Jason Nahrung
| Jason Nahrung | |
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 Jason Nahrung in 2007 | |
| Born | 1968 (age 46–47) |
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Writer journalist |
| Nationality | Australian |
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Horror fiction Speculative fiction |
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Jason Nahrung (born 1968) is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in Melbourne with his partner Kirstyn McDermott. Nahrung has previously written for The Courier-Mail newspaper in Queensland, with a special interest in speculative fiction and horror-related topics.[1] He was co-winner the 2005 William Atheling Jnr award for Criticism or Review.[2] His first novel, The Darkness Within (based on an unpublished novella co-written with Mil Clayton), was published in June 2007 by Hachette Livre in Australia.[3] Nahrung has also published some horror and speculative fiction short stories.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Darkness Within – with Mil Clayton, (Hachette Livre)
- Salvage, 2012, (Twelfth Planet Press)
- Blood and Dust, 2012, (Xoum Publishing)
Short stories
- "Watermarks", (2014), Cosmos magazine.
- "The Preservation Society", (2014), Dimension6, Coeur de Lion.
- "The Mornington Ride", (2012), Epilogue, Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing).
- reprinted in Focus 2012: highlights of Australian short fiction, (2013), FableCroft Publishing.
- "Hello Kitty", (2012), Midnight Echo No. 8.
- "The Last Boat to Eden", (2012), Surviving the End, Dark Prints Press.
- reprinted in Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012, (2013), Ticonderoga Publications.
- "The Kiss", (2012), Tales from the Bell Club.
- "Breaking the Wire", (2012), Aurealis" No. 47.
- "An Incident at Portsea, 1967", (2011), After the World: Corpus Christi, Issue 4.
- "Messiah on the Rock", (2011), Anywhere but Earth, Coeur de Lion.
- "Children of the Cane", (2011), Dead Red Heart, Ticonderoga Publications.
- "Wraiths", (2011), Winds of Change, CSFG.
- reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011, (2012), Ticonderoga Publications.
- "Resurrection in Red", (2011), More Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications.
- "Wet Work", (2011), After the Rain, ed. Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing).
- "Smoking, Waiting for the Dawn", (2008), Dreaming Again, HarperVoyager.
- "The Refugee", (2007), Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane.
- "Kadimakara and Curlew", (2007), Daikaiju 2, Agog! Press.
- reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror Vol.3.
- "Pain Threshold", (2006), Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog! Press.
- reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007 (Brimstone Press)
- "Time to Write", (2005) The Devil in Brisbane.
- "Triage", (2005), Sf-envision.
- "Night Watch", (2005), Elsewhere, CSFG Publishing.
- "Spare Parts", (2003), Glimpses.
- reprinted in Devil Dolls and Duplicates in Australian Horror (2011).
- "Prime Cuts", (2002), Antipodean SF.
- "Summer Haze", (2001), Visions.
Awards
Wins
- 2012 Chronos Award: Best Novel for Salvage (Twelfth Planet Press).
- 2012 Chronos Award: Best Short Story for "The Mornington Ride", 'Epilogue (FableCroft Publishing).
- 2005 William Atheling Jr Award: "Why are publishers afraid of horror?" (The Courier-Mail)
Nominations
- 2012 WSFA Small Press Award: "The Mornington Ride", Epilogue (FableCroft Publishing).
- 2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: Blood and Dust (Xoum Publishing).
- 2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: Salvage (Twelfth Planet Press).
- 2012 Australian Shadows Award: Blood and Dust (Xoum Publishing).
- 2012 Ditmar Award, Novel: Salvage (Twelfth Planet Press).
- 2008 Ditmar Award, Novel: The Darkness Within
- 2008 Ditmar Award, New Talent
- 2004 William Atheling Jr Award
Honourable mentions
- 2008 Aurealis Award, Horror novel: The Darkness Within
Reviews
- Review of The Darkness Within in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine by Tehani Wessley (August 2007)
- Review of The Darkness Within in HorrorScope by Mark Smith-Briggs (23 Aug 2007).
- Reviews of Nahrung's work on ASif!
Notes
References
- Aurealis Awards winners archive Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- The Courier-Mail newspaper list of articles by Jason Nahrung.
- Helene, Talie (June 2007). "Interview: The New Romantics". HorrorScope.
- Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- Kemble, Gary (16 April 2006). "Jason Nahrung: the ups and downs of horror". ABC online news (Articulate).
- Kemble, Gary (9 June 2007). "Jason Nahrung and Mil Clayton: Looking on the dark side". ABC online news (Articulate).
- Locus magazine index to Ditmar Awards. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
External links
- Jason Nahrung website
- Jason Nahrung MySpace page
- Hachette Livre author page: Jason Nahrung
- Jason Nahrung at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Twelfth Planet Press, Salvage
- Goodreads, Blood and Dust