Jason Nahrung
Jason Nahrung is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in Melbourne with his partner Kirstyn McDermott. Nahrung has previously written for The Courier-Mail newspaper in Queensland, with a special interest in speculative fiction and horror-related topics. He was co-winner the 2005 William Atheling Jnr award for Criticism or Review. His first novel, The Darkness Within, was published in June 2007 by Hachette Livre in Australia. Nahrung has also published some horror and speculative fiction short stories.Novels
- The Darkness Within – with Mil Clayton,
- Salvage, 2012,
- Blood and Dust, 2012,
Short stories
- "Watermarks",, Cosmos magazine.
- "The Preservation Society",, Dimension6, Coeur de Lion.
- "The Mornington Ride",, Epilogue, Tehani Wessely.
- *reprinted in Focus 2012: highlights of Australian short fiction,, FableCroft Publishing.
- "Hello Kitty",, Midnight Echo No. 8.
- "The Last Boat to Eden",, Surviving the End, Dark Prints Press.
- *reprinted in Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012,, Ticonderoga Publications.
- "The Kiss",, Tales from the Bell Club.
- "Breaking the Wire",, Aurealis" No. 47.
- "An Incident at Portsea, 1967",, After the World: Corpus Christi, Issue 4.
- "Messiah on the Rock",, Anywhere but Earth, Coeur de Lion.
- "Children of the Cane",, Dead Red Heart, Ticonderoga Publications.
- "Wraiths",, Winds of Change, CSFG.
- *reprinted in Year’s Best Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011,, Ticonderoga Publications.
- "Resurrection in Red",, More Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications.
- "Wet Work",, After the Rain, ed. Tehani Wessely.
- "Smoking, Waiting for the Dawn",, Dreaming Again, HarperVoyager.
- "The Refugee",, Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane.
- "Kadimakara and Curlew",, Daikaiju 2, Agog! Press.
- *reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror Vol.3.
- "Pain Threshold",, Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog! Press.
- * reprinted in Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007
- "Time to Write", The Devil in Brisbane.
- "Triage",, Sf-envision.
- "Night Watch",, Elsewhere, CSFG Publishing.
- "Spare Parts",, Glimpses.
- *reprinted in Devil Dolls and Duplicates in Australian Horror''.
- "Prime Cuts",, Antipodean SF.
- "Summer Haze",, Visions.
Awards
Wins
- 2012 Chronos Award: Best Novel for Salvage.
- 2012 Chronos Award: Best Short Story for "The Mornington Ride", 'Epilogue''.
- 2005 William Atheling Jr Award: "Why are publishers afraid of horror?"
Nominations
- 2012 WSFA Small Press Award: "The Mornington Ride", Epilogue.
- 2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: Blood and Dust.
- 2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: Salvage.
- 2012 Australian Shadows Award: Blood and Dust.
- 2012 Ditmar Award, Novel: Salvage.
- 2008 Ditmar Award, Novel: The Darkness Within
- 2008 Ditmar Award, New Talent
- 2004 William Atheling Jr Award
Honourable mentions
- 2008 Aurealis Award, Horror novel: The Darkness Within
Reviews
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