Aurealis Award nominations

The finalists for the Aurealis Awards have been announced. I reproduce the list here, with appropriate highlights, so that you can appreciate the sheer quantity of bolding necessary. :)

Science Fiction finalists - Novels

• Hydrogen Steel, K. A. Bedford (Edge)
  
• K-Machines, Damien Broderick (Avalon)
  
• Underground, Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
  
• Geodesica: Descent, Sean Williams with Shane Dix (Harper Collins)

Science Fiction finalists - Short Stories

• 'Dark Ages', Lee Battersby (Through Soft Air)
  
• 'Aftermath', David Conyers (Agog! Ripping Reads)
  
• 'Down to the Tethys Sea', Stephen Dedman (Science Fiction Chronicle #266)
  
• 'The Seventh Letter', Sean Williams (Bulletin Summer Reading Edition)

Fantasy finalists - Novels

• The Silver Road, Grace Dugan (Penguin)
  
• Heart of the Mirage, Glenda Larke (Harper Collins)
  
• Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier (Pan MacMillan)
  
• Voidfarer, Sean McMullen (Tor)
  
• Blaze of Glory, Michael Pryor (Random House)

Fantasy Novel Honourable Mentions

• White Tiger, Kylie Chan (Harper Collins)
  
• Harsh Cry of the Heron, Lian Hearn (Hachette Livre)

Fantasy finalists - Short Stories

• 'Dark Ages', Lee Battersby (Through Soft Air)
  
• 'Why the Balloon Man Floats Away', Stephanie Campisi (Fantasy Magazine #4)
  
• 'A Fine Magic', Margo Lanagan (Eidolon I)
  
• 'The Revenant', Lucy Sussex (Eidolon I)
  
• 'See Here, See There', Anna Tambour (Agog! Ripping Reads)

Fantasy Short Story Honourable Mentions

• 'Ghosts of 1930', Lily Chrywenstrom (Borderlands #6)
  
• 'The Bridal Bier', Carol Ryles (Eidolon I)

Horror finalists - Novels

• The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books)
  
• Prismatic, Edwina Grey (Lothian)
  
• Carnies, Martin Livings (Lothian)
  
• The Mother, Brett McBean (Lothian)

Horror finalists - Short Stories

• 'Dead of Winter', Stephen Dedman (Weird Tales #339)
  
• 'Winkie', Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
  
• 'Hieronymous Boche', Chris Lawson (Eidolon I)
  
• 'Dead Sea Fruit', Kaaron Warren (Fantasy Magazine #4)
  
• 'Woman Train', Kaaron Warren (The Outcast)

Horror Short Stories Honourable Mentions

• 'Love Affair', Jacinta Butterworth (COck)
  
• 'One Night Stand', Dirk Flinthart (Agog! Ripping Reads)
  
• 'Under Hell, Over Heaven', Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
  
• 'Mosquito Story', A.M. Muffaz (Fantasy Magazine #4)

Young Adult finalists - Novel

• Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One. Foundling, D.M. Cornish (Omnibus)
  
• The King’s Fool, Amanda Holohan (ABC Books)
  
• Magic Lessons, Justine Larbalestier (Penguin)
  
• Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan)
  
• The Last Days, Scott Westerfeld (Penguin)

Young Adult finalists - Short Stories

• 'The Dying Light', Deborah Biancotti (Eidolon I)
  
• 'Leviathan', Simon Brown (Eidolon I)
  
• 'A Feather in the Breast of God', Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
  
• 'Baby Jane', Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
  
• 'Forever Upward', Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
  
• 'The Arrival', Shaun Tan (Lothian)

Children's finalists - Novels - to be announced

Children's finalists - Short Stories

• The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head, Jane Godwin (Allen & Unwin)
  
• Woolvs in the Sitee, Margaret Wild, Anne Spudvilas (Penguin)
  
• The Magic Violin, Victor Kelleher, Stephen Michael King (Penguin)