Ian McHugh

McHugh's first story was published in 2004, entitled "The Alchemical Automaton Blues" which was published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #15.[1] His first win came with his story "Bitter Dreams" which won the 2008 Writers of the Future grand prize.[2] It was also a nominee for the writers of the Future 3rd quarter at the same awards and was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Aurealis Award for best horror short story.[2] In 2009 McHugh's "Once a Month, On a Sunday" was a joint-winner for the 2009 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.[3] McHugh currently lives in Canberra, Australia and is a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild.[4]

Collections

• Angel dust (2014)

Stories[5]

• McHugh, Ian (2004). "The Alchemical Automaton Blues". Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. 15.
• "The Last Day of Rea" (2006) in All Star Stories presents: Twenty Epics
• "Grace" (2007) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28 (ed. Zara Baxter)
• "The Dao of Stones" (2007) in Challenging Destiny #24
• "Requiem in D-minor (for prions, whale and burning bush)" (2007) in Hub #24
• "The Greatest Adventure of All" (2007) in Coyote Wild, Autumn 2007
• "Bitter Dreams" (2008) in Writers of the Future XXIV (ed. Algis Budrys)
• "Stiletto" (2009) in GUD #4
• "Angel Dust" (2009) in Clockwork Phoenix 2
• "Sleepless in the House of Ye" (2009) in Asimov's Science Fiction July 2009 (ed. Sheila Williams)
• "Once a Month, On a Sunday" (2009) in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #40
• "Songdogs" (2009) in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #27
• "The Promises of Avalae" (2010) in Blood & Devotion
• "Annicca" (2010) in Greatest Uncommon Denominator #6
• "Cockatoo" (TBA) in All Hallows
• "The Godbreaker and Unggubudh the Mountain" (2012) in Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear (ed. Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie)
• — (Oct–Nov 2013). "When the rain comin". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (10–11): 42–44.

Aurealis Awards[2]

• Best fantasy short story
• 2009: Win: "Once a Month, On a Sunday"
• Best horror short story
• 2008: Nomination: "Bitter Dreams"
• Best young-adult short story
• 2009: Win: "Once a Month, On a Sunday"

Writers of the Future[2]

• Writers of the Future grand prize
• 2008: Win: "Bitter Dreams"
• Writers of the Future 3rd quarter
• 2008: Nominee: "Bitter Dreams"

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