2009 Australian Shadows Awards Shortlists

The shortlists for the 2009 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced.  According to Wikipedia, "The Australian Shadows Award is an annual literary award established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published work of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian."

The shortlisted works are:

Long Fiction
 

• A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti (Twelfth Planet Press)
• Red Queen by H. M. Brown (Penguin Australia)
• "Wives" by Paul Haines (X6, Coeur de Lion Publishing)
• The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin (Hachette Australia)
• Slights by Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot)

Edited Publication
 

• Grants Pass, edited by Jennifer Brozek & Amanda Pillar (Morrigan Books)
• Festive Fear, edited by Stephen Clark (Tasmaniac Publications)
• Aurealis #42, edited by Stuart Mayne (Chimaera Publications)

 Short Fiction

• "Six Suicides" by Deborah Biancotti (A Book of Endings)
• "The Emancipated Dance" by Felicity Dowker (Midnight Echo #2)
• "Busking" by Jason Fischer (Midnight Echo #3)
• "The Message" by Andrew J. McKiernan (Midnight Echo #2)
• "The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfalls" by Kaaron Warren (Exotic Gothic 3)
  

The winners in each category will be announced on 5th April 2010.