{"id":75,"date":"2011-05-01T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T06:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:52:32","slug":"the-work-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/aaronsterns.com\/?page_id=75","title":{"rendered":"The Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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‘THE MEATAMORPHOSIS’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Published in Into the Cthulhu-Universe: <\/em><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Lovecraftian Horrors in Other Literary Realities<\/em>,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Edited by Steven Paulsen &<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Christopher Sequeira, IFWG Publishing, 2025<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Nominated for Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Australasian Shadows Awards 2025<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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‘BLACK LUNG’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Published in Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror<\/em>,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Edited by Lee Murray, Adrenaline Press (US), 2018<\/div>\n\n\n\n

“‘Black Lung’ by Aaron Sterns really kicked in my panic mode. […]<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
So much of the story just made my skin crawl and I was inwardly chanting<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
‘get out, get out, get out’ on a loop in my head.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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‘”WE ARE BUT MEAT”:
BODY HORROR AS SECULAR HORROR
IN MARK POWELL’S DREAM DIORAMAS’<\/em> (essay)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Published in The Body Horror Book: Essays of the Macabre<\/em>,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Edited by Claire Fitzpatrick, Oscillate Wildly Press (Aus), 2017<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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‘SCREENWRITING: THE COMPROMISED ART’ (essay)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Published in Horror 201: The Silver Scream<\/em>,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Edited by Joe Mynhardt & Emma Audsley,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Crystal Lake Publishing (US), 2015<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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‘VANGUARD’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Published in Cthulhu: Deep Down Under:<\/em><\/div>\n\n\n\n
24 Terrifying Tales of H.P. Lovecraft’s Mythos<\/em>,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Edited by Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira<\/div>\n\n\n\n
& Bryce Stevens, Horror Australis (Aus), 2015<\/div>\n\n\n\n
(reprinted in Cthulhu: Deep Down Under, Volume One<\/em>,<\/div>\n\n\n\n
IFWG Publishing, 2017)<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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‘WATCHMEN’ (reprint)<\/h3>\n

Published in Bewere The Night: Tales of Shapeshifters and Werecreatures<\/em>, Edited by Ekaterina Sedia, Prime Books (US), 2011<\/p>\n

A brand-spanking new version of the story, reflecting some of its expansion into the novel Blood<\/em> (ie. there\u2019s more cool werewolf transformation now).<\/p>\n

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‘WATCHMEN’<\/h3>\n

Published in Gathering the Bones: New Stories from the World\u2019s Masters
of Horror<\/em>, Edited by Jack Dann, Ramsey Campbell and Dennis Etchison,
HarperCollins (Aus), Tor (US), 2003, Voyager (UK), 2004<\/p>\n

“The most disturbing stories are those in which the horror seems a natural extension of the world as we know it: […such as] a nightclub bouncer inducted into a secret world of killing for pleasure (Aaron Sterns\u2019 \u2018Watchmen\u2019).”
– Lorien Kaye, The Age<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention, Year\u2019s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection<\/em>, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling<\/p>\n

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‘THE THIRD RAIL’<\/h3>\n

Published in Dreaming Down-Under: Thirty-one original stories from the wild side of Australian speculative fiction<\/em>, Edited by Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Harper Voyager (AUS), 1998, Orb Books (US), 2000, Tor HC (US), 2002<\/p>\n

“Sterns’ writing draws you into his personal nightmare; the story, told in the present tense, has great immediacy and economy. Effectively, chillingly, done.”
– Simon Brown, eidolon.net<\/p>\n

Nominated for 1998 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story<\/p>\n

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‘THE REST IS SILENCE’<\/h3>\n

Published in Dreaming Again: Thirty-Five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction<\/em>, Edited by Jack Dann, HarperCollins (Aus), Harper Voyager (US), 2008<\/p>\n

“This frightening story stays with you long after reading it. “
– Tristesse Lee, Book and Movie Impressions… For Now<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention<\/a>, Best Horror of the Year: Volume One<\/em>, edited by Ellen Datlow<\/p>\n

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‘AT NIGHT MY TELEVISION BLEEDS’<\/h3>\n

Published in Orb: Speculative Fiction<\/em>, Issue #3\/4, Edited by Sarah Endacott,
Orb Publications (AUS), 2002<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention, Year\u2019s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection<\/em>, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling<\/p>\n

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