William Browning Spencer
American novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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]
| 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" |
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