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Kirstyn McDermott

McDermott, Kirstyn

October 31, 1973 (age 52)

Birth place: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

28 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
June 1993 1 Short Fiction I Am the Silent Voyeur Daarke Worlde, #3
October 1993 47 Poem Satan to His Love Daarke Worlde, #4
December 1994 20 Short Fiction And the Moon Yelps... Bloodsongs, Summer 1994
October 1995 99 Review The Prisoner Gains a Blurred Skin Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Spring 1995
1997 16 Short Fiction Tears for Broken Toys Bloodsongs, #8
June 2001 |1 Short Fiction Smile for Me Redsine, June 2001
January 2002 16 Short Fiction Louisa Redsine, January 2002
February 2003 61 Short Fiction RavensPerch: A Faerie Tale Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #5, February-March 2003
2006 Short Fiction Cold Shadowed Realms, #9
February 2008 23 Short Fiction Painlessness GUD Issue 2 - Spring 2008
October 2008 4 Essay Editorial (Midnight Echo, October 2008) Midnight Echo, October 2008
October 2008 Editor Midnight Echo - 2008 Midnight Echo, October 2008
January 2009 |4 Short Fiction Soon the Teeth AntipodeanSF, January 2009
2010 109 Review Madigan Mine Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #46
September 2010 51 Short Fiction We All Fall Down Aurealis, #44
June 2012 Short Fiction She Said Pseudopod, #284
March 2013 |3 Short Fiction Lost and Found Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 5 : Issue 2
September 2013 |41 Review Caution: Contains Small Parts Aurealis, #64
November 2014 |1 Short Fiction By the Moon's Good Grace Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 12 : Issue 3
November 2014 |43 Review Perfections Aurealis, #76
May 2015 |6 Short Fiction A Song for First Hours SQ Mag, Edition 20: Dark Legends of a New Age
November 2015 Short Fiction Self, Contained The Dark, November 2015
October 2017 Short Fiction Braid Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 24: Issue 1
October 2017 112 Essay There Is Always a Next Witch: Creative Intuition and Collaborative Female Relationships in Fairy Tales Text, Special Issue 43, October 2017
September 2018 Short Fiction Triquetra Tor.com, September 5, 2018
March 2022 |1 Short Fiction Shrine The Dark, March 2022
September 2022 Short Fiction Lemmings Weird Horror, Issue 5, Fall 2022
January 2023 |14.2 Review Lemmings Apex Magazine, January 2023

10 English-language books

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2001 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story Smile for Me Nominee
2004 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story The Truth About Pug Roberts Nominee
2007 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story Cold Nominee
2008 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Story Painlessness Winner
2009 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette Painlessness Winner
2010 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Novel Madigan Mine Winner
2010 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2009-2010) Madigan Mine Nominee
2010 Australian Shadows Award Short Fiction (2009-2010) She Said Winner
2010 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Monsters Among Us Nominee
2011 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novel Madigan Mine Nominee
2011 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Story She Said Winner
2012 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Novel Perfections Winner
2012 Australian Shadows Award Novel (2011-) Perfections Winner
2013 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Collection Caution: Contains Small Parts Nominee
2013 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Fiction The Home for Broken Dolls Nominee
2013 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) The Home for Broken Dolls Nominee
2013 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novel Perfections Nominee
2014 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Short Fiction By the Moon's Good Grace Nominee
2014 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Collected Work Caution: Contains Small Parts Nominee
2014 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette The Home for Broken Dolls Winner
2014 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette What Amanda Wants Nominee
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Caution: Contains Small Parts Nominee
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Home for Broken Dolls Nominee
2014 Norma K. Hemming Award Norma K. Hemming Award Caution: Contains Small Parts Nominee
2016 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Fantasy Novella Burnt Sugar Nominee
2016 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Novella Burnt Sugar Winner
2016 Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction (2011-) Burnt Sugar Nominee
2017 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Fantasy Novella Braid Nominee
2018 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Novella Triquetra Nominee
2018 Norma K. Hemming Award Short Fiction Braid Nominee
2019 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Novella or Novelette Triquetra Nominee
2019 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Triquetra Nominee
2019 Norma K. Hemming Award Short Fiction Triquetra Nominee
2022 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Fantasy Novella Winterbloom Nominee
2022 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Horror Novella The New Wife Nominee
2022 Australian Shadows Award Collection (2011-) Hard Places Winner
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