Jason Nahrung (born 1968) is an Australian horror author and journalist who lives in

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with his partner

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. Nahrung has previously written for ''

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and horror-related topics. He was co-winner the 2005 William Atheling Jnr award for Criticism or Review. His first novel, '' The Darkness Within'' (based on an unpublished novella co-written with Mil Clayton), was published in June 2007 by

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in Australia.Kemble, Gary (9 June 2007). "Jason Nahrung and Mil Clayton: Looking on the dark side". ''ABC online news (Articulate)''.
/ref> Nahrung has also published some horror and speculative fiction short stories.

Bibliography

Novels

* '' The Darkness Within'' – with Mil Clayton, (Hachette Livre) *''Salvage'', 2012, (

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) *''Blood and Dust'', 2012, (Xoum Publishing)

Short stories

*"Watermarks", (2014), ''Cosmos'' magazine. *"The Preservation Society", (2014), ''Dimension6'', Coeur de Lion. *"The Mornington Ride", (2012), ''Epilogue'', Tehani Wessely ( FableCroft Publishing). **reprinted in ''Focus 2012: highlights of Australian short fiction'', (2013), FableCroft Publishing. *"Hello Kitty", (2012), ''Midnight Echo'' No. 8. *"The Last Boat to Eden", (2012), ''Surviving the End'', Dark Prints Press. **reprinted in ''Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012'', (2013),

Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996 and now run by Farr and Liz Grzyb. The publisher specializes in collections of science fiction short stories. History and current Tico ...

. *"The Kiss", (2012), ''Tales from the Bell Club''. *"Breaking the Wire", (2012), ''

Aurealis ''Aurealis'' is an Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications, and is Australia's longest running small-press science-fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine is based in Melbourne. History and profile ''Aureali ...

" No. 47. *"An Incident at Portsea, 1967", (2011), ''After the World: Corpus Christi'', Issue 4. *"Messiah on the Rock", (2011), ''Anywhere but Earth'', Coeur de Lion. *"Children of the Cane", (2011), ''Dead Red Heart'', Ticonderoga Publications. *"Wraiths", (2011), ''Winds of Change'', CSFG. **reprinted in ''Year’s Best Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011'', (2012),

. *"Resurrection in Red", (2011), ''More Scary Kisses'',

. *"Wet Work", (2011), ''After the Rain'', ed. Tehani Wessely ( FableCroft Publishing). * "Smoking, Waiting for the Dawn", (2008), ''Dreaming Again'',

HarperVoyager HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp ...

. * "The Refugee", (2007), ''Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane''. * "Kadimakara and Curlew", (2007), ''Daikaiju 2'',

Agog! Press Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. In 2006 Agog! Press forged a ...

. **reprinted in ''Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror Vol.3''. * "Pain Threshold", (2006), ''Agog! Ripping Reads'',

. ** reprinted in ''Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007'' (

Brimstone Press Brimstone Press was an Australian independent publisher of dark fiction ( horror and dark fantasy). Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia. The first publication from ...

) * "Time to Write", (2005)

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. * "Triage", (2005), Sf-envision. * "Night Watch", (2005), ''Elsewhere'', CSFG Publishing. * "Spare Parts", (2003), ''Glimpses''. **reprinted in ''Devil Dolls and Duplicates in Australian Horror'' (2011). * "Prime Cuts", (2002), Antipodean SF. * "Summer Haze", (2001), Visions.

Awards

Wins

*2012 Chronos Award: Best Novel for ''Salvage'' (

). *2012 Chronos Award: Best Short Story for "The Mornington Ride", 'Epilogue'' ( FableCroft Publishing). * 2005 William Atheling Jr Award: "Why are publishers afraid of horror?" (

)

Nominations

*2012

WSFA Small Press Award The WSFA Small Press Award was inaugurated by the Washington Science Fiction Association in 2007. The award is open to works of imaginative literature (e.g. science fiction, fantasy, horror) published in English for the first time in the previous ...

: "The Mornington Ride", ''Epilogue'' ( FableCroft Publishing). *2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: ''Blood and Dust'' (Xoum Publishing). *2012 Aurealis Award for best horror novel: ''Salvage'' (

). *2012

Australian Shadows Award The Australian Shadows Awards are annual literary awards established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian/New Zealand/Oceania resident ...

: ''Blood and Dust'' (Xoum Publishing). *2012

Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...

, Novel: ''Salvage'' (

). * 2008

, Novel: ''The Darkness Within'' * 2008

, New Talent * 2004 William Atheling Jr Award

Honourable mentions

* 2008

Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...

, Horror novel: ''The Darkness Within''

Reviews

Review of ''The Darkness Within'' in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine by Tehani Wessley (August 2007)

* ttp://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=author:nahrung_jason Reviews of Nahrung's work on ASif!

Notes

References

Aurealis Awards winners archive
Retrieved 17 February 2008.
The Courier-Mail newspaper list of articles by Jason Nahrung.

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070829110705/http://splints.customer.netspace.net.au/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive.Retrieved 17 February 2008.
Kemble, Gary (16 April 2006). "Jason Nahrung: the ups and downs of horror". ''ABC online news (Articulate)''.

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100809025345/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar.html Locus magazine index to Ditmar Awards.Retrieved 17 February 2008.

External links

Jason Nahrung website

Jason Nahrung MySpace page

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Twelfth Planet Press, ''Salvage''Goodreads, ''Blood and Dust''
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