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Aurealis
Australian speculative fiction magazine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
Aurealis was launched in September 1990[1] to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors. In October 2011, the magazine became a monthly e-publication (published every month except January and December).[2]
In 1995, the magazine instituted the Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction.[3]
Notable stories featured
- "Whispers of the Mist Children" by Trudi Canavan in issue #23, won the 1999 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story[4]
- "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)" in issue #25/26, won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story[5]
- "Catabolic Magic" by Richard Harland in issue #32, won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and was a short-list nominee for best Australian novella or novelette at the 2005 Ditmar Awards[6][7]
- "The Other-faced Lamb" by Catherine Smyth-McMullen (published under C.S. McMullen) in issue #82 was the first Aurealis short story to be adapted into a feature film with 2019's award-winning The Other Lamb starring Michael Huisman.[8][9]
- "The House That Hungers" by Maria Lewis in issue #149 was adapted into a short film of the same name in 2023.[10][11]
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