previously written for The Courier-Mail newspaper in Queensland, with a special interest in speculative fiction and horror-related topics.^[1] He was co-winner the 2005 William Atheling Jnr award for Criticism or Review.^[2] His first novel, (based on an unpublished novella co-written with Mil Clayton), was published in June 2007 by Hachette Livre in Australia.^[3] Nahrung has also published some horror and speculative fiction short stories.

Bibliography[]

Novels[]

– with Mil Clayton, (Hachette Livre)
Salvage, 2012, ()
Blood and Dust, 2012, (Xoum Publishing)

Short stories[]

"Watermarks", (2014), Cosmos magazine.
"The Preservation Society", (2014), Dimension6, Coeur de Lion.
"The Mornington Ride", (2012), Epilogue, ().
- reprinted in Focus 2012: highlights of Australian short fiction, (2013), .
"Hello Kitty", (2012), Midnight Echo No. 8.
"The Last Boat to Eden", (2012), Surviving the End, Dark Prints Press.
- reprinted in Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012, (2013), Ticonderoga Publications.
"The Kiss", (2012), Tales from the Bell Club.
"Breaking the Wire", (2012), Aurealis" No. 47.
"An Incident at Portsea, 1967", (2011), After the World: Corpus Christi, Issue 4.
"Messiah on the Rock", (2011), Anywhere but Earth, Coeur de Lion.
"Children of the Cane", (2011), Dead Red Heart, Ticonderoga Publications.
"Wraiths", (2011), Winds of Change, CSFG.
- reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011, (2012), Ticonderoga Publications.
"Resurrection in Red", (2011), More Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications.
"Wet Work", (2011), After the Rain, ed. ().
"Smoking, Waiting for the Dawn", (2008), Dreaming Again, HarperVoyager.
"The Refugee", (2007), Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane.
"Kadimakara and Curlew", (2007), Daikaiju 2, Agog! Press.
- reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror Vol.3.
"Pain Threshold", (2006), Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog! Press.
- reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007 (Brimstone Press)
"Time to Write", (2005) .
"Triage", (2005), Sf-envision.
"Night Watch", (2005), Elsewhere, .
"Spare Parts", (2003), Glimpses.
- reprinted in Devil Dolls and Duplicates in Australian Horror (2011).
"Prime Cuts", (2002), .
"Summer Haze", (2001), Visions.

Awards[]

Wins[]

2012 Chronos Award: Best Novel for Salvage ().
2012 Chronos Award: Best Short Story for "The Mornington Ride", 'Epilogue ().
2005 William Atheling Jr Award: "Why are publishers afraid of horror?" (The Courier-Mail)