Sci-Fi
- "Dying for Air"releasedAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 23, June 2006
Cowritten with Simon Brown.
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - "The Missing Metatarsal"released December 2012
A new d-mat story, set in the same universe as Twinmaker. Available in Cosmos magazine, December 2012. Reprinted in Lightspeed, and available to read here.
December 2012Age: 15+ - "The N-Body Solution"released 2012
Armor up for a metal-pounding feast of action, adventure and amazing speculation by topnotch writers (including Nebula-award winner Jack McDevitt, Sean Williams, Dan Abnet, Simon Green, and Jack Campbell) on a future warrior that might very well be just around the corner. Science fiction readers and gamers have long been fascinated by the idea of going to battle in suits of powered combat armor or at the interior controls of giant mechs.
It's an armor-plated clip of hard-hitting tales featuring exoskeleton adventure with fascinating takes on possible future armors ranging from the style of personal power suits seen in Starship Troopers and Halo to the servo-controlled bipedal beast-mech style encountered in Mechwarrior and Battletech.
2012"Powered armor rocks our world…we're excited [by this] book of power-armor stories." (io9)
Age: 15+ - "This Magical Life"released 2011eMergent Publishing
100 Stories for Queensland is a charity anthology to assist the victims of the Queensland floods. Stories are donated by writers from across the globe.
100% of the profit from the sale of the anthology will be donated to the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal.
Buy 100 Stories for Queensland here!
2011eMergent PublishingAge: 12+ - "A Glimpse of the Marvellous Structure (And the Threat It Entails)"released 2010SF Book Club (US)
Honorable Mention Year's Best SF
Recommended by LocusGodlike Machines, Ed. Jonathan Strahan
In science fiction, nothing says sensawunda like a Big Dumb Object—a colossal, extremely powerful machine of unknown purpose and origin. It’s that feeling that editor Jonathan Strahan was after when he asked six of today’s finest authors to write for Godlike Machines. And they succeed brilliantly!
Made from the pure stuff of SF, these unique, all-new adventures are nothing less than awesome.
(This is a "Structure" story. See FAQs for more info on other stories set in this universe.)
2010SF Book Club (US)Honorable Mention Year's Best SF
Recommended by LocusAge: 15+ - "A Longing for the Dark"released 2009Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita (podcast), Ed. Keith Stevenson
Excerpt from Geodesica: Descent.
2009Terra IncognitaAge: 12+ - "Inevitable"released 2009Harper Voyager
New Space Opera 2, Eds. Jonathan Strahan & Gardner Dozois
(This is a "Structure" story. See FAQs for more info on other stories set in this universe.)
2009Harper Voyager"This solid follow-up anthology to 2007's The New Space Opera includes 19 new stories that show how far space opera has come since its pulp beginnings in the '30s and '40s. These entertaining and provocative tales of interstellar adventure, written by a laundry list of genre heavyweights... The impressive diversity of stories reaffirms that soap opera is alive and well, and where some of the genre's most innovative writing is taking place." (Publishers Weekly)
Age: 12+ - "The Haunted Earth"released 2009Kayelle Press
Hope 2, Ed. Grant Watson (first publication)
Hope, Ed. Karen Henderson/Sasha Beattie (Kayelle Press) (2011) (blurb below)
Youth suicide is a growing concern in Australia. Six people take their own lives each and every day. Each one of those deaths affect dozens or even hundreds of people as family and friends attempt to deal with the grief, the guilt and the nagging questions as to why it happened. Often suicide sets off a chain reaction, which causes family members and close friends to suffer depression and suicidal thoughts.
In an effort to help raise awareness, Australian authors are donating stories to the Hope anthology. All profits from sales of the book will be donated to charities offering help to those in need of it and to foundations who are conducting research into why our youth are affected in the first place.
2009Kayelle PressAge: 12+ - "Midnight in the Cafe of the Black Madonna"released 2007Big Finish
Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips, 2009
Destination: Prague, Ed. Steve Savile (Big Finish) (first publication)
It is believed that there are magnetic energies whose lines intersect in Prague at several spots. Astronomical, astrological, numerological, and magnetic forces have all played a role in building the city—but how will they influence its future? This is the city rich in history, and full of potential—how will it adapt over the centuries to come? Will it have a glamorous rebirth or wallow in a dystopic nightmare? And what will be the role of the old superstitions in the new world? For the Doctor and his companions, the answers to these questions are only just the start of further mysteries.
2007Big FinishAge: 10+ - "Night of the Dolls"released 2006Ticonderoga (Australia)
Elemental, 2006, Eds. Alethea Kontis & Steve Savile (Tor) (first publication)
Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008, Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)
In the winter of 2005, after the horrifying natural disaster of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, Steve Savile and Alethea Kontis joined forces to raise money to help the distressed survivors and have created Elemental. They solicited SF and fantasy stories, all new and never published elsewhere, from many of the top writers in the genres today, and received immediate responses in the form of the excellent stories here in this book. Elemental has an introduction by Arthur C.Clarke and more than twenty stories by Brian Aldiss, David Drake, Jacqueline Carey, Martha Wells, Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, Eric Nylund, Sherrilyn Kenyon writing as Kinley MacGregor, and a Dune story by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, and many others. They created in Elemental one of the most important genre anthologies of the year, but more than that: in giving real value for the purchase price, everyone who sells this book can be proud, and everyone who buys it will be richly rewarded for supporting the tsunami relief effort.
Excerpt from Geodesica: Descent.
2006Ticonderoga (Australia)Age: 15+ - "The Seventh Letter"released 2006Random Static
Aurealis Award Winner
The Bulletin: Summer Reading Edition, December 2006 (first publication)
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)
Tales For Canterbury, Ed. Cassie Hart and Anna Caro (Random Static)
2006Random StaticAurealis Award Winner
- "The End of the World Begins at Home"released 2004Ticonderoga (Australia)
Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008, Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)
Borderlands, April 2004 (first publication)
2004Ticonderoga (Australia)Age: 15+ - "Or Die Trying"released 2004Star Wars: Insider
Star Wars: Insider, March 2004
Cowritten with Shane Dix.
2004Star Wars: InsiderAge: 10+ - "On This Rock"released 2001
Mitch? 2: Tarts of the New Millennium, April 2001
2001Age: 12+ - "The Land Itself"released 2000Fictionwise.com
Aurealis Award Nominee
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 (first publication)
2000Fictionwise.comAurealis Award Nominee
Age: 12+ - "Rare Justice"released 1999HarperCollins (Australia)
HarperCollins Voyager Website, April 2000
Ticonderoga On-Line, May 1999
SwanCon 24 Souvenir Book, April 1999 (first publication)
1999HarperCollins (Australia)Age: 12+ - "Atrax"released 1999Ticonderoga (Australia)
Aurealis Award Winner
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)
(Cowritten with Simon Brown)
1999Ticonderoga (Australia)Aurealis Award Winner
Age: 12+ - "Evermore"released 1999St. Martins Press
Reprinted in Year's Best SF
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 (first publication)
1999St. Martins PressReprinted in Year's Best SF
Age: 12+ - "Dark Gardens"released 1999Ticonderoga (Australia)
New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999, Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
1999Ticonderoga (Australia)Age: 15+ - "The Truth in Advertising"released 1998Ticonderoga (Australia)
AustrAlien Absurdities, 2001, Eds. Chuck McKenzie & Tansey Rayner Roberts (Agog Press)
Cannibals of the Fine Light, April 1998, Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
(Cowritten with Simon Brown)
1998Ticonderoga (Australia)Age: 12+ - "Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie"released 1998Ticonderoga (Australia)
Recommended by Locus
(aka “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) (first publication)
1998Ticonderoga (Australia)Recommended by Locus
Age: 15+ - "Hollow Men"released 1998Infinite Monkeys
Twenty3, April 1998, Eds. Anna Hepworth, Simon Oxwell and Grant Watson (Infinite Monkeys)
(Cowritten with Shane Dix)
1998Infinite MonkeysAge: 12+ - "Love and Mandarins"released 1997Altair (Australia)
Recommended by Year's Best SF
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
1997Altair (Australia)Recommended by Year's Best SF
Age: 15+ - "The Masque of Agamemnon"released 1997Hayakawa's SF Magazine
Reprinted in Year's Best SF
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 (first publication)
(Cowritten with Simon Brown)
1997Hayakawa's SF MagazineReprinted in Year's Best SF
Age: 12+ - "Dissolution Days"released 1996Eidolon
Honorable Mention Year's Best SF
Eidolon Vol.6 #1 (21), April 1996 (first publication)
Light Bodies Falling, 2005, Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)
Prequel to Metal Fatigue.
1996EidolonHonorable Mention Year's Best SF
Age: 12+ - "A View Before Dying"released 1996Ticonderoga (Australia)
Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008, Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)
A View Before Dying, June 1998, Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga)
Eidolon Vol.6 #2/3 (22/23), October 1996 (first publication)
1996Ticonderoga (Australia)Age: 12+ - "The Perfect Gun"released 1995Eidolon
Eidolon: SF Online, 1997
Eidolon Vol.5 #1/2 (17/18), June 1995 (first publication)
Seed story for The Grand Conjunction.
1995EidolonAge: 12+ - "A Map of the Mines of Barnath"released 1995Ticonderoga (Australia)
Aurealis Award Nominee
Ditmar Award Nominee
Seiun Award Nominee
Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & HorrorStarShipSofa (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 (first publication)
(This is a "Structure" story. See FAQs for more info on other stories set in this universe.)
1995Ticonderoga (Australia)Aurealis Award Nominee
Ditmar Award Nominee
Seiun Award Nominee
Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & HorrorAge: 12+ - "The Jackie Onassis Swamp-Buggy Concerto"released 1994Altair (Australia)
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 (first publication)
1994Altair (Australia) - "Cold Sleep, Cold Dreams"released 1994Aphelion (Australia)
Alien Shores, June 1994, Ed. Peter McNamara (Aphelion Publications)
(As E.W.Story.)
1994Aphelion (Australia)Age: 12+ - "On the Road to Tarsus"released 1994Altair (Australia)
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 (first publication)
1994Altair (Australia)Age: 12+ - "New Flames for an Old Love"released 1994Altair (Australia)
Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror
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) (first publication)
1994Altair (Australia)Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror
Age: 12+ - "The Soap Bubble"released 1994Ticonderoga (Australia)
StarShipSofa Stories, Volume 2,2010. Ed/ Tony C. Smith
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) (first publication)
(Adapted into a sci-fi musical by Sean Reilly, Cathy Adamek, Phil Spruce and Sean Williams, with the financial assistance of Arts SA, and performed as a reading in 2006.)
1994Ticonderoga (Australia)Age: 12+ - "Ghosts of the Fall"released 1993Bridge Publications
Writers of the Future Prizewinner
Ditmar Award NomineeMagic 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) (first publication)
1993Bridge PublicationsWriters of the Future Prizewinner
Ditmar Award NomineeAge: 12+ - "White Christmas"released 1993Ticonderoga (Australia)
Honorable Mention Year's Best SF (twice)
Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & HorrorMagic 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 (first publication)
1993Ticonderoga (Australia)Honorable Mention Year's Best SF (twice)
Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror - "The Third and Final Death of Ronald Saw"released 1992Canberra SF Society
Canberra SF Society Short Story Competition Equal-3rd Prizewinner
Canberra SF Society Newsletter, May 1992
1992Canberra SF SocietyCanberra SF Society Short Story Competition Equal-3rd Prizewinner
Age: 12+ - "Robbery, Assault and Battery"released 1992Nemesis
Nemesis #16, March 1992
(Seed story for Metal Fatigue.)
1992NemesisAge: 12+ - "The Nightmare Stars"released 1992HongCon92
HongCon Short Story Competition 1st Prize Winner
HongCon92, June 1992
1992HongCon92HongCon Short Story Competition 1st Prize Winner
Age: 15+ - "Looking Forward, Looking Back:released 1992Mentor
The Mentor #76, September 1992
1992MentorAge: 12+ - "Goddess of Stone"released 1992Mentor
The Mentor #77, December 1992
1992MentorAge: 12+ - "In the Eye of the Octopus"released 1992Altair (Australia)
Light Bodies Falling, 2005, Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)
Eidolon Vol.3 #1 (9), July 1992 (first publication)
1992Altair (Australia)Age: 15+ - "The Blink"released 1992
Canberra SF Society Newsletter, August 1992
(As Bradley MacMillan)
1992Age: 12+ - "Light Bodies Falling"released 1991Aboriginal SF
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
1991Aboriginal SFAge: 12+ - "The Stuff of Dreams (& Far Stranger Things"released 1991Canberra SF Society
Writers of the Future Quarter-Finalist
Canberra SF Society Newsletter, October 1991
1991Canberra SF SocietyWriters of the Future Quarter-Finalist
Age: 12+
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 23, June 2006
Cowritten with Simon Brown.


















































