Bill Congreve
Bill Congreve is an Australian writer, editor and reviewer of speculative fiction. He has also published the work of Australian science fiction and horror writers under his MirrorDanse imprint.Biography
Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine.
In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by Congreve as well as 10 other stories by different authors.
In 1994 Congreve founded his publishing company MirrorDanse Books which specialises in science fiction and horror.
Congreve won his first award in 1996, winning the William Atheling Jr. Award for his essay "The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction" which he co-authored with Sean McMullen and Steven Paulsen. At the 2007 Ditmar Awards Congreve won the professional achievement award for his work in MirrorDanse Books and the first two volumes of his anthology Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy which he edited with Michelle Marquardt and the award for Best collected work for The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two.
Congreve and his family are based in Sydney. He has a BA in Communications from Macquarie University.Awards and nominations
Short fiction
- "Collector" in Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine Summer 1986/1987
- "Interview" in EOD No. 3
- "Dream" in Intimate Armageddons
- "The Milkman Comes" in EOD No. 5
- "In Search of Clean Air" in EOD No. 8
- "Totally Gratuitous Horror Story: Part 3:...and then You Pay Taxes" in EOD #8
- "Red Ambrosia" in '
- "I Am My Father's Daughter" in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst
- "Sit on My Grave and Tell Me That You Love Me" in Aurealis No. 13
- "Mind the Gap" in Bloodsongs No. 2
- "The Corpse" in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995
- "Souls Along the Meridian" in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995
- "Fade to Black" in Aurealis #17,
- "The Mullet That Screwed John West" in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst
- "Boy" in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst
- "Turing Test" in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst
- "The Death of Heroes" in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst
- "The Desertion of Corporal Perkins" in Passing Strange
- "Legacy" in '
- "The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole" in The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm
- "The Traps of Tumut" in Aurealis No. 43,
Anthologies
- Intimate Armageddons
- Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 with Robert Hood
- Passing Strange
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- The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume One
- The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two
- The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy: Third Annual Volume
- The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy: Fourth Annual Volume
Collections
- Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst
Essays
- "The Rise of Australian Fantasy" in Aurealis #12
- "Out of the Comfort Zone" in Bloodsongs #1
- "Out of the Comfort Zone" in Bloodsongs #2
- "Out of the Comfort Zone" in Bloodsongs #3
- "The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction" in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995
- "Australian Horror: 1995" in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995
- "Intimate Armageddons: A History of a Book." The Australian SF Writers' News No 3, 26-30.
