Andrew J. McKiernan
Andrew J McKiernan is an Australian speculative fiction writer and Illustrator.
Andrew J McKiernan is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association, and was Art Director for Aurealis Magazine for eight years. He was listed as a featured Illustrator in the 2005 release Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview. McKiernan is also a founding editor of the HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log, an online news and reviews webzine.
In 2003, McKiernan founded Kephra Design, a business specialising in graphic design, illustration and web development. McKiernan's web development work has mainly been focussed in servicing the particulars of the publishing market. Through Kephra Design he has designed and developed, or been involved with the development of, websites for authors such as Russell Kirkpatrick, Karen Miller, Kylie Chan, Trudi Canavan, Marianne de Pierres and Nathan Burrage, as well as publishers and organisations such as Eneit Press, Good Reading magazine, Aurealis and the Australian Horror Writers Association. In 2009, McKiernan received Ditmar Award nominations for Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist.
In 2010, McKiernan's short story "The Message" received short listing nominations for both a 2009 Aurealis Award and 2009 Australian Shadows Award.
In 2011, McKiernan's novelette "All the Clowns in Clowntown" received nominations for the 2010 Australian Shadows Award, an Aurealis Award and a Ditmar Award. His wrap-around dust jacket for the hard-cover edition of Richard L. Tierney's "SAVAGE MENACE & Other Poems of Horror" was also short-listed for a Best Artwork Ditmar Award.
In July 2014, his first collection of short stories, "Last Year, When We Were Young" was published by Melbourne based Satalyte Publishing.
He currently lives on the Central Coast with his wife and two children.Illustrations
- Shards: Forty Short Sharp Tales by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, colour cover plus 39 internal illustrations – Brimstone Press
- Sobek's Tears by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, black and white internal illustration – Aurealis #33/34/35
- Cover Illustration for Aurealis No. 37
- In The Arms of Medusa by Nathan Burrage, black and white internal illustration – Orb No. 7
- In Bad Dreams anthology edited by Mark S Deniz and Sharyn Lilley, 5 black and white internal illustration, Eneit Press
- Spirals in the Sky by Nathan Burrage, black and white internal illustration – Aurealis No. 40
- Ladies Day by Helen Patrice, black and white internal illustration – Aurealis No. 41
- The Dumbshow by Andrew J McKiernan, black and white internal illustration – Masques Anthology, CSFG
- Coppernic's Sky by Ariella Adler, black and white internal illustration – Masques Anthology, CSFG
- Savage Menace & Other Poems of Horror by Richard L. Tierney, colour wrap-around dust jacket plus internal illustrations – P'rea Press
Short Stories
- "Calliope: A Steam Romance" – Shadow Plays,
- "Sleep" – Black Box e-anthology,
- "The Dumbshow" – Masques Anthology, CSFG
- "The Haunting that Jack Built" – Aurealis No. 42,
- "The Message" – Midnight Echo #2,
- "Daivadana" – In Bad Dreams 2: Where Death Stalks,
- "The Memory of Water" – Ecleticism e-zine #13,
- "All the Clowns in Clowntown" – Macabre: A Journey Through Australian Horror,
- "The Desert Song" – Scenes from the Second Storey,
- "Love Death" – Aurealis No. 45,
- "The Wanderer in the Darkness" – Midnight Echo #6,
- "White Lines, White Crosses" - Night Terrors Anthology, Kayelle Press,
- "Torch Song" – From Stage Door Shadows, Emergent Publishing
- "The Final Degustation of Doctor Ernest Blenheim" – Midnight Echo #7,
- "They Don't Know That We Know What They Know" - Midnight Echo #8,
- "A Prayer for Lazarus" - original to Last Year, When We Were Young -,
- "Last Year, When We Were Young" - original to Last Year, When We Were Young -,
Collections
- "Last Year, When We Were Young" -,
Articles
- "Black Roads, Dark Highways: Snake Tales and Outback Hooplah" – article and comic strip in 'Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine' issue No. 2
- "Black Roads, Dark Highways: Killer Outback, Outback Killers" – article and comic strip in 'Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine' issue No. 3
