Stephen Dedman
Encyclopedia
Stephen Dedman is an Australia
n author of dark fantasy
and science fiction
stories and novels.
, Year's Best SF
, and The Best Australian Writing: A Fifty Year Collection.
Contributing as a story editor, Dedman is also one of the team members behind Borderlands, a tri-annual Australian science fiction, fantasy
and horror magazine
published from Perth
, Western Australia
.
In 2007, he contributed to the Doctor Who
short-story collection, Short Trips: Destination Prague
.
in the category of Best First Novel
. In 1998 Dedman's "A Walk-On Part in the War
" won the 1998 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
. In 2001 "The Devotee" tied for the win with Terry Dowling
's "The Saltimbanques" of the 2001 Ditmar Award
for best short story. "Dead of Winter
" won the 2006 Aurealis Award for best horror short story
. Dedman has also received over 30 nominations for his work in awards such as the Aurealis Awards, Ditmar Awards, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
, the Bram Stoker Awards, and the Locus 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 author of dark fantasy
Dark fantasy
Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...
and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
stories and novels.
Biography
Dedman's short stories have appeared in Year's Best Fantasy and HorrorYear's Best Fantasy and Horror
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror is a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition includes a number of retrospective essays by the editors and others....
, Year's Best SF
Year's Best SF
Year's Best SF is a science fiction anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. Hartwell started the series in 1996, and has been co-editing it with Cramer since 2002. It is published by HarperCollins under the Eos imprint...
, and The Best Australian Writing: A Fifty Year Collection.
Contributing as a story editor, Dedman is also one of the team members behind Borderlands, a tri-annual Australian science fiction, fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and horror magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
published from Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
In 2007, he contributed to the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
short-story collection, Short Trips: Destination Prague
Short Trips: Destination Prague
Short Trips: Destination Prague is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Steven Savile and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection features stories set in the future of Prague.-Stories:...
.
Novels
- The Art of Arrow-Cutting (Tor, 1997)
- Shadows Bite (Tor, 2001) (sequel to The Art of Arrow-Cutting)
- Foreign Bodies (Tor, 1999)
- ShadowrunShadowrunShadowrun is a role-playing game set in a near-future fictional universe in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspiracy fiction, horror, and detective fiction.The original game has spawned...
: A Fistful of Data (ROC, 2006).
Story collections
- The Lady of Situations (Ticonderoga PublicationsTiconderoga PublicationsTiconderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996 and now run by Farr and Liz Grzyb. The publisher specialises in collections of science fiction short stories.-History and current:...
, 1999) - Never Seen By Waking Eyes (Prime, 2005)
Short stories
- "The Lady of Situations" (1994) in Little Deaths (ed. Ellen DatlowEllen DatlowEllen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
) - "Never Seen by Waking Eyes" (1996) in F&SF (ed. Kristine Kathryn RuschKristine Kathryn RuschKristine Kathryn Rusch is an American writer. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream....
) - "A Walk-On Part in the WarA Walk-On Part in the War"A Walk-On Part in the War" is a 1998 fantasy short story by Stephen Dedman.-Background:"A Walk-On Part in the War" was first published in Australia November 1998 in the Dreaming Down-Under anthology, edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb and published by Voyager Books...
" (1998) in Dreaming Down-UnderDreaming Down-UnderDreaming Down-Under is a 1998 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb-Background:Dreaming Down-Under was first published in Australia in November 1998 by Voyager Books in trade paperback format....
(ed. Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
and Janeen WebbJaneen WebbJaneen Webb is an Australian writer, critic, and editor working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy.-Biography:...
) - "Honest Ghosts" (1999) in Gothic.net July 1999
- "A Sentiment Open to Doubt" (2000) in Ticonderoga Online May 2000
- "Probable Cause" (2001) in Orb Speculative Fiction #2 (ed. Sarah Endacott)
- "Wastelands" (2002) in Agog! Fantastic Fiction
- "Madly" (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...
) - "The Wind Shall Blow For Ever Mair" (2003) in Gathering the Bones (ed. Ramsey CampbellRamsey CampbellJohn Ramsey Campbell is an English horror fiction author.Since he first came to prominence in the mid-1960s, critics have cited Campbell as one of the leading writers in his field: T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today", while S. T...
, Jack DannJack DannJack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres...
, Dennis EtchisonDennis EtchisonDennis William Etchison , is an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. Etchison refers to his own work as “rather dark, depressing, almost pathologically inward fiction about the individual in relation to the world.”Stephen King has called Dennis Etchison “one hell of a fiction...
) - "Twilight of the Idols" (2004) in Conqueror Fantastic (ed. Pamela SargentPamela SargentPamela Sargent is an American, feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award. She wrote a series concerning the terraforming of Venus that is sometimes compared to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, but predates it...
) - "Dead of WinterDead of Winter (short story)-Background:"Dead of Winter" was first published in the United States in 2006 in the March–April edition of horror and fantasy magazine Weird Tales, edited by George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer, John Gregory Betancourt and published by Wildside Press...
" (2006) in Weird TalesWeird TalesWeird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
March–April 2006 (ed. George H. ScithersGeorge H. ScithersGeorge H. Scithers was a science fiction fan, author, and Hugo Award winning editor.A long-time member of the World Science Fiction Society, he published a fanzine starting in the '50s, wrote short stories, and moved on to edit several prominent science fiction magazines, as well as a number of...
, Darrell SchweitzerDarrell SchweitzerDarrell Charles Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy...
, John Gregory BetancourtJohn Gregory BetancourtJohn Gregory Betancourt is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels as well as short stories. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales magazine, the first issue of H. P...
)
Works edited
- Consensual (co-edited)
- Consensual: the Second Coming (co-edited)
- Consensual a trois. (co-edited)
- Borderlands Magazine
Awards
The Art of Arrow-Cutting was nominated for a Bram Stoker AwardBram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...
in the category of Best First Novel
Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel
The Bram Stoker Award for First Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing for an author's first horror novel.-Winners and nominees:Nominees are listed below the winner for each year....
. In 1998 Dedman's "A Walk-On Part in the War
A Walk-On Part in the War
"A Walk-On Part in the War" is a 1998 fantasy short story by Stephen Dedman.-Background:"A Walk-On Part in the War" was first published in Australia November 1998 in the Dreaming Down-Under anthology, edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb and published by Voyager Books...
" won the 1998 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"...
. In 2001 "The Devotee" tied for the win with Terry Dowling
Terry Dowling
Terence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...
's "The Saltimbanques" of the 2001 Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The 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...
for best short story. "Dead of Winter
Dead of Winter (short story)
-Background:"Dead of Winter" was first published in the United States in 2006 in the March–April edition of horror and fantasy magazine Weird Tales, edited by George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer, John Gregory Betancourt and published by Wildside Press...
" won the 2006 Aurealis Award for best horror short story
Aurealis Award for best horror 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, and horror writers"...
. Dedman has also received over 30 nominations for his work in awards such as the Aurealis Awards, Ditmar Awards, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT topics in a positive way. Established in 1998, the awards were initially presented by the Gaylactic Network, with awards first awarded in 1999. In 2002 the awards were given their own...
, the Bram Stoker Awards, and the Locus Awards.
External links
- Bibliography
- Interview (2005)
- Teeth (Short Story), Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
- Stephen Dedman answers The Usual Questions, Festivale Online Magazine