Geoffrey Maloney
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Geoffrey Maloney is an Australia
n writer of speculative
short fiction.
#1. In 1997 Maloney's "The Embargo Traders" was nominated for Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story
. Along with Maxine McArthur
and others, he helped set up the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild in 1999. This produced the anthology Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures with Maloney as the editor. In 2001 he won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
for "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)
". Maloney has since received four other nominations at the Aurealis Awards and two at the Ditmar Awards.
He currently lives in Brisbane
with his wife and three children.
Ditmar Awards
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n writer of speculative
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
short fiction.
Biography
Maloney's first story, "5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes", was published in 1990 in AurealisAurealis
Aurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#1. In 1997 Maloney's "The Embargo Traders" was nominated for Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story
Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
. Along with Maxine McArthur
Maxine McArthur
-Biography:McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled Time Future. It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel...
and others, he helped set up the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild in 1999. This produced the anthology Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures with Maloney as the editor. In 2001 he won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
for "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)
The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)
"The World According to Kipling " is a 2000 fantasy short story by Geoffrey Maloney.-Background:"The World According to Kipling " was first published in October 2000 in the 25th/26th edition of the Aurealis magazine by Chimaera Publications...
". Maloney has since received four other nominations at the Aurealis Awards and two at the Ditmar Awards.
He currently lives in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
with his wife and three children.
Anthologies
- Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures (2001) (as editor, part of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild Anthologies)
- Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane (2008) (with Trent JamiesonTrent Jamieson-Biography:Jamieson was first published in 1994 with the short story "Threnody " which was published in the winter edition Eidolon. In 2003 Jamieson was nominated for the Ditmar Award for best professional achievement but lost to Jonathan Strahan. In 2005 Jamieson won the Aurealis Award for best...
& Zoran ŽivkovićZoran Živkovic (writer)Zoran Živković is a writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia , where he still resides.-Biography:...
)
Essays
- Speculative Fiction Reaches Critical Mass in Canberra? Surely Not! (2001)
- Notes on Authors (Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures) (2001)
Short fiction
- "5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes" (1990) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#1 - "Age of Democracy" (1990) in Eidolon, Spring 1990
- "The Last Lion in Africa is Dead" (1991) in Eidolon, Summer 1991
- "Cock of the Dunghill" (1991) in Eidolon, Winter 1991
- "Green on Red" (1991) in Eidolon, Spring 1991
- "Meat Puppets" (1992) in Intimate Armageddons (ed. Bill CongreveBill Congreve-Biography:Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine. In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by...
) - "Requiem for the General" (1992) in Eidolon, Summer 1992
- "Greening" (1992) in Eidolon, Autumn 1992
- "The Taxi-Driver" (1992) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#8 - "The Shifting Sands of the Interior" (1992) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "Memories of the Colour-Field" (1992) in Eidolon, Spring 1992
- "Moving with the Herd" (1992) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#9 - "Remnants of the Virago Crypto-System" (1995) in The Silver Web, Summer 1995
- "The Embargo Traders" (1995) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#16 - "Keeping the Motor Running" (1998) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#20/21 - "Keeping the Meter Running" (1998) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "The Parallax Garden (1999) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "Green-Keeping" (1999) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "In the Service of the Shogarth" (1999) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "The Elephant Sways as it Walks" (2000) in Eidolon, No.29/30, Autumn 2000
- "The World According To Kipling" (2000) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "Hotel Terminus" (2000) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)"The World According to Kipling " is a 2000 fantasy short story by Geoffrey Maloney.-Background:"The World According to Kipling " was first published in October 2000 in the 25th/26th edition of the Aurealis magazine by Chimaera Publications...
" (2000) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#25/26 - "The Imperfect Instantaneous People Mover" (2001) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction (ed. Cat Sparks)
- "Remembering Aoteoroa" (2001) in Orb Speculative Fiction #2, 2001
- "Elecktra Dreams" (2002) in Redsine Eight (ed. Garry Nurrish)
- "The Kaladashi Covenant" (2003) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine or ASIM is a fantasy and science fiction magazine and webzine published out of Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia. The publishers of ASIM describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Robbie Matthews and is...
, Issue #6 - "A Sixpence for Sophie" (2003) in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the SupernaturalSouthern Blood: New Australian Tales of the SupernaturalSouthern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural is a 2003 speculative fiction anthology edited by Bill Congreve-Background:Southern Blood was first published in Australia in June 2003 by Sandglass Enterprises in trade paperback format...
(ed. Bill CongreveBill Congreve-Biography:Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine. In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by...
) - "Birds of the Brushes and Scrubs" (2004) in The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume One (ed. Bill Congreve, Michelle Marquardt)
- "Conversations with Eternity" (2004) in Orb Speculative Fiction #6, 2004
- "The Dust Beneath Her Feet" (2004) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
#33-35 - "Bush of Ghosts" (2005) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "A Very Long War" (2005) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "A Colombian Breakfast" (2005) in Tales from the Crypto-System
- "The Writer Who Could Have Been Dostoyevsky" (2005) in The Devil in BrisbaneThe Devil In BrisbaneThe Devil in Brisbane is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Zoran Živković and Geoff Maloney. The project was born out of a masterclass held by the editor at the 2004 Brisbane Writers Festival. The theme of the anthology is a meeting between a writer and the devil, set in...
(ed. Zoran ŽivkovićZoran Živkovic (writer)Zoran Živković is a writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia , where he still resides.-Biography:...
) - "When the World Was Flat" (2006) in Agog! Ripping Reads (ed. Cat Sparks)
- "The Mana Bar Kid" (2006) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine or ASIM is a fantasy and science fiction magazine and webzine published out of Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia. The publishers of ASIM describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Robbie Matthews and is...
, Issue #25 - ""P" is for Power Station" (2007) in Fantastic Wonder Stories (ed. Russell B. FarrRussell B. Farr-Biography:Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. In 1999 Farr created the online journal Ticonderoga Online, which in 2006 won the Ditmar Award best fanzine...
) - "Blonde on Blonde" (2007) in Albedo OneAlbedo oneAlbedo One is an Irish horror, fantasy and science fiction magazine founded in 1993 and currently published by Albedo One Productions.-Overview:...
#33 - "The Catherine Wheel" (2007) in New Writings in the Fantastic (ed. John GrantJohn Grant (author)John Grant is a Scottish writer and editor of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction. Born as Paul le Page Barnett, Grant has sometimes written under his own name "Paul Barnett" or as "Eve Devereux"...
) - "The Secret Life of Mars" (2008) in Barren Worlds (ed. Eric T. Reynolds)
- "In the Kaladashi Fashion" (2008) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight MagazineAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine or ASIM is a fantasy and science fiction magazine and webzine published out of Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia. The publishers of ASIM describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Robbie Matthews and is...
, Issue #35 - "Through a Lens Darkly" (2009) in AurealisAurealisAurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...
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As editor
- Doorways for the Dispossessed (2006) (with Paul Haines)
Awards and nominations
Aurealis Awards- Best fantasy short storyAurealis Award for best fantasy short storyThe Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
- 2000: Win: "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)"The World According to Kipling " is a 2000 fantasy short story by Geoffrey Maloney.-Background:"The World According to Kipling " was first published in October 2000 in the 25th/26th edition of the Aurealis magazine by Chimaera Publications...
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- 2000: Win: "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)
- Best science fiction short storyAurealis Award for best science fiction short storyThe Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
- 1996: Nomination: "The Embargo Traders"
- 2002: Nomination: "The Imperfect Instantaneous People Mover"
- 2003: Nomination: "Bush of Ghosts"
- Convenors’ award
- 2001: Nomination: for Nor of Human... An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures, as editor
- 2004: Nomination: for himself
Ditmar Awards
- Best collected workDitmar AwardThe Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
- 2007: Nomination: Doorways for the Dispossessed (with Paul HainesPaul HainesPaul Haines is an award-winning New Zealand-born horror and speculative fiction writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia with this wife and daughter....
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- 2007: Nomination: Doorways for the Dispossessed (with Paul Haines
- Professional achievementDitmar AwardThe Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
- 2004: Nomination: Tales of the Crypto-System