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Cat Sparks

Sparks, Catriona

September 11, 1965 (age 60)

Birth place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

79 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
November 2001 35 Short Fiction Epiphany on the Wirewalk Fables and Reflections, Issue #1
January 2002 51 Short Fiction Fuchsia Spins by Moonlight Redsine, January 2002
June 2002 80 Short Fiction Reigning Cats and Dogs Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #1, June-July 2002
August 2002 47 Essay Cons Down Under: Convergence Locus, #499 August 2002
September 2002 53 Essay From Finger Painting to Small Press Fables and Reflections, Issue #3
October 2002 70 Short Fiction Arthur Nolan's Twilight Aurealis, #30
2003 Cover Art Potato Monkey, Winter 2003 Potato Monkey, Winter 2003
2003 6 Short Fiction Rat's Nest Potato Monkey, Winter 2003
February 2003 52 Interior Art Writing on the Wall Dark Animus, February 2003
April 2003 138 Review Agog! Fantastic Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2003
April 2003 Cover Art Fables and Reflections, Issue #4 Fables and Reflections, Issue #4
May 2003 [3]|3.2 Review AGOG! Terrific Tales Ideomancer, May 2003
May 2003 45 Short Fiction Gracelands Dark Animus, May 2003
June 2003 33 Review Agog! Terrific Tales Locus, #509 June 2003
June 2003 112 Review Agog! Terrific Tales Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #7, June-July 2003
November 2003 50 Review Agog! Terrific Tales Locus, #514 November 2003
December 2003 117 Interview Four Questions, 15 Writers: Ben Payne Interviews the Participants of Clarion South 2004 Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #10, December 2003/January 2004
2004 51 Short Fiction Home by the Sea Orb Speculative Fiction, #6
January 2004 76 Short Fiction Last Dance at the Sergeant Majors' Ball Borderlands, January 2004
April 2004 46 Interior Art Garments of the Dead Aurealis, #32
July 2004 136 Review Agog! Terrific Tales Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2004
August 2004 109 Essay Where Are We At? Australian SF Independant Press Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #14, August/September 2004
October 2004 116 Interior Art GenreCon: Three Best-Selling Authors in Focus Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #15, October/November 2004
December 2004 Cover Art Aurealis, #33-35 Aurealis, #33-35
July 2005 34 Short Fiction Historical Perspective Simulacrum: The Magazine of Speculative Transformation, July 2005
September 2005 Short Fiction Macchiato Lane Ticonderoga Online, Issue #5
2006 Short Fiction The Ice Bride Shadowed Realms, #9
January 2006 30 Short Fiction Message in a Bottle Borderlands, January 2006
March 2006 40 Essay Australia (International Report) Locus, #542 March 2006
June 2006 Short Fiction Street of the Dead Cosmos: The Science of Everything, June-July 2006
August 2006 27 Review Agog! Ripping Reads Locus, #547 August 2006
October 2006 74 Interior Art Chuman Manifest Borderlands, October 2006
2007 38 Short Fiction Hollywood Roadkill On Spec, Summer 2007
2007 Cover Art Potato Monkey, #5 Potato Monkey, #5
January 2007 89 Short Fiction A Million Shades of Nightmare Dark Animus, January-June 2007
June 2007 Short Fiction A Lady of Adestan Orb Speculative Fiction, #7
December 2007 Short Fiction Champagne and Ice Aurealis, #38/39
February 2008 Cover Art Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, Issue 1 Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, Issue 1
April 2008 4 Short Fiction Shadows of Our Gods Borderlands, April 2008
September 2008 4 Short Fiction Piper Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #36
March 2009 61 Short Fiction The Snow Leopard Borderlands, March 2009
March 2009 121 Interior Art Time and Tapestry Borderlands, March 2009
February 2011 Editor Cosmos: The Science of Everything - 2011 Cosmos: The Science of Everything, February-March 2011
November 2011 83 Short Fiction Dead Low Midnight Echo, November 2011
February 2012 Editor Cosmos: The Science of Everything - 2012 Cosmos: The Science of Everything, February-March 2012
March 2012 29 Essay Report on the Key West Literary Seminar Locus, #614 March 2012
February 2013 Editor Cosmos: The Science of Everything - 2013 Cosmos: The Science of Everything, February-March 2013
May 2013 |6 Short Fiction Chinaman's Bluff SQ Mag, Edition 8: Women in Speculative Fiction
May 2013 |7 Interview Interview with Cat Sparks SQ Mag, Edition 8: Women in Speculative Fiction
February 2014 Editor Cosmos: The Science of Everything - 2014 Cosmos: The Science of Everything, February-March 2014
March 2014 |44 Review The Bride Price Aurealis, #68
October 2014 |37 Essay Author Loci (Dimension6, #3) Dimension6, #3
October 2014 |36 Short Fiction New Chronicles of Andras Thorn Dimension6, #3
February 2015 Editor Cosmos: The Science of Everything - 2015 Cosmos: The Science of Everything, February-March 2015
March 2015 |220 Interview Author Spotlight: Cat Sparks Lightspeed, March 2015
March 2015 |2 Short Fiction Hot Rods Lightspeed, March 2015
March 2017 14|14.3 Review Lotus Blue Locus, #674 March 2017
April 2017 |3 Short Fiction Prayers to Broken Stone Kaleidotrope, Spring 2017
June 2017 24 Interview Strange Directions Locus, #677 June 2017
July 2017 Short Fiction Dragon Girl PodCastle, #479
January 2018 201 Review Lotus Blue Asimov's Science Fiction, January-February 2018
April 2019 |5 Essay Author Loci (Dimension6, #19) Dimension6, #16
April 2019 |4 Short Fiction You Will Remember Who You Were Dimension6, #16
May 2019 |7 Short Fiction Cassini Falling AntipodeanSF, May-July 2019
2020 Short Fiction Before Dominica Kaleidotrope, Autumn 2019
August 2022 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, August 2022 Flash Fiction Online, August 2022
September 2022 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, September 2022 Flash Fiction Online, September 2022
November 2022 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, November 2022 Flash Fiction Online, November 2022
December 2022 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, December 2022 Flash Fiction Online, December 2022
January 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, January 2023 Flash Fiction Online, January 2023
February 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, February 2023 Flash Fiction Online, February 2023
March 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, March 2023 Flash Fiction Online, March 2023
May 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, May 2023 Flash Fiction Online, May 2023
July 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, July 2023 Flash Fiction Online, July 2023
August 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, August 2023 Flash Fiction Online, August 2023
September 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, September 2023 Flash Fiction Online, September 2023
October 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, October 2023 Flash Fiction Online, October 2023
November 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, November 2023 Flash Fiction Online, November 2023
December 2023 Cover Art Flash Fiction Online, December 2023 Flash Fiction Online, December 2023

10 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2002 Anthology Agog! Fantastic Fiction Cat Sparks
2003 Anthology Agog! Terrific Tales Cat Sparks
2004 Anthology Agog! Smashing Stories Cat Sparks
2006 Anthology Agog! Ripping Reads Cat Sparks
2013 Collection The Bride Price Cat Sparks
2017 Anthology Ecopunk! Liz Grzyb & Cat Sparks
2017 Novel Lotus Blue Cat Sparks
2020 Collection Dark Harvest Cat Sparks
2024 Anthology Calvaria Fell Kaaron Warren & Cat Sparks
8888 Novel Effigy Cat Sparks

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2003 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Short Story 'Cross the Nullarbor to the Sea Nominee
2003 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Artwork Passing Strange: A New Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction Winner
2003 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Collected Work Agog! Fantastic Fiction Winner
2004 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Short Story Home by the Sea Nominee
2004 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Artwork Agog! Terrific Tales Winner
2004 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Agog! Terrific Tales Winner
2005 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story Macchiato Lane Nominee
2005 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Agog! Smashing Stories Nominee
2005 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette Home by the Sea Nominee
2005 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Professional Artwork Agog! Smashing Stories Nominee
2007 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Fantasy Short Story A Lady of Adestan Nominee
2007 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Golden Aurealis - Short Story Hollywood Roadkill Winner
2007 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Short Story Arctica Nominee
2007 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Short Story Hollywood Roadkill Winner
2007 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Artwork Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century Nominee
2007 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Artwork Agog! Ripping Reads Nominee
2007 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Agog! Ripping Reads Nominee
2008 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Fantasy Short Story Sammarynda Deep Winner
2008 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette A Lady of Adestan Winner
2009 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Young Adult Short Story Seventeen Winner
2009 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Artwork Creeping in Reptile Flesh Nominee
2009 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Artwork 2012 Nominee
2009 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story Sammarynda Deep Nominee
2010 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story Seventeen Winner
2011 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Short Story Dead Low Nominee
2011 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) The Sleeping and the Dead Nominee
2011 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story All the Love in the World Winner
2012 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette The Sleeping and the Dead Nominee
2013 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Collection The Bride Price Nominee
2014 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Artwork The Bride Price Nominee
2014 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work The Bride Price Winner
2014 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story Scarp Winner
2015 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story The Seventh Relic Winner
2016 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette Hot Rods Nominee
2017 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Novel Lotus Blue Nominee
2017 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story No Fat Chicks Winner
2018 Compton Crook Award Compton Crook Award (Balticon - Best 1st Novel) Lotus Blue Nominee
2018 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Ecopunk! Winner
2018 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novel Lotus Blue Nominee
2018 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story Prayers to Broken Stone Nominee
2018 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review Science Fiction and Climate Fiction: Contemporary Literatures of Purpose Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Lotus Blue Nominee
2019 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Novella You Will Remember Who You Were Nominee
2020 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Collection Dark Harvest Nominee
2021 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Dark Harvest Winner
2021 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story Hacking Santorini Nominee

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Year Publication Title
Cover 2002 Immaterial: Ghost Stories Immaterial: Ghost Stories
Cover 2002 Passing Strange: A New Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction Passing Strange: A New Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction
May 2002 Agog! Fantastic Fiction Agog! Fantastic Fiction
Cover 2003 Potato Monkey, Winter 2003 Potato Monkey, Winter 2003
Cover April 2003 Fables and Reflections, Issue #4 Fables and Reflections, Issue #4
Cover May 2003 Agog! Terrific Tales Agog! Terrific Tales
Cover June 2004 Agog! Smashing Stories Agog! Smashing Stories
Cover December 2004 Aurealis, #33-35 Aurealis, #33-35
Cover 2006 Agog! Ripping Reads Agog! Ripping Reads
Cover May 2006 Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
Cover 2007 Potato Monkey, #5 Potato Monkey, #5
Cover 2008 Creeping in Reptile Flesh Creeping in Reptile Flesh
Cover February 2008 Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, Issue 1 Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, Issue 1
Cover March 2008 2012 2012
Cover October 2008 Angel Rising Angel Rising
Cover April 2013 The Bride Price The Bride Price
Cover July 2020 Dark Harvest Dark Harvest
Cover August 2022 Flash Fiction Online, August 2022 Flash Fiction Online, August 2022
Cover September 2022 Flash Fiction Online, September 2022 Flash Fiction Online, September 2022
Cover November 2022 Flash Fiction Online, November 2022 Flash Fiction Online, November 2022
Cover December 2022 Flash Fiction Online, December 2022 Flash Fiction Online, December 2022
Cover January 2023 Flash Fiction Online, January 2023 Flash Fiction Online, January 2023
Cover February 2023 Flash Fiction Online, February 2023 Flash Fiction Online, February 2023
Cover March 2023 Flash Fiction Online, March 2023 Flash Fiction Online, March 2023
Cover May 2023 Flash Fiction Online, May 2023 Flash Fiction Online, May 2023
Cover July 2023 Flash Fiction Online, July 2023 Flash Fiction Online, July 2023
Cover August 2023 Flash Fiction Online, August 2023 Flash Fiction Online, August 2023
Cover September 2023 Flash Fiction Online, September 2023 Flash Fiction Online, September 2023
Cover October 2023 Flash Fiction Online, October 2023 Flash Fiction Online, October 2023
Cover November 2023 Flash Fiction Online, November 2023 Flash Fiction Online, November 2023
Cover December 2023 Flash Fiction Online, December 2023 Flash Fiction Online, December 2023