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William Browning Spencer (born 1946) is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin,
Book group recount of an evening with William Browning SpencerInterview from 1999 at "Crescent Blues"Fantastic Fiction summary for William Browning Spencer
*''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''Maybe I'll Call Ann
' *''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories'
*''Washington Post'' review of ''Irrational Fears'
*''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''Irrational Fear
' *''Kirkus'' review of ''Zod Wallo
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''New York Times'' Review of ''Zod Wallop''
*''SF Site'' review of ''The Ocean and All Its Device
' *''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''The Ocean and All Its Device
' *''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Storie
' *''Kirkus'' review of ''The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Storie
' *''Locus Magazine'' review of ''The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Stories'
*William Browning Spencer Internet Speculative Fiction Databas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, William Browning 20th-century American novelists American horror writers American male novelists American science fiction writers 1946 births Living people American male short story writers The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Weird fiction writers
William Browning Spencer (born 1946) is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. His science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
and horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous.
Awards and honors
His novel ''Résumé With Monsters'' won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Novel in 1995. His first novel, ''Maybe I'll Call Anna'', was a National Endowment of the Arts New American Writing Award winner. His novels and short stories have been finalists for the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. His short stories have been anthologized numerous times, including twice in ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' was a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press from 1987 to 2008. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition included a number of retrospective ...
'' and twice in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction
''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' was a series of science fiction anthology, anthologies edited by American Gardner Dozois until his death in 2018. The series, which is unrelated to the similarly titled and themed ''Year's Best SF'', was publish ...
''. In 1995, he was Toastmaster of ArmadilloCon 21 in Austin, TX.
Bibliography
Novels
*''Maybe I'll Call Anna'', Permanent Press (1990) *''Résumé With Monsters'', Permanent Press (1995). Reprint: Dover Publications (2014) *''Zod Wallop''. St. Martin's Press (1995). Reprint: White Wolf Publishing (1996) *''Irrational Fears'', White Wolf Publishing (1998)Short fiction
Collections
*''The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories'', Permanent Press (1993) *''The Ocean and All Its Devices'', Subterranean Press (2006) *''The Unorthodox Dr. Draper And Other Stories'', Subterranean Press (2017)List of short stories
References
External links
Book group recount of an evening with William Browning Spencer
*''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''Maybe I'll Call Ann
' *''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories'
*''Washington Post'' review of ''Irrational Fears'
*''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''Irrational Fear
' *''Kirkus'' review of ''Zod Wallo
'
''New York Times'' Review of ''Zod Wallop''
*''SF Site'' review of ''The Ocean and All Its Device
' *''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''The Ocean and All Its Device
' *''Publishers Weekly'' review of ''The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Storie
' *''Kirkus'' review of ''The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Storie
' *''Locus Magazine'' review of ''The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Stories'
*William Browning Spencer Internet Speculative Fiction Databas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, William Browning 20th-century American novelists American horror writers American male novelists American science fiction writers 1946 births Living people American male short story writers The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Weird fiction writers