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Collision Wins Aurealis Award for Best Collection, 2019.
ByJSB
It’s true! In case you don’t believe me, here is the picture of the trophy, along with my Shirley Jackson Award nominee stone. Couldn’t be more grateful to the Aurealis Award Committee, and all the folks who had a hand in Collision’s success, from (especially) my wonderful agent, Matt Bialer, to Meerkat Press for getting…

The Bridge Wins Ditmar Award for Best Novel
ByJSB
An incredible Conflux Weekend, culminating in being honored by the committee and voters with this wholly unexpected award. Grateful doesn’t begin to described it. I am totally floored. Congrats to all the finalists and winners, especially pals J.Ashley Smith (Best Novella) and the divine Kaaron Warren (Best Collection, Best Short Story). Aside from that, it…
“The house you build out of your own pain,”
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is how author William P Young describes the titular abode of his self-publishing phenomenon, The Shack, which began as a self-published paperback sold out of his garage and is currently: No 1 bestseller on NYT trade paperback fiction list No 1 bestseller on Barnes and Noble trade paperback fiction list No 1 bestseller on Borders…
Collision a Shirley Jackson Award Nominee
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You can view the full list here. Lots of friends, colleagues, idols on the short list, including Karron Warren’s brilliant novella Into Bones Like Oil, also from Meerkat. I just keep looking at my name alongside Nathan Ballingrud’s, Brian Evenson’s (both of whose collections are among my most treasured rereads) and under hers—Shirley’s herself. My…