“As the character of Dean Winchester said in the hit series Supernatural<\/em>, ‘at least ghosts had rules, but people were just plain crazy’. In Wolf Creek: Origin<\/em>, the horror lies in the depths of depravity of Mick’s mind. The murderous streak in Mick emerged early in life with the murder of his sister, and takes the form of a ‘dark passenger’ much in the vein of Dexter Morgan from the TV series Dexter<\/em>. A prequel to the two popular movies, this book excels in its gory detail and does not hesitate to even mention bestiality. A superb novel that would make an excellent movie, I had John Jarratt in mind’s eye as I read this book.”<\/p>\n They got it \ud83d\ude42 [I’d love to see it as a movie too.]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s the full list of winners. Congrats to all the nominees, and my thanks to the judges and to the AHWA.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.australianhorror.com\/index.php?view=39<\/a><\/p>\n AUSTRALIAN SHADOWS AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n Winners for the AHWA’s Australian Shadows awards for 2014 have been announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Our winners for the 2014 awards were:<\/span><\/p>\n Novel:<\/strong> Short Fiction:<\/strong> Edited Works:<\/strong> Collected works:<\/strong> Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction (novella)<\/strong> The awards celebrate the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australian or New Zealander for the calendar year of 2014. Works are judged on the overall effect – the skill, delivery, and lasting resonance – of a story.<\/span><\/p>\n Previous winners have included Lee Battersby, Terry Dowling, Paul Haines, Brett McBean, Kirstyn McDermott, Bob Franklin, Kaaron Warren, Will Elliott, Deborah Biancotti, and Amanda Spedding.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And here’s the unbelievable trophy. Greg and I get one each apparently. It’s just as well, because I’d fight him for it:<\/p>\n
\nAaron Sterns and Greg McLean – Wolf Creek: Origin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAlan Baxter – Shadows of the Lonely Dead<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSQ<\/em> Issue 14 \u2013 edited by Sophie Yorkston<\/p>\n
\nAndrew McKiernan – Last Year When We Were Young<\/em><\/p>\n
\nShane Jiraiya Cummings – ‘Dreams of Destruction’<\/p>\n
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