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Complete Short Fiction
Paul J. McAuley
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Title Page
About Paul J. McAuley
Bibliography: Novels
Bibliography: Chapbooks
Bibliography: Collections
Bibliography: Omnibus
Short Fiction Bibliography: chronological
Short Fiction Bibliography: alphabetical
Fiction Series
1984
Wagon, Passing
1985
Little Ilya and Spider and Box
The King of the Hill
1986
The Airs of Earth
1987
Among the Stones
The Temporary King
A Dragon for Seyour Chan
The Heirs of Earth
1988
Karl and the Ogre
Inheritance
Transcendence
1989
Jacob’s Rock
Apprentice Luck
1990
Exiles
1991
Crossroads
The Invisible Country
Gene Wars
1992
Prison Dreams
1993
Dr. Luther’s Assistant
Children of the Revolution
1994
The Temptation of Dr Stein
1995
Recording Angel
The True History of Doctor Pretorius
Slaves
1996
Negative Equity
1997
Second Skin
The Worst Place in the World
All Tomorrow’s Parties
Back Door Man
Residuals
1998
The Secret of My Success
17
Sea Change, with Monsters
Alien TV
Before the Flood
The Gardens of Saturn
1999
I Spy
How We Lost the Moon. A True Story by Frank W. Allen
Dead Stringer for Love
Naming the Dead
2000
Straight to Hell
Danger—hard hack area
Making History
Reef
The Rift
Interstitial
A Very British History
Bone Orchards
The Proxy
2001
The Two Dicks
2002
The Passenger
Under Mars
The Assassination of Faustino Malarte
Doctor Pretorius and the Lost Temple
2003
The Madness of Crowds
Child of the Stones
2005
Take Me to the River
Rats of the System
Meat
2006
Dead Men Walking
Dust
2007
Rocket Boy
Winning Peace
2008
Incomers
Prisoners of the Action
A Brief Guide to Other Histories
Searching for Van Gogh at the End of the World
The Thought War
City of the Dead
Little Lost Robot
Adventure
2009
Crimes and Glory
Shadow Life
Penance
2010
The Treatment
2011
The Choice
2012
The Man
Bruce Springsteen
Rendition
Antarctica Starts Here
Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, the Potter’s Garden
Karyl’s War
2013
Sea Change, With Monsters
Dead Men Walking
Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, The Potter’s Garden
Barbara Allen And Sweet Billie
Ghost Of The Holloway
Heaven is a Place
Life As We Know It
Space Fever
Prometheus Warps the F Ring
The New Neighbours
Monoliths
Dragon Lady
Same As It Ever Was
The Paladin
Beauty
Transitional Forms
2014
The Return of the King
2015
Planet of Fear
Wild Honey
2016
The Fixer
Rats Dream of the Future
Elves of Antarctica
Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was
2017
Life Signs
2018
The Monoliths of Mars
Chine Life
Nothing Ever Happens on Oberon
2020
Robot and Girl with Flowers
2022
Maryon’s Gift
2023
Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene
Blade and Bone
Paul James McAuley was born on April 23, 1955 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K. He has a B.Sc in Botany and Zoology from Bristol University; and completed a Ph.D on plant-animal symbioses. He worked as a researcher in various universities, including Oxford and the University of California Los Angeles, before becoming a lecturer in Botany at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
McAuley began writing fiction at the age of fifteen, when he borrowed a neighbor’s typewriter and wrote half a science-fiction novel set on Mars. Later, equipped with his own machine, he finished two more novels (both unpublishable and both long since lost). His professional writing career began with the publication of “Wagon, Passing” for the June 1984 issue of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. His first novel, published in 1988, was the far-future space opera Four Hundred Billion Stars.
McAuley uses emerging technologies and SF motifs: nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, personality downloads, virtual reality; as well as, biotechnology and nanotechnology themes in his fiction. Since 2001 he has produced several SF-based techno-thrillers such as The Secret of Life, Whole Wide World, and White Devils.
Paul J. McAuley currently lives in North London surrounded by his favorite books.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOVELS
Four Hundred Billion Stars (1988)
Secret Harmonies (1989)
Of the Fall (1989)
Eternal Light (1991)
Red Dust (1993)
Pasquale’s Angel (1994)
Fairyland (1995)
Child of the River (1997)
Ancients of Days (1998)
Shrine of Stars (1999)
The Secret of Life (2001)
Whole Wide World (2001)
The Eye of the Tyger (2003)
White Devils (2004)
Mind’s Eye (2005)
Players (2007)
Cowboy Angels (2007)
The Quiet War (2008)
400 Billion Stars (2009)
Gardens of the Sun (2009)
Something Coming Through (2015)
In the Mouth of the Whale (2012)
Evening’s Empires (2013)
Into Everywhere (2016)
Austral (2017)
War of the Maps (2020)
Beyond the Burn Line (2022)
Secret Harmonies (2022)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPBOOKS
Making History (2000)
Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was (2016)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
COLLECTIONS
The King of the Hill and Other Stories (1991)
The Invisible Country (1996)
Alien TV (1998)
Little Machines (2005)
Stories from the Quiet War (2012)
A Very British History (2013)
A Very British History: Additional Stories (2013)
Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories (2013)
A Very British History: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Paul McAuley, 1985-2011 (2016)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
OMNIBUS
Confluence (2000)
Confluence: The Trilogy (2014)
The Quiet War Omnibus (2017)
The Vastening Omnibus (2017)
SHORT FICTION BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHRONOLOGICAL
1984
Wagon, Passing, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 1984
1985
Little Ilya and Spider and Box, Interzone, Summer, June 1985
The King of the Hill, Interzone, Winter 1985/1986
1986
The Airs of Earth, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1986
1987
Among the Stones, Amazing Stories, January 1987
The Temporary King, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1987
A Dragon for Seyour Chan, Interzone, Spring 1987
The Heirs of Earth, Amazing Stories, May 1987
1988
Karl and the Ogre, Interzone, Spring 1988
Inheritance, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fi ction, November 1988
Transcendence, Amazing Stories, November 1988
1989
Jacob’s Rock, Amazing Stories, March 1989
Apprentice Luck, Ignorant Armies, October 1989
1990
Exiles, Interzone, November 1990
1991
Crossroads, Interzone, April 1991
The Invisible Country, When the Music’s Over, May 1991
Gene Wars, Interzone, June 1991
1992
Prison Dreams, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1992
1993
Dr. Luther’s Assistant, Interzone, February 1993
Children of the Revolution, New Worlds 3, September 1993
1994
The Temptation of Dr. Stein, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, 1994
1995
Recording Angel, New Legends, May 1995
The True History of Doctor Pretorius, Interzone, August 1995
Slaves, Omni Online, November 1995
1996
Negative Equity, Dark Terrors 2, 1996
1997
Second Skin, Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1997
The Worst Place in the World, The Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New Millennium, May 1997
All Tomorrow’s Parties, Interzone, May 1997
Back Door Man, Future Histories: Award-winning Science Fiction Writers Predict Twenty Tomorrows for Communications, June 1997
Residuals, Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1997
1998
The Secret of My Success, Interzone, May 1998
17, Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1998
Sea Change, with Monsters, Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 1998
Alien TV, Alien TV, November 1998
Before the Flood, Alien TV, November 1998
The Gardens of Saturn, Interzone, November 1998
1999
I Spy, White of the Moon: New Tales of Madness and Dread, May 1999
How We Lost the Moon. A True Story by Frank W. Allen, Moon Shots, July 1999
Dead Stringer for Love, Event Horizon, August 17, 1999
Naming the Dead, Interzone, November 1999
2000
Straight to Hell, The Third Alternative #23, 2000
Danger—hard hack area, Nature, March 2, 2000
Making History, Making History, April 2000
Reef, Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science, April 2000
The Rift, Vanishing Acts, June 2000
Interstitial, Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2000
A Very British History, Interzone, July 2000
Bone Orchards, The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Volume 2, October 2000
The Proxy, New English Library Book of Internet Stories, November 2000
2001
The Two Dicks, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2001
2002
The Passenger, Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 2002
Under Mars, Mars Probes, June 2002
The Assassination of Faustino Malarte, Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2002
Doctor Pretorius and the Lost Temple, Sci Fiction, September 11, 2002
2003
The Madness of Crowds, Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 2003
Child of the Stones, Sci Fiction, November 12, 2003
2005
Take Me to the River, Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth, 2005
Rats of the System, Constellations: The Best of New British SF, January 2005
Meat, Nature, May 5, 2005
2006
Dead Men Walking, Asimov’s Science Fiction, March 2006
Dust, Forbidden Planets, November 2006
2007
Rocket Boy, Future Weapons of War, March 2007
Winning Peace, The New Space Opera, June 2007
2008
Incomers, The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows, April 2008
Prisoners of the Action, The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, May 2008
A Brief Guide to Other Histories, Postscripts #15, Summer, September 2008
Searching for Van Gogh at the End of the World, Postscripts #15, Summer, September 2008
The Thought War, Postscripts #15, Summer, September 2008
City of the Dead, Postscripts #15, Summer, September 2008
Little Lost Robot, Interzone, August 2008
Adventure, Fast Forward 2, September 2008
2009
Crimes and Glory, Subterranean (online), Spring, May 2009
Shadow Life, Discover, July/August, July 2009
Penance, New Scientist, September 19, 2009
2010
The Treatment, Zombie Apocalypse!, October 2010
2011
The Choice, Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 2011
2012
The Man, Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions, 2012
Bruce Springsteen, Asimov’s Science Fiction, January 2012
Rendition, Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback, October 2012
Antarctica Starts Here, Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November, October 2012
Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, the Potter’s Garden, Edge of Infinity, November 2012
Karyl’s War, Stories from the Quiet War, December 2012
2013
Sea Change, with Monsters, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Dead Men Walking, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, the Potter’s Garden, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Barbara Allen And Sweet Billie, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Ghost of the Holloway, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Heaven is a Place, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Life As We Know It, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Space Fever, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Prometheus Warps the F Ring, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
The New Neighbours, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Monoliths, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Dragon Lady, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Same As It Ever Was, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
The Paladin, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Beauty, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
Transitional Forms, Twelve Tomorrows, October 2013
2014
The Return of the King, Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame, December 2014
2015
Planet of Fear, Old Venus, March 2015
Wild Honey, Asimov’s Science Fiction, August 2015
2016
The Fixer, Clarkesworld, February 2016
Rats Dream of the Future, Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2016
Elves of Antarctica, Drowned Worlds, July 2016
Something Happened Here, But We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was, Tor.com, July 20, 2016
2017
Life Signs, Extrasolar, August 2017
2018
The Monoliths of Mars, 2001: An Odyssey in Words, March 2018
Chine Life, Twelve Tomorrows, May 2018
Nothing Ever Happens on Oberon, Infinity’s End, July 2018
2020
Robot and Girl with Flowers, Avatars Inc., 2020
2022
Maryon’s Gift, Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April, March 2022
2023
Gravesend, or, Everyday Life in the Anthropocene, Asimov’s Science Fiction, March/April, March 2023
Blade and Bone, Asimov’s Science Fiction, November/December, November 2023
SHORT FICTION BIBLIOGRAPHY
ALPHABETICAL
#
17, Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1998
A
A Brief Guide to Other Histories, Postscripts #15, Summer, September 2008
A Dragon for Seyour Chan, Interzone, Spring 1987
A Very British History, Interzone, July 2000
Adventure, Fast Forward 2, September 2008
The Airs of Earth, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1986
Alien TV, Alien TV, November 1998
All Tomorrow’s Parties, Interzone, May 1997
Among the Stones, Amazing Stories, January 1987
Antarctica Starts Here, Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November, October 2012
Apprentice Luck, Ignorant Armies, October 1989
The Assassination of Faustino Malarte, Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2002
B
Back Door Man, Future Histories: Award-winning Science Fiction Writers Predict Twenty Tomorrows for Communications, June 1997
Barbara Allen And Sweet Billie, Life After Wartime: More Quiet War Stories, July 2013
