Stephen Dedman
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Born | Adelaide, South Australia | 27 June 1959
Occupation | Writer, editor |
Period | 1977 to present |
Genre | Science fiction, Dark fantasy |
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Stephen Dedman (born 1959 in Adelaide, South Australia)[1] is an Australian author of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels.
Biography[]
Dedman's short stories have appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Year's Best SF, and The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection.
Contributing as a story editor, Dedman is also one of the team members behind Borderlands, a tri-annual Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine published from Perth, Western Australia.
In 2007, he contributed to the Doctor Who short-story collection, Short Trips: Destination Prague.
Bibliography[]
Novels[]
- The Art of Arrow-Cutting (Tor Books, 1997)
- Shadows Bite (Tor, 2001) (sequel to The Art of Arrow-Cutting)
- Foreign Bodies (Tor, 1999)
- Shadowrun: A Fistful of Data (ROC, 2006).
Story collections[]
- The Lady of Situations (Ticonderoga Publications, 1999)
- Never Seen By Waking Eyes (Prime, 2005)
Anthology contributions[]
- (Brimstone Press, 2008)
Non-fiction works[]
- Bone Hunters: On the Trail of the Dinosaurs (Omnibus, 1998).
Chapbooks[]
- The Dirty Little Unicorn (Self-published, 1987)
Short stories[]
- "The Lady of Situations" (1994) in Little Deaths (ed. Ellen Datlow)
- "Never Seen by Waking Eyes" (1996) in F&SF (ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
- "Schrödinger's catalyst". F&SF. 93 (6). December 1997.
- "A Walk-On Part in the War" (1998) in Dreaming Down-Under (ed. Jack Dann and Janeen Webb)
- "Honest Ghosts" (1999) in July 1999
- "A Sentiment Open to Doubt" (2000) in May 2000
- "Probable Cause" (2001) in Orb Speculative Fiction No. 2 (ed. )
- "Wastelands" (2002) in
- "Madly" (2003) in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (ed. Bill Congreve)
- "The Wind Shall Blow For Ever Mair" (2003) in (ed. Ramsey Campbell, Jack Dann, Dennis Etchison)
- "Twilight of the Idols" (2004) in (ed. Pamela Sargent)
- "Dead of Winter" (2006) in Weird Tales March–April 2006 (ed. George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer, John Gregory Betancourt)
- "Sleep no more". Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. 41: 12–22. 2009.
- "Empathy" (2008) in Exotic Gothic 2 (ed. Danel Olson)
- "Wetwork" (2010) in (ed. Roc Books)
- "Fall" (May 2012) in Exotic Gothic 4 (ed. Danel Olson)
- "Large Friendly Letters" (2014) in Use Only As Directed (ed. Simon Petrie, Edwina Harvey)
- "From Whom All Blessings Flow" Asimov's April 1995
Works edited[]
- Consensual (co-edited)
- Consensual: the Second Coming (co-edited)
- Consensual a trois. (co-edited)
- Borderlands Magazine
Awards[]
The Art of Arrow-Cutting was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the category of Best First Novel. In 1998 Dedman's "A Walk-On Part in the War" won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.[2] In 2001 "The Devotee" tied for the win with Terry Dowling's "" of the 2001 Ditmar Award for best short story.[3] "Dead of Winter" won the 2006 Aurealis Award for best horror short story.[4] Dedman has also received over 30 nominations for his work in awards such as the Aurealis Awards, Ditmar Awards, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, the Bram Stoker Awards, and the Locus Awards.[5]
References[]
- Specific
- ^ http://www.festivale.info/questions/stephendedman2.htm
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1999 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2001 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- General
- Mike Ashley & . The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird and Horror Anthologies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995, p. 204
- Stephen Dedman official website bibliography
- Electricstory author bio
External links[]
- Australian fantasy writers
- Australian horror writers
- Australian science fiction writers
- Australian male short story writers
- Living people
- 1959 births