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William Browning Spencer 
Summary
William Browning Spencer (born 1946)[1] is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas. His science fiction and horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous.
Awards and honors edit
His novel Résumé With Monsters won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Novel in 1995.[2] His first novel, Maybe I'll Call Anna, was a National Endowment of the Arts New American Writing Award winner. His novels and short stories have been finalists for the Bram Stoker Award,[3][4] the World Fantasy Award,[5] and the Shirley Jackson Award.[6] His short stories have been anthologized numerous times, including twice in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and twice in The Year's Best Science Fiction. In 1995, he was Toastmaster of ArmadilloCon 21 in Austin, TX.[7]
Bibliography edit
Novels edit
- Maybe I'll Call Anna, Permanent Press (1990)
- Résumé With Monsters, Permanent Press (1995). Reprint: Dover Publications (2014)
- Zod Wallop. St. Martin's Press (1995). Reprint: White Wolf Publishing (1996)
- Irrational Fears, White Wolf Publishing (1998)
Short fiction edit
Collections edit
- The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories, Permanent Press (1993)
- The Ocean and All Its Devices, Subterranean Press (2006)
- The Unorthodox Dr. Draper And Other Stories, Subterranean Press (2017)
List of short stories edit
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| The Wedding Photographer in Crisis | |
| Haunted by the Horror King | |
| The Entomologists at Obala | |
| The Return of Count Electric | |
| Graven Images | |
| Pep Talk | In 2005, this story was adapted as a short film by writer Eric B. Anderson and director Scott Smith (Project Greenlight) and premiered at the Santa Fe Film Festival in December 2006. |
| Looking Out for Eleanor | |
| Snow | |
| A Child's Christmas in Florida | Adapted as a short film entitled "A Child's Christmas in Texas" Screenwriters: Carolyn Banks and Jessica Gardner, Producer: Carolyn Banks, Director: Jessica Gardner. Can be viewed on youtube. |
| Best Man | |
| Daughter Doom |
| Title/First published | Notes |
|---|---|
| The Ocean and All Its Devices, 1994 | |
| The Oddskeeper's Daughter, 1995 | |
| The Death of the Novel, 1995 | Bram Stoker Award finalist in Best Short Story category |
| Downloading Midnight, 1995 | |
| Your Faithful Servant, 1993 | |
| "The Foster Child", F&SF, 98 (6): 71–81, June 2000 | Locus Magazine Award finalist in Best Short Story category |
| The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness, 1998 | |
| The Lights of Armageddon, 1994 | |
| The Essayist in the Wilderness, 2002 | World Fantasy Award finalist in Best Short Story category |
| Title/First published | Notes |
|---|---|
| How the Gods Bargain | |
| Penguins of the Apocalypse, 2008 | Shirley Jackson Award finalist in Novelette category |
| Come Lurk with Me and Be My Love | |
| The Tenth Muse, 2007 | Bram Stoker Award finalist in Long Fiction category, Shirley Jackson Award finalist in Novelette category |
| Stone and the Librarian, 2007 | |
| The Indelible Dark, 2013 | |
| The Dappled Thing | |
| Usurped | |
| The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Stories | |
| The Love Song of A. Alhazred Azathoth | Included in "2009 Rhysling Anthology: The Best SF, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2009" |
References edit
- ^ "William Browning Spencer". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ International Horror Guild. "IHG Award Recipients".
- ^ "1995 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees".
- ^ "2007 Bram Stoker Award Winners & Nominees".
- ^ "World Fantasy Award Nominees".
- ^ "2007 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners".
- ^ "ArmadilloCon History".
External links edit
- Book group recount of an evening with William Browning Spencer
- Interview from 1999 at "Crescent Blues"
- Fantastic Fiction summary for William Browning Spencer
- Publishers Weekly review of Maybe I'll Call Anna [1]
- Publishers Weekly review of The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories [2]
- Washington Post review of Irrational Fears [3]
- Publishers Weekly review of Irrational Fears [4]
- Kirkus review of Zod Wallop [5]
- New York Times Review of Zod Wallop
- SF Site review of The Ocean and All Its Devices [6]
- Publishers Weekly review of The Ocean and All Its Devices [7]
- Publishers Weekly review of The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Stories [8]
- Kirkus review of The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Stories [9]
- Locus Magazine review of The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and Other Stories [10]
- William Browning Spencer Internet Speculative Fiction Database [11]