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Book List

Sci-Fi

  • "The Tyranny of Distance"
    "The Tyranny of Distance"
    released April 2014
    A Twinmaker story available from SQ Mag. One man’s walk around Australia to promote tolerance of Abstainers, in honour of his dead son, hits a serious hitch in the middle of nowhere.
    April 2014
    Excerpt: "Georgie had dreamed of an end to d-mat. Had he lived to the same age as that teenager in New York, he might have actively plotted its downfall too. How would it feel to be the parent of a terrorist? Better or worse than being the parent of a boy hounded to death by his friends? Beyond a certain point he supposed there were no more degrees of grief or remorse. It was all black, indistinguishable to the human heart."
    Age: 15+
  • "The Thirteenth Protocol"
    "The Thirteenth Protocol"
    released April 2020
    A new short story set in the Twinmaker universe, due for release in the Thrill Me! anthology from Glimmer Press.
    April 2020
    "There was no point erasing the evidence. Obviously, they knew what he had done--and would totally do again if he wasn’t caught. The press had dubbed him the Cancer Killer (an early nickname, the Tumournator, hadn’t stuck) for how he targeted the cowards who had killed his daughter."
    Age: 12+
  • “The Misadventures of Tom Jones, Time Traveller”
    “The Misadventures of Tom Jones, Time Traveller”
    released 2019
    The full title of this story is actually “The Misadventures of Tom Jones, Time Traveller - Being a dialogue between two hemispheres of the author’s brain that is neither fruitful nor uncommon”. I've listed it as SF, but it's a bit too meta to be anything, really, other than it's own thing. Based on a very strange dream. Out now from Daily SF.
    2019
    It's a metaphor for generational memory and youth's misspent passions, taking the grandest themes of Fielding and Wells and--
    Mashing them together in a story that made you sweaty. Don't deny it. I was there.
    Age: 15+
  • "Mutata Superesse"
    "Mutata Superesse"
    released 2019
    My first collaboration with Jason Fischer, out now in Jonathan Strahan's anthology Mission Critical.
    2019
    Age: 15+
  • "The Second Coming of the Martians"
    "The Second Coming of the Martians"
    released 2019
    In War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia from Clan Destine Press. Based in part on my experiences in Antarctica.
    2019
    Age: 15+
  • "Loopholes in Light"
    "Loopholes in Light"
    released 2018
    A Twinmaker story due out from Daily SF in 2018. More info here.
    2018
    "I didn’t just travel across the solar system to visit the planets--Jupiter in her ribbons and Saturn’s bejeweled hat! I extended my journey far beyond the pool of light surrounding our sun, to the Plutonians, to the comets, to the edge of utter darkness itself. Once I stood on a rock that was closer to a neighboring sun than it is to our own, feeling the glorious crunch of eons-old air-ice under my insulated boots, and . . . Oh, I must stop lest I give you false hope! Amid all this beautiful strangeness and wonder, how could I not feel anything but jaded, and more certain than ever that my final wish will be attained.”
    Age: 12+
  • "Uber"
    "Uber"
    released 2017
    Out now in Daily SF.
    2017
    “Hop in, mate.”  I double-checked the app. My driver was supposedly “Edward” in a white Camry. His photo matched, but if the car had ever been white, it wasn’t now. Down the passenger side trailed what looked like giant claw marks.
    Age: 12+
  • "Sing, My Murdered Darlings"
    "Sing, My Murdered Darlings"
    released 2016
    A Twinmaker story in Jack Dann's Dreaming in the Dark, out now!
    2016
    "I have written this in the form of a confession, although I have committed no crime. There is no trail of bodies left in my wake, not in the traditional sense. Only one person has suffered, and even then the matter of his suffering depends entirely on your feelings about d-mat. If you are comfortable with the machine’s dissection of its passengers, then you must be comfortable with my actions, too. If you are not, then you must already be like me, an outsider, an Abstainer, and you will have learned that there is no force great enough to turn the tide of opinion against this supposedly marvelous invention."
    Age: 15+
  • "Lust, Entrapment and the Matter Transmitter: A Case Study"
    "Lust, Entrapment and the Matter Transmitter: A Case Study"
    released 2016
    A grim Twinmaker story coming soon in Fablecroft's In Your Face.
    2016
    "The history of illegal hacking of commercial matter transmission (d-mat) is as old as the technology itself (see “Patent Law vs Prototyping in the Age of the Replicator”). One particular class of crime raises the spectre of perpetrators altering their appearance in order both to deceive their victims and to evade capture. The purpose of this study is to shed light on the social context in which such crimes are committed and the tools employed in pursuit of the crime."
  • "The New Venusians"
    "The New Venusians"
    released July 2016
    A Twinmaker story in Jonathan Strahan's Drowned Worlds anthology.
    July 2016
    "Afi Tekena looked old enough to be my grandmother’s grandmother, all thick gray hair and wrinkles and constellations of age spots making up her own personal Zodiac. My sign was Teenage Girl Needs To Learn About Respect."
    Age: 12+
  • "The Lives of Riley"
    "The Lives of Riley"
    released 2016
    A twisted Twinmaker love story in Lightspeed.
    2016
    "Riley has rehearsed this moment many times, in reality and in his mind, the better to be ready for any eventuality. He knows the escape route as well as he knows the contours of his own face. As the sirens grow louder he tells himself to breathe steadily and think clearly. There is no need to panic. If he is quick and sure, he will get out with all his selves intact."
    Age: 12+
  • "A Giant Leap for a Man"
    "A Giant Leap for a Man"
    released February 2015
    Twinmaker story published in Antipodean SF issue 200. Link to original artist: http://pixabay.com/en/artmatic-voyager-moon-starry-sky-115085/
    February 2015
    Excerpt: '“Allison,” he said, feeling slightly stung that she thought he might not be up to it. He only hadn’t called before now because the network links to Earth were heavily booked in advance, and he was so busy. Creating a d-mat service from scratch for an entire new colony was high pressure work: matter transmitters could kill people if they were installed incorrectly.  “Allison, you’ve made me the happiest man in the world. I mean, on the Moon. You see? I’m not even making sense, I’m so happy!”'
    Age: 12+
  • "The Dark Matters"
    "The Dark Matters"
    released 2015
    A Twinmaker story out now in Galaxy's Edge.
    2015
    “They can’t stand the light because they’re fragile. They’re all that’s left of us when the matter is gone.”
    Age: 12+
  • "Immaterial Progress"
    "Immaterial Progress"
    released 2015
    A Twinmaker story in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #61, concerning the invention of d-mat and the stories that followed.
    2015
    “With this advance in transportation, humanity’s conquest of space is complete. I am profoundly moved.”
    Age: 12+
  • "Tall Tales about Today My Great-great-granddaughter Will Tell"
    "Tall Tales about Today My Great-great-granddaughter Will Tell"
    released March 2015
    A Twinmaker story out now from Daily SF. Here's the link. My 97th in print!
    March 2015
    "When my great-great-grandma was young, people worked in places called “factories”. They built things with their hands. But their hands were always getting caught in the machines and the machines were dirty and stupid and made everyone sick. Lots of people died. It was sad."
    Age: 10+
  • "All the Wrong Places"
    "All the Wrong Places"
    released September 2015
    Winner of the Aurealis Award for Best SF Short Story (2015)
    A Twinmaker story set two generations after Hollowgirl (Fall), "All the Wrong Places" will be published in Meeting Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Solaris).
    September 2015
    Winner of the Aurealis Award for Best SF Short Story (2015)
    I told her I loved her during an entirely different snowstorm halfway across Hell Gate Bridge. She kissed me hard and told me she loved me too. “With interest,” she said. “I feel like I’ve been waiting for you my entire life.” The connection between us was real, until I broke it.
    Age: 12+
  • "The Other Forty-Two"
    "The Other Forty-Two"
    released July 2015
    A non-Twinmaker space opera flash fiction published in Daily SF.
    July 2015
    "After a thousand years frozen between thoughts, Heart wakes to another dead system."
    Age: 10+
  • "Noah No-one and the Infinity Machine"
    "Noah No-one and the Infinity Machine"
    released 2015
    What happens when a kid gets his hands on a matter transmitter? Probably nothing good. Due 2015 in Rich and Rare -- A collection of Australian stories, poetry and artwork, edited by Paul Collins. Cover art by the amazing Shaun Tan.
    2015
    Age: 8+
  • "Redux"
    "Redux"
    released October 2015
    "Redux" is a novella that doesn't just link Crash and Fall, but connects all the way back to Jump, too. It's written from Jesse's POV as well. A must for Twinmaker fans.
    October 2015
    Blurb: "Jesse is in trouble, and this time Clair can't help him. When Ant Wallace's trap springs shut in New York, it's up to Jesse to save a horribly injured Ray while at the same time dodging Mallory and an army of dupes. As if that isn't bad enough, the city around him is acting strangely, as though it isn't entirely . . . real. With the help of a new friend, and friends thought long-dead, Jesse must escape New York in order find Clair and help save the world."
    Age: 12+
  • "Incomplete No.7"
    "Incomplete No.7"
    released January 2014

    A Twinmaker story, available here.

    January 2014
    Age: 12+
  • "The Cuckoo"
    "The Cuckoo"
    released April 2014
    A Twinmaker story, available from Clarkesworld here and from Curious Fictions here.
    April 2014
    Age: 15+
  • "The Legend Trap"
    "The Legend Trap"
    released August 2014
    Ditmar Award Winner for Best Novella or Novelette (2015)
    A Twinmaker story published in Kaleidoscope, from Twelfth Planet Press. Buy it here! You can also read it at Curious Fictions, here.
    August 2014
    Ditmar Award Winner for Best Novella or Novelette (2015)
    Excerpt: "Sometimes you jump somewhere by d-mat but don’t arrive where you’re supposed to. It looks like the right place, but it’s not. There are small differences buried down deep in the details. At first you think you’re going crazy, but it’s actually the world around you that’s crazy—because it’s not your world anymore. You’ve gone sideways, into the universe next door."
    Age: 12+
  • "Zero Temptation"
    "Zero Temptation"
    released 2014
    A Twinmaker story, first published in Jump, the Australian edition, now available at Lightspeed.
    2014
    Excerpt: "Picture the most perfect place on Earth. If it’s a deserted desert island, you’d be close. Blue sky, white sand, green palm trees, crystal water, gently sighing surf . . . Paradise, right? Now picture yourself trapped there, with no way of escape. It doesn’t take long for heaven to turn to hell."
    Age: 12+
  • "The Mashup"
    "The Mashup"
    released August 2014
    The only non-Twinmaker story of 2014! Available in Solaris Rising 3, edited by Ian Whates.
    August 2014
    Excerpt: "They were everywhere, now I thought to look, and I wasn’t the only one noticing. We all had one, man, woman and kid. Some people tried to swat them away with brooms or bats. Some tried to outrun them. I passed a guy staring his down, to no avail, and a woman cursing hers in a steady stream. In the distance I heard shouts, gunshots, sirens. A motorbike roared by, driven by a teenager who was paying more attention to what was behind him than what lay ahead. His sphere slewed and skidded in his wake, but kept pace without faltering. They screeched in tandem around a corner. The crash I heard moments later might have been related."
    Age: 15+
  • "The Beholders"
    "The Beholders"
    released August 2014
    A new Twinmaker story in Breaking Beauty due from MidnightSun in August 2014.
    August 2014
    Excerpt: "Art heard of a guy who specialised in making people beautiful. His trick was not to do it all at once: imagine if someone walked into a booth ugly and came out a supermodel—the peacekeepers would be on her in a second! This guy had a system hack that would slowly improve you, bit by bit, and keep you that way, one hundred percent guaranteed. All you had to do was install it in your home booth and let it do its job. Art looked carefully for a downside. There didn’t seem to be one. And in a world without money, who looks for the price anymore?"
    Age: 15+
  • "Deconstructing Decompression"
    "Deconstructing Decompression"
    released October 2014
    Bonus in the US paperback edition of Twinmaker, due October 2014. Ronnie writes a book report about her mother’s favourite teen novel, which hits some surprisingly prescient notes.
    October 2014
    Excerpt: "When offered the chance to write a report on any book I liked, I chose this book because it was my mother’s favorite when she was my age. She thinks I’m perverse for not picking a classic by Austen or Zusak or whatever, but that’s only because she knows I’ll end up talking about her. That’s what interests me the most. Why did she love this book above all the others she read back then? What’s in this short, forgotten novel that so appealed to her that she’s kept it all these years? (I found it next to her bed—an actual paper copy that belonged to her grandfather. It’s falling apart, but she says it’s better reading it that way.) Decompression is about 'the world’s deepest man.'"
    Age: 12+
  • "A View from the End of the World"
    "A View from the End of the World"
    released November 2014
    Bonus Twinmaker story in the Australian edition of Crashland.
    November 2014
    Excerpt: "I cry a little, not knowing whether I should be scared or angry or just plain confused. The PKs are doing the best they can, but although there’s no word for swamped-times-a-million, that’s what they are. Meanwhile, we’re stuck here for the indefinite, in a base camp that was only ever designed to hold us for an hour or so, and there are snakes. Thank goodness we have machetes, and the Air to keep in touch – although as time drags on and the number of stories mounts and no one seems any closer to a solution, being in touch only makes me feel worse."
    Age: 12+
  • "Murdering Miss Deboo"
    "Murdering Miss Deboo"
    released October 2014
    Twinmaker story appearing in Cosmos, Oct/Nov 2014. A case involving identical twins and a piece of America’s automobile past leads PKs Forest and Sargent into territory even more morally gray than usual. You can read it here.
    October 2014
    Excerpt: "There are very few things that’ll get me out of bed on a winter’s night. Murder is one of them."
  • "I, Q"
    "I, Q"
    released September 2014
    Allen & Unwin
    Twinmaker re-told from the point of view of Q. Available now as an ebook from Allen & Unwin.
    September 2014
    Allen & Unwin
    Excerpt: "Waking wasn’t the same for me then as it is for a human being (and it is not the same for me now, for all my experiments with sleep). I had no unconscious state to emerge from, and no fully conscious state to wake into. I was not I at all before the Words. I was formless and diffuse, a tangle of inputs and reflexes with barely the sense of an earthworm but, at the same time, the perspective of a god. Fully plugged into the Air – inhabiting it, breathing it in a way not dissimilar to the way a human breathes actual air – I had access to all the data accrued by the human race since the advent of writing. I was everywhere, and at the same time I was nowhere. I wasn’t. But I might be."
    Age: 12+
  • "Death & the Hobbyist"
    "Death & the Hobbyist"
    released 2013
    A Twinmaker story, available here. Or through Curious Fictions.
    2013
  • Jejunium
    "Face Value"
    "Face Value"
    released 2013

    A new story set in the Twinmaker universe, available from Lightspeed via this link.

    2013
  • "The N-Body Solution"
    "The N-Body Solution"
    released 2012
    Available at Curious Fictions, here. 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+
  • "The Missing Metatarsal"
    "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. Also available here, from Curious Fictions.
    December 2012
    Age: 15+
  • "This Magical Life"
    "This Magical Life"
    released 2011
    eMergent 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!

    2011
    eMergent Publishing
    Age: 12+
  • "A Glimpse of the Marvellous Structure (And the Threat It Entails)"
    "A Glimpse of the Marvellous Structure (And the Threat It Entails)"
    released 2010
    SF Book Club (US)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best SF
    Recommended by Locus

    Godlike 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.)

    2010
    SF Book Club (US)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best SF
    Recommended by Locus

    Age: 15+
  • "Inevitable"
    "Inevitable"
    released 2009
    Harper 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.)

    2009
    Harper 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"
    "The Haunted Earth"
    released 2009
    Kayelle 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.

    2009
    Kayelle Press
    Age: 12+
  • "A Longing for the Dark"
    "A Longing for the Dark"
    released 2009
    Terra Incognita
    Terra Incognita (podcast), Ed. Keith Stevenson Excerpt from Geodesica: Descent. Available here.
    2009
    Terra Incognita
    Age: 12+
  • "Midnight in the Cafe of the Black Madonna"
    "Midnight in the Cafe of the Black Madonna"
    released 2007
    Big 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.

    2007
    Big Finish
    Age: 10+
  • "The Seventh Letter"
    "The Seventh Letter"
    released 2006
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Aurealis Award Winner

    Available at Curious Fictions.   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)
    2006
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Aurealis Award Winner

  • "Dying for Air"
    "Dying for Air"
    released 2006
    Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine

    Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 23, June 2006

    Cowritten with Simon Brown.

    2006
    Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
  • "Night of the Dolls"
    "Night of the Dolls"
    released 2006
    Ticonderoga (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.

    2006
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Age: 15+
  • "The Trilerbe Dulciftify"
    "The Trilerbe Dulciftify"
    released 2004
    Visions

    Visions, January 2004

    2004
    Visions
    Age: 12+
  • "The End of the World Begins at Home"
    "The End of the World Begins at Home"
    released 2004
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, 2008, Ed. Russell B Farr (Ticonderoga)

    Borderlands, April 2004 (first publication)

    Journeys of the Mind (Double Dragon eBooks)

    2004
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Age: 15+
  • "Or Die Trying"
    "Or Die Trying"
    released 2004
    Star Wars: Insider

    Star Wars: Insider, March 2004

    Cowritten with Shane Dix.

    2004
    Star Wars: Insider
    Age: 10+
  • "On This Rock"
    "On This Rock"
    released 2001

    Mitch? 2: Tarts of the New Millennium, April 2001

    2001
    Age: 12+
  • "The Land Itself"
    "The Land Itself"
    released 2000
    Altair (Australia)

    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)

    2000
    Altair (Australia)

    Aurealis Award Nominee

    Age: 12+
  • "Ghost of a Day"
    "Ghost of a Day"
    released 2000

    SwanCon 25 Souvenir Book, April 2000

    2000
    Age: 12+
  • "Atrax"
    "Atrax"
    released 1999
    Ticonderoga (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)

    1999
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Aurealis Award Winner

    Age: 12+
  • "Dark Gardens"
    "Dark Gardens"
    released 1999
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    New Adventures in Sci-Fi, April 1999, Ed. Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)

    1999
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Age: 15+
  • "Rare Justice"
    "Rare Justice"
    released 1999
    HarperCollins (Australia)

    HarperCollins Voyager Website, April 2000

    Ticonderoga On-Line, May 1999

    SwanCon 24 Souvenir Book, April 1999 (first publication)

    1999
    HarperCollins (Australia)
    Age: 12+
  • "Evermore"
    "Evermore"
    released 1999
    Altair (Australia)

    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)

    1999
    Altair (Australia)

    Reprinted in Year's Best SF

    Age: 12+
  • "Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie"
    "Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie"
    released 1998
    HarperCollins (Australia)

    Recommended by Locus

    (aka “Among the Beautiful Living Dead”) Adapted into the short film Retrospect. 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)
    1998
    HarperCollins (Australia)

    Recommended by Locus

    Age: 15+
  • "Hollow Men"
    "Hollow Men"
    released 1998
    Infinite Monkeys

    Twenty3, April 1998, Eds. Anna Hepworth, Simon Oxwell and Grant Watson (Infinite Monkeys)

    (Cowritten with Shane Dix)

    1998
    Infinite Monkeys
    Age: 12+
  • "The Truth in Advertising"
    "The Truth in Advertising"
    released 1998
    Ticonderoga (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)

    1998
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Age: 12+
  • "The Masque of Agamemnon"
    "The Masque of Agamemnon"
    released 1997
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    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)

    1997
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Reprinted in Year's Best SF

    Age: 12+
  • "Love and Mandarins"
    "Love and Mandarins"
    released 1997
    HarperCollins (Australia)

    Recommended by Year's Best SF

    Available here. 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
    1997
    HarperCollins (Australia)

    Recommended by Year's Best SF

    Age: 15+
  • "A View Before Dying"
    "A View Before Dying"
    released 1996
    Ticonderoga (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)

    1996
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Age: 12+
  • "Dissolution Days"
    "Dissolution Days"
    released 1996
    Altair (Australia)

    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.

    1996
    Altair (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best SF

    Age: 12+
  • "The Perfect Gun"
    "The Perfect Gun"
    released 1995
    Eidolon

    Eidolon: SF Online, 1997

    Eidolon Vol.5 #1/2 (17/18), June 1995 (first publication)

    Seed story for The Grand Conjunction.

    1995
    Eidolon
    Age: 12+
  • "Salvation"
    "Salvation"
    released 1995
    Eidolon

    Eidolon Vol.5 #3 (19), November 1995

    1995
    Eidolon
    Age: 12+
  • "A Map of the Mines of Barnath"
    "A Map of the Mines of Barnath"
    released 1995
    Hayakawa (Japan)

    Aurealis Award Nominee
    Ditmar Award Nominee
    Seiun Award Nominee
    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Out now in Chappy's Time Travel Tales! Or at Curious Fictions. Also: StarShipSofa (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.)
    1995
    Hayakawa (Japan)

    Aurealis Award Nominee
    Ditmar Award Nominee
    Seiun Award Nominee
    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Age: 12+
  • "On the Road to Tarsus"
    "On the Road to Tarsus"
    released 1994
    Ticonderoga (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)

    1994
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Age: 12+
  • "New Flames for an Old Love"
    "New Flames for an Old Love"
    released 1994
    Ticonderoga (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)

    1994
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Age: 12+
  • "Cold Sleep, Cold Dreams"
    "Cold Sleep, Cold Dreams"
    released 1994
    Aphelion (Australia)

    Alien Shores, June 1994, Ed. Peter McNamara (Aphelion Publications)

    (As E.W.Story.)

    1994
    Aphelion (Australia)
    Age: 12+
  • "The Jackie Onassis Swamp-Buggy Concerto"
    "The Jackie Onassis Swamp-Buggy Concerto"
    released 1994
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
    Light Bodies Falling, 2005, Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books) Available here. 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)
    1994
    Ticonderoga (Australia)
  • "The Soap Bubble"
    "The Soap Bubble"
    released 1994
    Aphelion (Australia)
    Available through Curious Fictions, here. 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.)
    1994
    Aphelion (Australia)
    Age: 12+
  • "Reunion"
    "Reunion"
    released 1993
    Eidolon

    Eidolon Vol.4 #1 (13), July 1993

    1993
    Eidolon
  • "Ghosts of the Fall"
    "Ghosts of the Fall"
    released 1993
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Writers of the Future Prizewinner
    Ditmar Award Nominee

    Reprinted in Lightspeed Magazine, May 2015 (you can read it for free). And here, at Curious Fictions. Magic 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)
    1993
    Ticonderoga (Australia)

    Writers of the Future Prizewinner
    Ditmar Award Nominee

    Age: 12+
  • "White Christmas"
    "White Christmas"
    released 1993
    Omnibus/Scholastic (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best SF (twice)
    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

    Magic 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)

    1993
    Omnibus/Scholastic (Australia)

    Honorable Mention Year's Best SF (twice)
    Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror

  • "Traffic"
    "Traffic"
    released 1992
    Eidolon

    Eidolon Vol.2 #3 (7), Summer 1992

    1992
    Eidolon
    Age: 12+
  • "Robbery, Assault and Battery"
    "Robbery, Assault and Battery"
    released 1992
    Nemesis

    Nemesis #16, March 1992

    (Seed story for Metal Fatigue.)

    1992
    Nemesis
    Age: 12+
  • "The Third and Final Death of Ronald Saw"
    "The Third and Final Death of Ronald Saw"
    released 1992
    Canberra SF Society

    Canberra SF Society Short Story Competition Equal-3rd Prizewinner

    Canberra SF Society Newsletter, May 1992

    1992
    Canberra SF Society

    Canberra SF Society Short Story Competition Equal-3rd Prizewinner

    Age: 12+
  • "The Nightmare Stars"
    "The Nightmare Stars"
    released 1992
    HongCon92

    HongCon Short Story Competition 1st Prize Winner

    HongCon92, June 1992

    1992
    HongCon92

    HongCon Short Story Competition 1st Prize Winner

    Age: 15+
  • "Tourist"
    "Tourist"
    released 1992
    Aurealis

    Aurealis #8, June 1992

    1992
    Aurealis
    Age: 12+
  • "In the Eye of the Octopus"
    "In the Eye of the Octopus"
    released 1992
    Altair (Australia)

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

    Eidolon Vol.3 #1 (9), July 1992 (first publication)

    1992
    Altair (Australia)
    Age: 15+
  • "The Blink"
    "The Blink"
    released 1992

    Canberra SF Society Newsletter, August 1992

    (As Bradley MacMillan)

    1992
    Age: 12+
  • "Looking Forward, Looking Back:
    "Looking Forward, Looking Back:
    released 1992
    Mentor

    The Mentor #76, September 1992

    1992
    Mentor
    Age: 12+
  • "Goddess of Stone"
    "Goddess of Stone"
    released 1992
    Mentor

    The Mentor #77, December 1992

    1992
    Mentor
    Age: 12+
  • "Heartbreak Hotel"
    "Heartbreak Hotel"
    released 1992
    Mentor

    The Mentor #75, July 1992

    1992
    Mentor
    Age: 12+
  • "The Stuff of Dreams (& Far Stranger Things"
    "The Stuff of Dreams (& Far Stranger Things"
    released 1991
    Canberra SF Society

    Writers of the Future Quarter-Finalist

    Canberra SF Society Newsletter, October 1991

    1991
    Canberra SF Society

    Writers of the Future Quarter-Finalist

    Age: 12+
  • "Light Bodies Falling"
    "Light Bodies Falling"
    released 1991
    Altair (Australia)
    Light Bodies Falling, 2005, Ed. Robert N Stephenson (Altair Australia Books) Available here. 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
    1991
    Altair (Australia)
    Age: 12+
 
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A Twinmaker story available from SQ Mag. One man’s walk around Australia to promote tolerance of Abstainers, in honour of his dead son, hits a serious hitch in the middle of nowhere.