Catriona Sparks

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name = Catriona (Cat) sparks


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website = http://www.catsparks.net

Catriona (Cat) Sparks ((September 11, 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher.

As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Sparks has produced eight anthologies of speculative fiction. She is also a writer, graphic designer, photographer and desktop publisher, with stories and artwork appearing in a selection of magazines and anthologies. She has won seven Ditmar Awards for editing and artwork [ [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/DitmarTallies.html Locus magazine Ditmar winners list] ] . She was nominated for the Aurealis Peter MacNamara Conveners Award in 2003 and won one in 2004 for services to the Australian SF publishing industry. In 2006 Sparks was convenor of the Horror judging panel of the Aurealis Awards.

Sparks has concentrated on her writing in recent years [ [http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=cat_sparks_snapshot_2007 2007 Speculative Fiction Snapshot Interview] by Alisa Krasnostein] . In 2004 Sparks graduated the inaugural Clarion South Writers' Workshop in Queensland [ [http://www.clarionsouth.org/testimonials.htm Clarion South Writers Workshop ] ] and won third prize in the first quarter of the Writers of the Future competition [http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards.htm (see 2005 section of page)] . Her short fiction has been nominated for the Aurealis Awards in 2004, 2005 and 2007 [ [http://www.aurealisawards.com/Finalists.htm Aurealis Awards - Finalists ] ] .

Works Edited

Anthologies edited and published by Sparks through Agog! Press
* "Agog! Ripping Reads" (2006), ed. Cat Sparks, ISBN 0809562375
* "Agog! Smashing Stories" (2004), ed. Cat Sparks, ISBN 0958056730
* "Agog! Terrific Tales" (2003), ed. Cat Sparks, ISBN 0958056722
* "Agog! Fantastic Fiction" (2002), ed. Cat Sparks, ISBN 0958056706

Works Published

Anthologies published by Sparks through Agog! Press
* "AustrAlien Absurdities" (2002), ed. Chuck McKenzie and Tansy Rayner Roberts, ISBN 0958056714
* "Daikaiju!: Giant Monster Tales" (2005), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, ISBN 0958056749
* "Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters" (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, ISBN 9780809572311
* "Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monster vs The World" (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, ISBN 9780809572335

Published Fiction

Fiction written by Sparks and published in Australian and International markets.
*"A Million Shades of Nightmare" (2007), "Dark Animus", # 10.
*"Hollywood Roadkill" (2007), "On Spec", #69.Nominated for Best Science Fiction Short Story in the 2007 Aurealis Awards
*"Sammarynda Deep" (2007). In "Paper Cities", ed Ekaterina Sedia, Senses Five Press.
*"Right to Work" (2007). In "Workers Paradise", eds. Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans, Ticonderoga Publications.
*"Champagne and Ice" (2007), "Aurealis".
*"A Lady of Adestan" (2007), "Orb", # 7, June.Nominated for Best Fantasy Short Story in the 2007 Aurealis Awards
*"The Bride Price" (2007), "New Ceres", #2, 2007
*"Arctica" (2007). In "Fantastic Wonder Stories", ed. Russell B. Farr, Ticonderoga Publications.Nominated for Best Science Fiction Short Story in the 2007 Aurealis Awards
*"The Golden Hour" (2006), "WyR [E] d", November.
*"The Jarrah Run" (2006), In "c0ck", eds. Andrew Macrae and Keith Stephenson, coeur de lion press.
*"The Delicacy of Dragonflies" (2006), "Fables and Reflections", #8.
*"Street of the Dead" (2006), "Cosmos", #9, June.
*"Blue Stars For All Saviours' Day" (2006). In "The Outcast", ed. Nicole R. Murphy, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild.
*"The Ice Bride" (2006), "Shadowed Realms", #9, The Redback Edition.
*"Message in a Bottle" (2005), "Borderlands", #6
*"Macchiato Lane" (2005), "TiconderogaOnline", #5Nominated for Best Horror Short Story in the 2005 Aurealis Awards
*"Historical Perspective" (2005), "Simulacrum", July.
*"Arcana" (2005). In "Mitch? 4: Slow Dancing in Quicksand".
*"Home by the Sea" (2004), "Orb", #6, Nominated for Best Science Fiction Short Story in the 2004 Aurealis Awards
Reprinted in The Year"s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005, eds. Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt, MirrorDanse Books
*"Last Dance at the Sargeant Majors' Ball" (2004). "Borderlands Magazine", #3, 2004Reprinted in "L Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future", vol XXI, 2005.
*"Meltdown my Plutonium Heart" (2004). In "Encounters", eds. Maxine McArthur and Donna Maree Hanson, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild.
*"I am my Fathers Daughters" (2003), "Visions Magazine", #23.
*"The Birdcage" (2003). In "Elsewhere", ed. Michael Barry, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild.
*"Our Lady of Spatial Anomalies" (2003), "Fables and Reflections", #5.
*"Song of the Crescent Moon" (2003), "Gynaezine".
*"Gracelands" (2003), "Dark Animus", #3.
*"Roswell 14" (co-written with Max Blaxall) (2003). In "Consensual 2: The Second Coming".
*"Cross the Nullarbor to the Sea" (2003), In "Glimpses", Vision Writer's Group.
*"Pod" (2003). In "Ideomancer Unbound", eds. Mikal Trimm and Chris Clarke, Fictionwise.
*"Rats Nest" (2003). In "Potato Monkey", #3,
*"14 Shopping Days Till Xmas" (2002), "Vision Newszine".
*"Birthmark" (2002), "Antipodean SF", #55.
*"Arthur Nolan's Twilight" (2002), "Aurealis", #30.
*"Rites of Passage" (2002). In "Mitch?3: Hacks to the Max".
*"100% M-Hype" (2002). In "Passing Strange", ed. Bill Congreve, MirrorDanse Books, 2002
*"Reigning Cats and Dogs" (2002), "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine", #1.
*"Meltdown my Plutonium Heart" (2002), "Borderlands Convention Program".
*"Epiphany on the Wirewalk" (2002), "Fables and Reflections", #1.
*"Hollywood Hills" (2002), "Antipodean SF", #45.
*"Fuchsia Spins by Moonlight" (2002), "Redsine", #7
*"Invasion of the Latte Snatchers" (2001). In "Mitch?2: Tarts of the New Millennium".

References

External links

* [http://www.catsparks.net/ Cat Sparks' website]
* [http://www.tabula-rasa.info/Snapshot/CatSparks.html 2005 Australian Speculative Fiction Snapshot Interview] by Ben Peek
* [http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=cat_sparks_snapshot_2007 2007 Speculative Fiction Snapshot Interview] by Alisa Krasnostein
* [http://ticonderogaonline.org/002May2004/catsparks.html Interview at TiconderogaOnline]