Lee Murray author, editor
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Lee Murray BSc, MSc (Tech) Hons, MMS Dist (Waikato)
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FICTION WORKS
NOVELS/NOVELLAS
BATTLE OF THE BIRDS (Taramea) junior fantasy novel, 2011
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Youth Novel, 2011
Listed in Sunday Star Times Best Books for Youth of 2011
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A DASH OF REALITY (Oceanbooks) contemporary women’s novel, 2011
Frankfurt Book Fair (NZSA Selection)
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MISPLACED (Leapy Sheep) YA contemporary novel, 2013 (with Creative NZ/NZSA mentor Graeme Lay)
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CONSUMED in A Foreign Country (Random Static), A Caro and J Buchanan eds, 2010
Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalist for Best Novella, 2010
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CAVE FEVER in Regeneration (Random Static), A Caro and J Buchanan eds, 2013
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novella 2013
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CONCLAVE SEVEN in Conclave: A Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, (Leapy Sheep) 2014
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MIKA co-written with Piper Mejia (Paper Road Press), April 2015, and in print SHORTCUTS: TRACK 1 Dec 2015
First: SpecFicNZ Shortcuts Novella Competition, 2014
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INTO THE MIST New Zealand speculative military thriller, April 2016, Cohesion; 2018 Severed Press.
International Bram Stoker Award Longlist for Superior Achievement in a Novel 2016
Australian Shadows Award Finalist for Best Novel, 2017
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel, 2016
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INTO THE SOUNDS, New Zealand speculative military thriller, August 2018, Severed Press.
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel, 2018
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INTO THE ASHES, New Zealand speculative military thriller, February 2019, Severed Press.
International Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2019
Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalist, 2019 (awards announced August 2020)
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HOUNDS of the UNDERWORD: Bk 1 of THE PATH OF RA (with Dan Rabarts), RDSP (USA) July 2017
International Bram Stoker Award Longlist for Superior Achievement in a Novel 2017
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel, 2017
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TEETH OF THE WOLF: Bk 2 of THE PATH OF RA (with Dan Rabarts), RDSP (USA) September 2018
Australian Shadows Award Finalist for Best Novel 2019
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DAWN OF THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE middle grade novel (IFWG Australia), October 2019, Spanish language version forthcoming in October 2022.
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BLOOD OF THE SUN: Bk 3 of THE PATH OF RA (co-written with Dan Rabarts), RDSP (USA) 6 November 2020
Finalist in the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards
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DESPATCHES, novella, Absinthe Books (PS Publishing UK), September 2023
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Forthcoming:
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COLLECTIONS
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GROTESQUE: MONSTER STORIES (Things in the Well Publishing, Australia), July 24 2020, Re-released by Crossroad Press, July 2022
WINNER international Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, 2020
Finalist in New Zealand's 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards (Collected Works)
Finalist in the Imadjinn (Imaginarium) Awards (Collected Works)
Finalist in the Australian Shadows Awards (Collected Works)
Finalist in the Ladies of Horror Fiction Award 2021 for Heart Music (Short Fiction)
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PENNY DIVERS & OTHER STORIES (currently only available to newsletter subscribers)
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SHORT FICTION
MAHI RANGIMARIE (Peaceful Pursuits) short story in Double Vision (Tauranga Writers), 2010
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FORECAST FOR APRIL in Bravado 19, March 2010, reprinted 2017 in New Orbit Magazine, vol1.
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FREEFALL (published online) 2011
Third: Franklin Writers Award, 2011
Finalist: Whakatane FOTL National Writing Competition, 2011
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THE RED CARDIGAN on NSZA website, and also in Breeze, vol 2, 2012
Third: NZSA Inaugural Asian Short Story Award, 2012
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HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS on website of NZ Royal Society, 2012
Finalist: Royal Society Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing, 2012
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Short Story 2012
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SIX SECRETS (not currently in print)
Finalist: NZSA Inaugural Asian Short Story Award, 2012
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DUCKS AND BUTTERFLIES (not currently in print)
Finalist: NZSA Asian Short Story Award, 2013
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CON SOMME PASSIONE in Baby Teeth, Paper Road Press, 2013
PETER AND THE WOLF in Baby Teeth, Paper Road Press, 2013
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL in Baby Teeth, Paper Road Press, 2013
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INSIDE FERNDALE in SQ Mag, vol 10, 2014, also Star Quake Anthology Best of 2014
First: IFWG SQ Mag Story Quest International short story prize, 2013
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Short Story, 2015
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JAKEN HARVEST (not currently in print)
Second: Conclave After the War Competition, 2014
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BELLS and THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME in Twisty Christmas Tales (Phantom Feather Press) 2014
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THE CHINESE PEOPLE STREET (not currently in print)
Third: SpecFicNZ World War I Centenary Competition, 2014
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The LESSON in Byline, vol 1, September 2015.
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THE THIEF’S TALE in The Refuge Collection (SDP) Nov 2015.
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Short Story, 2016
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MARIE in Capricious Magazine, vol3, March 2016.
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SELFIE in SQ Mag: Symbiosis, Edition 26, May 2016,
reprinted in Italian in The Horror Show, Luigi Boccia & Nicola Lombardi (eds.) Weird Book, Italy, 2021
Australian Shadows Award Finalist for Best Short Story, 2017
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RESTLESS in SNAFU: UNNATURAL SELECTION Geoff Brown and AJ Spedding (eds), Cohesion, 2017
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HALLOWEEN PROM in Spooky Halloween Drabbles, Roy Booth and Jorges Reeves (eds), 2016
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TRACKERS in Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train, Steve Dillon (ed), OzHorror, 2017
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SANTA’S SURPRISE in Shades of Santa, Steve Dillon (ed), OzHorrorCon, 2017
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PENNY DIVERS in Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep, Steve Dillon (ed) Things in the Well, 2018
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BAIRD’S LEGACY part 1 in Cryptozoological Tales - Monstrous, Adrenalin Shots, April 2018
BAIRD’S LEGACY part 2 in Cryptozoological Tales - Monstrous, Adrenalin Shots, April 2018
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DEAD END TOWN in Cthulhu Deep Down Under, vol2, Stevens, Sequiera, and Proposch (eds), IFWG, June 2018
International Bram Stoker Award finalist for Superior Achievement in a Short Story
Ellen Datlow’s Recommended Reading List, 2019 — Best Horror of the Year Vol11
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MAUI’S HOOK in Kaiju Rising II, Nick Sharps and Alana Joli Abbott (eds), Outland Publications, Sept 2018
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EDWARD’S JOURNAL in Cthuhlu Aotearoa, Stevens Sequiera and Proposch (eds), IFWG Publishing, Sept 2018
Ellen Datlow’s Recommended Reading List, 2019 — Best Horror of the Year Vol11
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MAIDEN FLIGHT in 100-word Horrors Part 2, Kevin Kennedy (ed), A Kevin J Kennedy Production, 2019
PRESERVING JAR in 100-word Horrors Part 2, Kevin Kennedy (ed), A Kevin J Kennedy Production, 2019
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LIFEBLOOD Grimdark Magazine, Issue #19, Adrian Collins (ed), June 2019.
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS in The Monarchies of Mau: Tales of Excellent Cats, Melanie Meadors (ed), 2019
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SELKIE LOVE flash fiction in Guilty Pleasures, Steve Dillon (ed), Things in the Well, Australia, 2019
MONSTER PARTY flash fiction in Guilty Pleasures, Steve Dillon (ed), Things in the Well, Australia, 2019
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THE NEW BREED novelette in Blood, Brains, and Bullets, Chris McNally (ed), Screaming Banshee, 2019
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THIS OTHER DOOR with Dan Rabarts, flash fiction in Shallow Waters 3, Joe Mynhardt (ed) Crystal Lake, 2019
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LOSING FACE short story in Tales of the Lost, Eugene Johnson and Steve Dillon (eds), Things in the Well, 2019
Finalist in the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards
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PHOENIX CLAWS, short fiction, in Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn (eds.) Omnium Gatherum USA, September 2020
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FRANGIPANI WISHES, short fiction, in Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn (eds.) Omnium Gatherum USA, September 2020
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THE GOOD WIFE, short fiction in Weird Tales #364, Jonathan Maberry (ed), November, 2020
Finalist in the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards
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DREAMTIME, with Nicola Lombardi, short fiction in The Best of Indie Horror, Kevin Kennedy (ed), KJKP, 2020,
Reprinted in Italian in Dark and Weird Vol 3, Luigi Boccia & Nicola Lombardi (eds.) Weird Book, Italy, 2021.
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AT MARATOTO POOL short fiction, in One of Us: A Tribute to Frank Michael Errington, Kenneth W Cain (ed.) Bloodshot Books, 15 Nov 2020.
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THE WRECK OF THE TARTARUS, short story, in Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart (ed), Cat Press, 2021
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INTO THE GEYSERLAND: A Taine McKenna Adventure, novella, in Contact, Chris McNally (ed), Screaming Banshee Press, Feb 2021
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NIL BY MOUTH, short story, in Stitched Lips, Ken McGregor (ed.) Dragon Roost Press, March 2021.
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WEEPING WATERS short fiction, in Fright Train, Tony Tremblay, Charles Rutledge and Scott Goudsward (eds.) Haverhill House, USA, October 2021
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SEACHANGE short story in Like Sunshine After Rain, Heidi Ruby Miller (ed.) Raw Dog Screaming Press, July 2021
THE MOON GODDESS'S GRANDDAUGHTER, short story / prose-poem in Giving the Devil His Due, Rebecca Brewer (ed), The Pixel Project, September 2021
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THE BLUEHAUL, short story in Midnight from Beyond the Stars, Ken Kinley (ed), Silver Shamrock Publishing, September 2021.
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THE BONE EATER, short story in There is No Death, There are No Dead, Jess Landry and Aaron French (eds), Crystal Lake Publishing, September 2021.
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NIGHTSHIFT in An Unholy Thirst: Fifteen Vampire Tales, edited by Cliff Biggers and Charles Rutledge, Pavanne Press, October 2021.
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PERMANENT DAMAGE, short fiction, Attack of the 80s, Eugene Johnson (ed.), Raw Dog Screaming Press, November 2021, audio version on Tales to Terrify, December 2022, and in translation in Romanian in Galaxia 42/33 Dec 2022.
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
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THE MARTHA HOTEL: SUITE 101 flash fiction, In Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (2021 edition) edited by Eric Guignard, Dark Moon Books, November 2021
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DAUGHTERS OF THE BEAR in Shadow Atlas: New Stories of the Americas, Josh Viola, Hillary Dodge, and Carina Bisset (eds), Hex Publishing, November 2021.
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HEART MUSIC, flash fiction, first published in Grotesque: Monster Stories, reprinted in Among the Headstones: Creepy Tales from the Graveyard, Rayne Hall (ed.) Rayne Hall Ltd, Bulgaria.
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ROCK-A-BYE BABY, short story (with Dan Rabarts) in Dark Deed Down Under Volume 1, Craig Sisterson (ed.) Clan Destine Press, Australia, June 2022.
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MOONCAKE, short story in The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors, Doug Murano (ed). Bad Hand Books, USA. June 2022.
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HOTHOUSE CRUSH, short story in Dracula Unfanged, Chris Sequiera (ed), IFWG Publishing, August 2022.
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THRALL short story in The King Must Fall, Adrian Collins and Mike Myers (eds). Grimdark, Australia, September 2022.
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THE GHOST CRICKET, short story in Literally Dead: Thirteen Tales of Halloween Hauntings, Gaby Triana (ed). Alienhead Press, September 2022.
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KUPARA & TEKOTEKO, short story in Clamour and Mischief, Narelle Harris (ed.) Clan Destine Press, Australia, November 2022.
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THE HUNGRY BONES, short story in Damnation Games, Alan Baxter (ed.) Clan Destine Press, Australia, November 2022
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HEART MURMURS, short fiction, in Strange Tales of Terror, Eugene Johnson (ed.), Independent Legions (Italy) December 2022, Print version from Cemetery Dance, 2023.
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THE MOTORCYCLE WIDOW, illustrated short story in Unknown Superheroes vs The Forces of Darkness, Steve Dillon and Will Jacques (eds.). Ghastly Door Press, May 2023
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THE SEVEN YEAR WAR, short story in Never Wake, Time Meyer and Kenneth Cain (eds), CLP, Sept 2023.
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SHOWTIME, short story in Shakespeare Unleashed, James Aquilone (ed.), Crystal Lake Publishing & Black Spot Books, 2023. Italian translation by Independent Legions, 2023
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FOR EVERY SEASON, short story in Stories of the Reconvergence: All New Tales from the Expanded Universe (A Unioverse Anthology) edited by Angle Hodapp and Joshua Viola, Random Games, 2023.
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MAORILAND BLUE, short story in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Blue John Gap Project, edited by Nancy Holder and Margie Deck, November 2023.
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Forthcoming:
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CYPRESS WHISPERS, short story in Bestiary of Blood: Modern Fables & Dark Tales, Jamal Hodge (ed.). Crystal Lake Publishing, 2024.
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FATHER'S LAST CHRISTMAS, short story in The Darkest Night, Lindy Ryan (ed.) Crooked Lane Press, 2024.
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GLOW: AN ORAL HISTORY, novelette, forthcoming in Discontinue Until Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point, edited by Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, Flame Tree Press, Sept 2024.
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GODDESS, short story, forthcoming in forthcoming in Discontinue Until Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point, edited by Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, Flame Tree Press, Sept 2024.
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THE REAL_TRENDS_JEN, short story, commissioned, to be announced, 2024.
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SUMMER BONUS, in Beyond & Within: Folk Horror, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan, Flame Tree Press, July 2024.
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ANTHOLOGIES
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WRITE OFF LINE: YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND (Oceanbooks) co-editor Piper Mejia, 2012
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WRITE OFF LINE: TEENAGERS ARE AN ALIEN SPECIES (Tauranga Writers) co-editor Piper Mejia, 2013
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BEYOND THIS AGE (Oceanbooks) co-editor Piper Mejia, 2013
Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalist Best Collected Work, 2013
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BEYOND THIS STORY (Tauranga Writers) co-editor Piper Mejia, 2014
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BABY TEETH: BITE-SIZED TALES OF TERROR (Paper Road Press) co-editor Dan Rabarts, 2013
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Collected Work, 2013
Winner: Australian Shadows Award Best Edited Work, 2014
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AT THE EDGE (Paper Road Press) co-editor Dan Rabarts, speculative fiction by NZ Australian writers, June 2016
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Collected Work, 2016
Australian Shadows Award Finalist Best Edited Work, 2017
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WRITE OFF LINE: ALTER EGO (Young NZ Writers) co-editor Grace Bridges, October 2017
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TE KORERO AHI AKA (SpecFicNZ) co-editors Grace Bridges and Aaron Compton, 2018
Winner: Sir Julius Vogel Award Best Collected Work, 2018
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TIMEGATE TO TOMORROW Grace Bridges and Lee Murray (eds), Young NZ Writers, 2018
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HELLHOLE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SUBTERRANEAN TERROR (Adrenaline Press, USA) 2018.
International Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in an Anthology
Winner: Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2019
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TRICKTERS TREATS #3: SEVEN DEADLY SINS co-editor Marie O’Regan, Things in the Well, Australia, October 2019
Finalist: Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2020
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BREACH Vols 11 &12 guest editor, Breachzine, Australia, October & December 2019
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SCARY TALES (Young NZ Writers), June 2020
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BLACK CRANES (Omnium Gatherum) co-editor Geneve Flynn, September 2020
WINNER international Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology, 2020
WINNER international Shirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology, 2020
Locus Award Recommended Reading List, 2020
Aurealis Award Finalist for Best Horror Anthology
Australian Shadows Award Finalist 2021 for Best Edited Work
British Fantasy Award Finalist 2021 for Best Anthology
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MIDNIGHT ECHO #15, Lee Murray editor, published by AHWA, November 2020.
WINNER Australian Shadows Awards 2021 for Best Edited Work
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WRITE OFF LINE: NOT THERE BUT SOMEWHERE (Young NZ Writers), Lee Murray (ed), June 2021
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BETWEEN YOU AND ME: CULTURE AND CONTEXT IN AOTEAROA, Lee Murray, Piper Mejia, and Jean Gilbert (eds)
Rogue House Publishing, 2022.
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ASIAN GHOST SHORT STORIES, Flame Tree Press, February 2022
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OF HORROR AND HOPE, reflections on mental health collated by Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith for HWA Wellness Committee, June 2022.
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REMAINS TO BE TOLD: DARK TAES OF AOTEAROA, edited by Lee Murray, Clan Destine Press, 1 October 2023.
Australian Shadows Award Finalist for Best Edited Work
Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalist for Best Collected Work.
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UNDER HER EYE, poetry anthology, Lindy Ryan and Lee Murray (eds.), Black Spot Books, USA. 7 November 2023.
Bookfest Award Winner for Poetry Anthologies and Collections
Forward Indies Award Finalist for Poetry
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POETRY
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Collections
TORTURED WILLOWS: BENT, BOWED, UNBROKEN with Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, and Geneve Flynn, Yuriko Publishing, October 2021.
WINNER international Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry, 2021
WINNER of Australian Shadows Award for Poetry for "cheongsam" by Lee Murray
ELGIN-nominated collection (placed second), includes Rhysling-nominated works orchid moon, exquisite, and Interview with a Goddess.
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FOX SPIRIT ON A DISTANT CLOUD (prose poetry collection), The Cuba Press, April 2024
WINNER 2023 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
Individual poems
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COMET TEEN (poem) in Double Vision (Tauranga Writers), 2010
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A SINGLE POINT, poem, in Byline, Vol 4, Dec 2018
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DEAR CHRISTINE poem in HWA Poetry Showcase VI, Stephanie Wytovich (ed), 2019
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HOW TO CATCH AN EEL IN THE 70s poem in Byline Vol 5, 2019
HELL PIGS AND OTHER FUTURES poem in Byline Vol 5, 2019
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SEASONAL GROWTH short fiction / prose poem in Infected, Steve Dillon (ed), Things in the Well, 2020
5 HAIKU poems in Infected, Steve Dillon (ed), Things in the Well, 2020
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FOREVER MATES poem, performed by Brent Kelley on Destroy the Files podcast, episode #19, Sept 2020
also performed on SFPA Halloween Showcase. https://www.sfpoetry.com/halloween.html
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LESSONS FROM POE poem, Space and Time Magazine, Linda D Addison (ed), #137, 20 June 2020
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EXPLORER, pantoum, in Space and Time Magazine, Linda D Addison (ed), December 2020.
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RETOURNE poem in HWA Poetry Showcase VII, Stephanie Wytovich, 2020
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A CURATED GARDEN poem in Byline Vol 6, Tauranga Writers, November 2020
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NEW YEAR, poem, in CBOP new year missive, 2021
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PRESERVING JAR (Paradelle) in HWA Poetry Gallery, HWA Newsletter, April 2021.
AMERICAN NOCTURNE (Book spine poem) in HWA Poetry Gallery, HWA Newsletter, April 2021.
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MESOZOIC, speculative poem in Nombono: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry, Akua Lezli Hope (ed), Sundress Publications, 2021.
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orchid moon, horror poem in HWA Poetry Showcase VIII, Stephanie Wytovich (ed). HWA, 2021, also in the 2022 Rhysling Anthology, F.J Bergman and Brian U Garrison (eds.) 2022.
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Conversations with my husband on a weekend caravanning in Rotorua, poem in Byline Vol 7, Tauranga Writers, Dec 2021.
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CURSED, sonnet in The Gargoylicon: Imaginings and Images of the Gargoyle in Literature and Art. Frank Coffman (ed.). Minds Eye Press (2022).
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SHAMEFUL, body horror poem in In Her Skin: Women in Horror Poetry Showcase, Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller (eds), Black Spot Books, April 2022.
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MAERO, in Hybrids: Misfits, Monsters, and Other Phenomena Edited by: Donald Armfield and Maxwell I. Gold, Hybrid Sequence Media, 2022.
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FURY, reprint poem, in Dwarf Stars, Adele Gardner and Greer Woodward (eds.), Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2022.
EXQUISITE in In Trouble, EF Schraeder (ed). Omnium Gatherum, October 2022.
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FOXGIRL, in Best Horror of the Year Vol 14, Ellen Datlow (ed.), Night Shade Books, December 2022.
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A SINGLE STEP, terzanelle, in Trapped, A Dark Dozen Anthology, Candace Nola (ed.) Uncomfortably Dark Horror, November 2022
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STATUS TANSCRIPT:, poem, in A Woman Unbecoming, Rachel Brune (ed.) Crone Girls Press, August 2022.
Rhyslng Award finalist
SEALING FATE, poem, in Byline Vol 8, Tauranga Writers Publishing, October 2022.
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RED WIND, featured poem in the HWA Poetry Showcase Vol X, edited by Angela Yuriko Smith, 2023
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VESSEL, poem in QUALIA NOUS, edited by Michael Bailey, Written Backwards Publishing, 2023.
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VIVA poem in Byline Vol 9, Tauranga Writers, Dec 2023
NON-BINARY poem in Byline Vol 9, Tauranga Writers, Dec 2023
GENUFLECTION poem in Byline Vol 9, Tauranga Writers, Dec 2023
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COLD STORAGE poem in Eye to the Telescope #50, edited by Claire McNerney , SFPA October 2023
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NEW YEAR BANQUET in Wok Hei: Aphrodisiac poems and recipes in the Year of the Wood Dragon, edited by Renee Liang, Monster Fish Publishing, 14 February 2024
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Forthcoming:
LITTLE MOTHER poem in Mother Knows Best, edited by Lindy Ryan, Black Spot Books, 2024
THE SHELLBACK'S TALE narrative poem in Where the Silent Ones Watch, edited by James Chambers, Hippocampus Press, 2024
NON-FICTION WORKS
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Books
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MARK MY WORDS: Read the Submission Guidelines & Other Self-editing Tips for Writers by Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith, Yuriko Publishing, May 2020.
GOAL SETTING (LITERALLY) workbook by Lee Murray, Brain Jar Press, 2022.
UNQUIET SPRITS: ESSAYS BY ASIAN WOMEN IN HORROR, Lee Murray &Angela Yuriko Smith(eds), Black Spot Books, USA, Feb 2023
Bram Stoker Award finalist for Superior Achievement in Non-fiction
Essays
WRITING FROM A DARK PLACE essay in Headlands: New Stories of Anxiety, Naomi Arnold (ed) VUP, 2019.
OF HOME AND HERITAGE, an essay in Grimdark Magazine #28, Adrian Collins and Mike Myers (eds), Australia, Oct 2021.
LESSONS FROM HORACE AND ARISTOTLE, an essay in Success Mindsets, Alinka Rutkowska (ed.), Leaders Press, October 2021
I DON'T READ HORROR (& OTHER WEIRD TALES), essay in Interstellar Flight Magazine / Medium, October 2022
Bram Stoker Award finalist for Superior Achievement in Short Non-fiction
Australian Shadows Award finalist for Non-fiction
DISPLACED SPIRITS: GHOSTS OF THE DIASPORA in Unquiet Spirits (Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith (eds.) BSB, 2023.
Bram Stoker Award finalist for Superior Achievement in Short Non-fiction
Australian Shadows Award finalist in Short Non-fiction
MARY SHELLEY: PANDEMICS, ISOLATION AND WRITING, essay in A Vindication of Monsters, Claire Fitzpatrick (ed) , IFWG Australia, October 2023.
HORROR'S REAL-LIFE FINAL GIRLS, essay in Interstellar Flight Magazine / Medium October 2024.
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Forthcoming
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Commentary on "The Opal Fairy Cave" by Katherine Mansfield in Shadows and Verse: Classic Dark Poems with Celebrity Commentary, edited by Jonathan Maberry, Wordfire Press, 2024.
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Foreword / Introductory Essays
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Foreword in Almost Normal Horror by Christine Morgan, Madness House Press, 2022.
Foreword in Lions, Tigers, & Weres fiction collection by Ken MacGregor, Dragon's Roost Press, 2022
Foreword in Red Gear 9 (Odd Men Out Bk2) novel by Matt Betts, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2021
Foreword in Daughters of Darkness, anthology by Theresa Derwin, Stephanie Ellis, Ruschelle Dillon & Alyson Faye, Black Angel Press, 2021
Introduction in Infectious Hope: Poems of Hope an Resilience from the Pandemic, a poetry collection edited by Silvia Cantón Rondoni, IFWG, 2021
Introduction in The Better Sister and Other Stories fiction collection by Piper Mejia, Breach Publishing, 2020
Foreword in the re-release of Steel Victory, Bk 1 to the Steel Empires series by JL Gribble, Dog Star Books, originally published 2015.
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