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Sean Williams
 
Book List

Horror

  • "Mary's Blood"
    "Mary's Blood"
    released 1994
    Altair (Australia)

    Light Bodies Falling, 2005, Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

    Bloodsongs #1, February 1994 (first publication)

    1994
    Altair (Australia)
    Age: 18+
  • "Mawson on the Moon"
    "Mawson on the Moon"
    released 2018
    A mashup from Sir Douglas Mawson's Antarctica Diaries. Who knew he travelled so far and fought so hard?
    2018
    "a nifty little science fiction/horror story about giant, carnivorous moon-worms that works surprisingly well." - Boing Boinb
    Age: 12+
  • "The Winter Gardener"
    "The Winter Gardener"
    released 2017
    A story based on my experiences in Antarctica. (It might also be a sequel to The Thing.) Out now from Daily SF.
    2017
    "A fine day down here means sky like a baby-blue bowl blurring into the horizon in all directions and no wind to speak of. Six degrees below freezing."
    Age: 15+
  • "Tears of the Living Dead"
    "Tears of the Living Dead"
    released March 2016
    One of one hundred flash fiction stories in 100 Lightnings, published by Paroxysm Press.
    March 2016
    When I close my eyes I see my ten-year-old boy, tears streaming down his cheeks, as the thing he has become rips at my face in order to get at the pituitary gland he so badly craves.
    Age: 15+
  • "Signs of Death"
    "Signs of Death"
    released 2007
    Altair (Australia)

    Light Bodies Falling, Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

    Seed story for The Crooked Letter.

    2007
    Altair (Australia)
    Age: 15+
  • "Hunting Ground"
    "Hunting Ground"
    released 2003
    Sandglass Enterprises

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Southern Blood, July 2003, Ed. Bill Congreve (Sandglass Enterprises)

    2003
    Sandglass Enterprises

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Age: 15+
  • "The Girl-Thing"
    "The Girl-Thing"
    released 2002
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Available from Curious Fictions. Devil Dolls & Duplicates in Australian Horror, 2011, Ed. Anthony Ferguson (Equilibrium) 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 (first publication)
    2002
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Age: 18+
  • "Nightmare"
    "Nightmare"
    released 2001
    aurealisXpress

    aurealisXpress, December 2001

    2001
    aurealisXpress
    Age: 12+
  • "(Untitled)"
    "(Untitled)"
    released 1998
    Adelaide Advertiser

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

    1998
    Adelaide Advertiser
  • "Freezing Sarah"
    "Freezing Sarah"
    released 1997
    Bloodsongs

    Aurealis Award Nominee

    Bloodsongs #8, 1997

    1997
    Bloodsongs

    Aurealis Award Nominee

    Age: 15+
  • "Passing the Bone"
    "Passing the Bone"
    released 1996
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Aurealis Award Winner Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror
    Available from Curious Fictions.   Eidolon Vol.5 #4 (20), 1996 (first publication) The Year’s Best Australian SF & Fantasy 1996, April 1997, Eds. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (HarperCollins Australia)   New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999, Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications) Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008,Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga) Australis Imaginarium, 2010. Ed. Tehani Wessely (FableCroft)  
    1996
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Aurealis Award Winner Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror
    Age: 15+
  • "Doorway to Eternity"
    "Doorway to Eternity"
    released 1994
    MirrorDanse (Australia)

    Doorway to Eternity, July 1994, Ed. Bill Congreve (MirrorDanse Books)

    1994
    MirrorDanse (Australia)
    Age: 15+
  • "The Wedding of the Millennium, Part 2: The Barren Heart"
    "The Wedding of the Millennium, Part 2: The Barren Heart"
    released 1994
    Daarke Worlde

    Daarke Worlde #5, May 1994

    1994
    Daarke Worlde
    Age: 18+
  • "Reluctant Misty & the House on Burden Street"
    "Reluctant Misty & the House on Burden Street"
    released 1994
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    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) (first publication)

    1994
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Age: 12+
  • "The Wedding of the Millennium, Part 1: The Twain"
    "The Wedding of the Millennium, Part 1: The Twain"
    released 1993
    Daarke Worlde

    Daarke Worlde #4, November 1993

    1993
    Daarke Worlde
    Age: 18+
  • "Going Nowhere"
    "Going Nowhere"
    released 1992
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Available here. 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) (first publication)
    1992
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Age: 15+
  • "Crossed Lines"
    "Crossed Lines"
    released 1992
    Daarke Worlde

    Daarke Worlde #1, June 1992

    (As Erick T. Ladd)

    1992
    Daarke Worlde
    Age: 15+
  • "Woman's Revenge"
    "Woman's Revenge"
    released 1992
    Esoteric Order of Dagon

    Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #6, May 1992

    1992
    Esoteric Order of Dagon
    Age: 18+
  • "The Darkest Night"
    "The Darkest Night"
    released 1992
    TLS

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

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

    1992
    TLS
    Age: 12+
  • "Playing Radio"
    "Playing Radio"
    released 1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon

    Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #2, May 1991

    1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon
    Age: 15+
  • "Twist of the Knife"
    "Twist of the Knife"
    released 1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon

    Esoteric Order of Dagon Short Story Competition 3rd-Prizewinner

    Tenebre, November 1999 (French translation)

    Terror Australis, June 1993 (revised), Ed. Leigh Blackmore (Hodder & Stoughton)

    Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #5, December 1991 (first publication)

    1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon

    Esoteric Order of Dagon Short Story Competition 3rd-Prizewinner

    Age: 18+
  • "Burglar Alarm"
    "Burglar Alarm"
    released 1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon

    Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #3, July 1991

    1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon
    Age: 15+
  • "Playing Radio"
    "Playing Radio"
    released 1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon

    Esoteric Order Of Dagon Magazine #2, May 1991

    1991
    Esoteric Order of Dagon
    Age: 15+
 
Book Contents

Light Bodies Falling, 2005, Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books)

Bloodsongs #1, February 1994 (first publication)

Altair (Australia) Bloodsongs