B. J. Stevens | |
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Born | 10 September 1957 Christchurch, New Zealand |
Pen name | David Kuraria |
Occupation | Writer, artist |
Nationality | New Zealand/Australian (dual citizenship) |
Genres | Horror, Dark Fantasy, |
Notable work(s) | "Sisters of the Moss" |
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Bryce John Stevens (born 1957 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a horror writer/artist.
Between 1987 and 1992 he co-edited, (with Chris G.C. Sequeira and Leigh Blackmore), Terror Australis: The Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine (1987–92). A column by Stevens, "Every Time the Candle Burns", appeared in Issues 1 and 3 of Terror Australis, and he reviewed books under both his own name and the pseudonym of David Kuraria for the magazine's "In the Bad Books" column.
In the mid-1990s he moved to Melbourne where he was a key figure (with Steven Proposch and Chris A. Masters) in the Melbourne Horror Society (later known as The Australian Horror Writers) - a forerunner to the Australian Horror Writers Association). Stevens edited issues 5-11 of its official newsletter Severed Head[1] Stevens also helped produce Bloodsongs (1994–95) magazine. From 1996 through 1998, Stevens was President of the Australian Horror Writers.
In 1999 he held his solo art show, the "Screw the Millennium Bug Exhibition".
He produced several issues of a personal zine, Choking Dog Gazette.
Stevens has published several small press collections of horror stories (see below).
His short stories have also appeared in Black Moon, Bloodsongs, Cold Cuts, Dead By Dawn, E.O.D, Forbidden Tomes, Cthulhu and the Co-Eds: Kids & Squids, Misanthrope, Octavia, Outside, and Terror Australis. Stevens is noted for his hard-edged and uncompromising horror content; however he often delves into black humour and amongst his most reprinted stories are a Lovecraftian parody called "The Diary of Howard Clark Long Phillips"and "Payday" [1]. Some of his horror stories show a black humour reminiscent of a cross between Ben Elton and Joe R. Lansdale. One of his most acclaimed stories is "Sisters of the Moss", most recently reprinted in Orb No 8 (The Best of Orb 1-7).
Stevens lived again in Sydney from 2004 to 2008. He relocated to Johns River NSW in 2009. He continues to draw and paint, and holds regular exhibitions of his work in different cities in Australia. He has controversially used his own blood in some of his paintings which he refers to as "blood works". His novel in progress is The Malign Comedy and his latest published short story is "And They Shall Suffer for Their Art" (Midnight Echo No 5).
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Official Bryce J. Stevens website [2]