Lee Murray ONZM is an author, editor, poet, essayist, and screenwriter from Aotearoa New Zealand. With more than 40 titles to her credit, Lee is the winner of multiple Sir Julius Vogel (13), Australian Shadows (5), and Bram Stoker Awards (5), and is her country’s only recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award for psychological horror. Titles by Lee include military thriller series, the Taine McKenna Adventures, supernatural crime-noir trilogy The Path of Ra (with Dan Rabarts), WWI novella Despatches, and short fiction collection, Grotesque: Monster Stories. She is the editor of twenty-one anthologies, among them Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women with Geneve Flynn (RDSP), Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror, with Angela Yuriko Smith, and women in horror poetry collection Under Her Eye with Lindy Ryan (BSB). Other works include non-fiction title Mark My Words: Read the Submission Guidelines and Other Self-editing Tips (with Angela Yuriko Smith), and several books for children. Lee’s short stories and poems have appeared in prestigious venues such as Weird Tales, Space &Time, and Grimdark Magazine, and her story “Māoriland Blue” was 2023 Doylean Honorée for Fiction. She is a Rhysling- and Pushcart-nominated poet, and an Elgin Award runner up. Her prose-poetry manuscript Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud won her the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship, the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize, and an Australian Shadows Award. A manuscript assessor, international literary judge (including only the second New Zealander to judge the World Fantasy Awards), conference panellist and guest of honour (Conflux and GenreCon), Lee is a former HWA Mentor of the Year and NZSA Honorary Literary Fellow. A third-generation Chinese New Zealander and the first writer of Asian descent to receive the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction, Lee lives in a little house on a hill in the sunny Bay of Plenty. Read more at https://www.leemurray.info/

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Novels and Novellas

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Murray, Lee. Battle of the Birds. Taramea, 2011.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel, 2011.

Listed in the Sunday Star-Times Best Books for Youth, 2011.

---. A Dash of Reality. Oceanbooks, 2011.

Selected for the Frankfurt Book Fair, NZSA Selection.

---. Misplaced. Leapy Sheep, 2013.

Awarded a Creative New Zealand/NZSA Mentorship with Graeme Lay.

---. “Consumed.” A Foreign Country, edited by A. Caro and J. Buchanan, Random Static, 2010.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novella, 2010.

---. “Cave Fever.” Regeneration, edited by A. Caro and J. Buchanan, Random Static, 2013.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novella, 2013.

---. “Conclave Seven.” Conclave: A Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Leapy Sheep, 2014.

Murray, Lee, and Piper Mejia. Mika. Paper Road Press, Apr. 2015. Print edition in Shortcuts: Track 1, Dec. 2015.

First Place, SpecFicNZ Shortcuts Novella Competition, 2014.

Murray, Lee. Into the Mist. Cohesion Press, Apr. 2016. Severed Press, 2018. Squabbling Sparrows Press, 2025.

Longlisted, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2016.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Best Novel, 2017.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel, 2016.

---. Into the Sounds. Severed Press, Aug. 2018. Squabbling Sparrows Press, 2025.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel, 2018.

---. Into the Ashes. Severed Press, Feb. 2019. Squabbling Sparrows Press, 2025.

Nominee, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2019.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Award, 2019 (announced August 2020).

Murray, Lee, and Dan Rabarts. Hounds of the Underworld. Bk. 1 of The Path of Ra, Raw Dog Screaming Press, July 2017.

Longlisted, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2017.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel, 2017.

---. Teeth of the Wolf. Bk. 2 of The Path of Ra, Raw Dog Screaming Press, Sept. 2018.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Best Novel, 2019.

---. Blood of the Sun. Bk. 3 of The Path of Ra, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 6 Nov. 2020.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, 2021.

Murray, Lee. Dawn of the Zombie Apocalypse. IFWG Publishing Australia, Oct. 2019. Spanish-language edition, 2022.

---. Despatches. Absinthe Books, PS Publishing, Sept. 2023. Italian translation by Nicola Lombardi, Weird Book, 2025.

Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.

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Collections

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Murray, Lee. Grotesque: Monster Stories. Things in the Well Publishing, 24 July 2020.

Winner, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, 2021.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, Collected Works, 2021.

Finalist, Imadjinn (Imaginarium) Awards, Collected Works.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Awards, Collected Works.

Finalist, Ladies of Horror Fiction Award, Short Fiction (“Heart Music”), 2021.

---. Grotesque: Monster Stories. Crossroad Press, July 2022.

---. Grotesque: Storie di Mostri. Translated by Nicola Lombardi, Weird Book, 2024.

---. Into the Distant Clouds. Squabbling Sparrows Press, May 2025.

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Short Fiction / Novelettes

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Murray, Lee. “Forecast for April.” Bravado, vol. 19, Mar. 2010. Reprinted in New Orbit Magazine, vol. 1, 2017.

---. “The Red Cardigan.” Breeze, vol. 2, 2012.

---. “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers.” Royal Society of New Zealand, 2012.

Finalist, Royal Society Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing, 2012.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story, 2012.

---. “Con Somme Passione.” Baby Teeth, edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, Paper Road Press, 2013.

---. “Peter and the Wolf.” Baby Teeth, edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, Paper Road Press, 2013.

---. “Teach Your Children Well.” Baby Teeth, edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, Paper Road Press, 2013.

---. “Inside Ferndale.” SQ Mag, vol. 10, 2014. Reprinted in Star Quake Anthology: Best of 2014.

First Place, IFWG SQ Mag Story Quest International Short Story Prize, 2013.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story, 2015.

---. “Bells.” Twisty Christmas Tales, edited by Peter Friend, Eileen Mueller, and A. J. Ponder, Phantom Feather Press, 2014.

---. “The Christmas Pantomime.” Twisty Christmas Tales, edited by Peter Friend, Eileen Mueller, and A. J. Ponder, Phantom Feather Press, 2014.

---. “The Lesson.” Byline, vol. 1, Sept. 2015.

---. “The Thief’s Tale.” The Refuge Collection, SDP, Nov. 2015.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story, 2016.

---. “Marie.” Capricious Magazine, vol. 3, Mar. 2016.

---. “Selfie.” SQ Mag: Symbiosis, ed. 26, May 2016. Reprinted in Italian as “Selfie,” in The Horror Show, edited by Luigi Boccia and Nicola Lombardi, Weird Book, 2021.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Best Short Story, 2017.

---. “Restless.” Snafu: Unnatural Selection, edited by Geoff Brown and AJ Spedding, Cohesion, 2017.

---. “Halloween Prom.” Spooky Halloween Drabbles, edited by Roy Booth and Jorges Reeves, 2016.

---. “Trackers.” Between the Tracks: Tales from the Ghost Train, edited by Steve Dillon, OzHorror, 2017.

---. “Santa’s Surprise.” Shades of Santa, edited by Steve Dillon, OzHorrorCon, 2017.

---. “Penny Divers.” Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep, edited by Steve Dillon, Things in the Well, 2018.

---. “Baird’s Legacy, Part 1.” Cryptozoological Tales: Monstrous, Adrenalin Shots, Apr. 2018.

---. “Baird’s Legacy, Part 2.” Cryptozoological Tales: Monstrous, Adrenalin Shots, Apr. 2018.

---. “Dead End Town.” Cthulhu Deep Down Under, vol. 2, edited by Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira, and Bryce Stevens, IFWG, June 2018.

Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Short Story.

Selected for Ellen Datlow’s Recommended Reading List, Best Horror of the Year, vol. 11, 2019.

---. “Maui’s Hook.” Kaiju Rising II, edited by Nick Sharps and Alana Joli Abbott, Outland Publications, Sept. 2018.

---. “Edward’s Journal.” Cthulhu Aotearoa, edited by Bryce Stevens, Christopher Sequeira, and Steve Proposch, IFWG Publishing, Sept. 2018.

Selected for Ellen Datlow’s Recommended Reading List, Best Horror of the Year, vol. 11, 2019.

---. “Maiden Flight.” 100-Word Horrors, Part 2, edited by Kevin Kennedy, A Kevin J. Kennedy Production, 2019.

---. “Preserving Jar.” 100-Word Horrors, Part 2, edited by Kevin Kennedy, A Kevin J. Kennedy Production, 2019.

---. “Lifeblood.” Grimdark Magazine, no. 19, edited by Adrian Collins, June 2019.

---. “Out of the Shadows.” The Monarchies of Mau: Tales of Excellent Cats, edited by Melanie Meadors, 2019.

---. “Selkie Love.” Guilty Pleasures, edited by Steve Dillon, Things in the Well, 2019.

---. “Monster Party.” Guilty Pleasures, edited by Steve Dillon, Things in the Well, 2019.

---. “The New Breed.” Blood, Brains, and Bullets, edited by Chris McNally, Screaming Banshee, 2019.

Murray, Lee, and Dan Rabarts. “This Other Door.” Shallow Waters 3, edited by Joe Mynhardt, Crystal Lake, 2019.

Murray, Lee. “Losing Face.” Tales of the Lost, edited by Eugene Johnson and Steve Dillon, Things in the Well, 2019.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, 2020.

---. “Phoenix Claws.” Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, edited by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn, Omnium Gatherum, Sept. 2020.

---. “Frangipani Wishes.” Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, edited by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn, Omnium Gatherum, Sept. 2020.

---. “The Good Wife.” Weird Tales, no. 364, edited by Jonathan Maberry, Nov. 2020.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, 2021.

Murray, Lee, and Nicola Lombardi. “Dreamtime.” The Best of Indie Horror, edited by Kevin Kennedy, KJKP, 2020. Reprinted in Italian, Dark and Weird, vol. 3, edited by Luigi Boccia and Nicola Lombardi, Weird Book, 2021.

Murray, Lee. “At Maratoto Pool.” One of Us: A Tribute to Frank Michael Errington, edited by Kenneth W. Cain, Bloodshot Books, 15 Nov. 2020. Reprinted in Discontinue if Death Ensues, edited by Garol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, Flame Tree Press, 2024.

---. “The Wreck of the Tartarus.” Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins, edited by Aiki Flinthart, Cat Press, 2021.

---. “Into the Geyserland: A Taine McKenna Adventure.” Contact, edited by Chris McNally, Screaming Banshee Press, Feb. 2021.

---. “Nil by Mouth.” Stitched Lips, edited by Ken McGregor, Dragon Roost Press, Mar. 2021.

---. “Weeping Waters.” Fright Train, edited by Tony Tremblay, Charles Rutledge, and Scott Goudsward, Haverhill House, Oct. 2021.

---. “Seachange.” Like Sunshine After Rain, edited by Heidi Ruby Miller, Raw Dog Screaming Press, July 2021.

---. “The Moon Goddess’s Granddaughter.” Giving the Devil His Due, edited by Rebecca Brewer, The Pixel Project, Sept. 2021. Reprinted in Moon Falling, Flame Tree Press, 2025.

---. “The Bluehaul.” Midnight from Beyond the Stars, edited by Ken Kinley, Silver Shamrock Publishing, Sept. 2021.

---. “The Bone Eater.” There Is No Death, There Are No Dead, edited by Jess Landry and Aaron French, Crystal Lake Publishing, Sept. 2021.

---. “Nightshift.” An Unholy Thirst: Fifteen Vampire Tales, edited by Cliff Biggers and Charles Rutledge, Pavanne Press, Oct. 2021. Reprinted in Black & Grey Magazine, edited by John Branscum and Yi Issy Yu, July 2026.

---. “Permanent Damage.” Attack of the 80s, edited by Eugene Johnson, Raw Dog Screaming Press, Nov. 2021. Audio version, Tales to Terrify, Dec. 2022. Translated into Romanian, Galaxia 42/33, Dec. 2022.

Winner, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction.

---. “The Martha Hotel: Suite 101.” Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World, edited by Eric Guignard, Dark Moon Books, Nov. 2021.

---. “Daughters of the Bear.” Shadow Atlas: New Stories of the Americas, edited by Josh Viola, Hillary Dodge, and Carina Bissett, Hex Publishing, Nov. 2021.

---. “Heart Music.” Grotesque: Monster Stories, Things in the Well Publishing, 2020. Reprinted in Among the Headstones: Creepy Tales from the Graveyard, edited by Rayne Hall, Rayne Hall Ltd, Bulgaria.

Murray, Lee, and Dan Rabarts. “Rock-a-Bye Baby.” Dark Deeds Down Under, vol. 1, edited by Craig Sisterson, Clan Destine Press, June 2022.

Murray, Lee. “Mooncake.” The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors, edited by Doug Murano, Bad Hand Books, June 2022.

---. “Hothouse Crush.” Dracula Unfanged, edited by Christopher Sequeira, IFWG Publishing, Aug. 2022.

---. “Thrall.” The King Must Fall, edited by Adrian Collins and Michael Myers, Grimdark Magazine, Sept. 2022.

---. “The Ghost Cricket.” Literally Dead: Thirteen Tales of Halloween Hauntings, edited by Gaby Triana, Alienhead Press, Sept. 2022.

---. “Kupara & Tekoteko.” Clamour and Mischief, edited by Narrelle M. Harris, Clan Destine Press, Nov. 2022.

---. “The Hungry Bones.” Damnation Games, edited by Alan Baxter, Clan Destine Press, Nov. 2022.

---. “Heart Murmurs.” Strange Tales of Terror, edited by Eugene Johnson, Independent Legions, Dec. 2022. Print version, Cemetery Dance, 2023.

---. “The Motorcycle Widow.” Unknown Superheroes vs. The Forces of Darkness, edited by Steve Dillon and Will Jacques, Ghastly Door Press, May 2023.

---. “The Seven-Year War.” Never Wake, edited by Tim Meyer and Kenneth W. Cain, Crystal Lake Publishing, Sept. 2023.

---. “Showtime.” Shakespeare Unleashed, edited by James Aquilone, Crystal Lake Publishing & Black Spot Books, 2023. Italian translation, Independent Legions, 2023.

---. “For Every Season.” Stories of the Reconvergence: All New Tales from the Expanded Universe (A Unioverse Anthology), edited by Angie Hodapp and Joshua Viola, Random Games, 2023.

---. “Māoriland Blue.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Blue John Gap Project, edited by Nancy Holder and Margie Deck, Oct. 2023.

Winner, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Society Honors for Excellence in Fiction and Poetry.

---. “The Three Gifts.” The Orange and Bee, edited by Nike Sulway and Carina Bissett, Apr. 2024.

---. “Cypress Whispers.” Bestiary of Blood: Modern Fables & Dark Tales, edited by Jamal Hodge, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2024.

---. “Father’s Last Christmas.” The Darkest Night, edited by Lindy Ryan, Crooked Lane Press, July 2024.

---. “The Real_Trends_Jen.” Weird Tales, no. 369, Bram Stoker Awards issue, edited by Jonathan Maberry, June 2024.

---. “Summer Bonus.” Folk Horror, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan, Flame Tree Press, 2024.

Selected for Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year, vol. 15.

---. “Glow: An Oral History.” Discontinue Until Death Ensues, edited by Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, Flame Tree Press, Oct. 2024.

---. “Goddess.” Discontinue Until Death Ensues, edited by Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, Flame Tree Press, Oct. 2024.

---. “Breakout.” Combat Monsters, edited by Henry Herz, Blackstone Publishing, 2024.

---. “The Poppy Cloud.” Silk & Sinew, edited by Kristy Park Kulski, Bad Hand Books, May 2025.

Finalist, Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, 2025.

---. “Hush.” Coven of the East: Reclaiming Asian Women’s Magical Histories, edited by Angela Yuriko Smith and Pauline Chow, Authortunities, 2025.

---. “The Mall.” The Rack II, edited by Tom Deady, Greymore Publishing, Oct. 2025.

---. “Our Mothers’ Arms.” Weird Tales, no. 372, edited by Jonathan Maberry, June 2026.

---. “Grotesque.” Robots: Past and Future. Gothic Fantasy Series. Flame Tree Press. 2025.

---. “The Cleansing.” Of Dread, Decay, and Doom, edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth Powell, Stars & Sabers Publishing, 2026.

---. “Milking.” Space & Time, vol 152, July 2026.

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Forthcoming

---. “On the Path Bleeding.” All Hallows Eve, edited by Ellen Datlow, Titan Books, Oct. 2026.

---. “Hum.” The Big Bad Book of Kaiju, edited by Jonathan Maberry and Henry Herz, Titan Books, Sept. 2026.

---. “The Devil Take Me.” Mythos and Meaning, edited by Dave Jeffery. Flame Tree Press, 2027.

---. “The Fantail’s Tale.” The Library of the Undead, edited by Michael Bailey. Written Backwards, 2027.

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Edited Anthologies

Murray, Lee, and Piper Mejia, editors. Write Off Line: You Don’t Understand. Oceanbooks, 2012.

---, editors. Write Off Line: Teenagers Are an Alien Species. Tauranga Writers, 2013.

---, editors. Beyond This Age. Oceanbooks, 2013.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work, 2013.

---, editors. Beyond This Story. Tauranga Writers, 2014.

Murray, Lee, and Dan Rabarts, editors. Baby Teeth: Bite-Sized Tales of Terror. Paper Road Press, 2013.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work, 2013.

Winner, Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2014.

---, editors. At the Edge. Paper Road Press, June 2016.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work, 2016.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2017.

Murray, Lee, and Grace Bridges, editors. Write Off Line: Alter Ego. Young NZ Writers, Oct. 2017.

Murray, Lee, Grace Bridges, and Aaron Compton, editors. Te Kōrero Ahi Kā. SpecFicNZ, 2018.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work, 2018.

Bridges, Grace, and Lee Murray, editors. Timegate to Tomorrow. Young NZ Writers, 2018.

Murray, Lee, editor. Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror. Adrenaline Press, 2018.

Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology.

Winner, Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2019.

Murray, Lee, and Marie O’Regan, editors. Trickster’s Treats #3: Seven Deadly Sins. Things in the Well, Oct. 2019.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2020.

Murray, Lee, guest editor. Breach, vols. 11–12, Breachzine, Oct.–Dec. 2019.

Murray, Lee, editor. Scary Tales. Young NZ Writers, June 2020.

Murray, Lee, and Geneve Flynn, editors. Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women. Omnium Gatherum, Sept. 2020. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2023.

Winner, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology, 2020.

Winner, Shirley Jackson Award for Best Edited Anthology, 2020.

Selected for the Locus Award Recommended Reading List, 2020.

Finalist, Aurealis Award for Best Horror Anthology.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2021.

Finalist, British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, 2021.

Honourable Mention, Parallax Award.

Murray, Lee, editor. Midnight Echo #15. Australasian Horror Writers Association, Nov. 2020.

Winner, Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work, 2021.

---, editor. Write Off Line: Not There but Somewhere. Young NZ Writers, June 2021.

Murray, Lee, Piper Mejia, and Jean Gilbert, editors. Between You and Me: Culture and Context in Aotearoa. Rogue House Publishing, 2022.

Murray, Lee, and Angela Yuriko Smith, editors. Of Horror and Hope. Horror Writers Association, 2022.

Murray, Lee, editor. Asian Ghost Short Stories. Flame Tree Press, Feb. 2022.

---, editor. Remains to Be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa. Clan Destine Press, Oct. 2023.

Winner, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work, 2023.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award, 2023.

Ryan, Lindy, and Lee Murray, editors. Under Her Eye. Black Spot Books, 7 Nov. 2023.

Winner, Book Fest Award for Poetry and Collections, 2024.

Murray, Lee, and Dave Jeffery, editors. This Way Lies Madness. Flame Tree Press, Oct. 2025.

Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology, 2025.

Finalist, British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, 2025.

Finalist, Te Pae Tawhiti Award for Best Collected Work.

Murray, Lee, and Sharon Manssen, editors. Byline, vol. 11, Tauranga Writers Publishing, Nov. 2025.

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Poetry Collections

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Murray, Lee, et al. Tortured Willows: Bent, Bowed, Unbroken. With Christina Sng, Angela Yuriko Smith, and Geneve Flynn, Yuriko Publishing, Oct. 2021.

Winner, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection, 2021.

Winner, Australian Shadows Award for Poetry, for “Cheongsam,” by Lee Murray.

Runner-up, Elgin Award for Best Collection.

Finalist, Rhysling Award, for “Orchid Moon,” “Exquisite,” and “Interview with a Goddess,” by Lee Murray.

Murray, Lee. Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud. The Cuba Press, Apr. 2024.

Winner, Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship, 2021.

Winner, NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize, 2023.

Winner, Australian Shadows Award.

Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection.

Finalist, Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work.

Finalist, Elgin Award for Poetry.

Murray, Lee, and Carina Bissett. Oversight: Erasure Poetry. Running Wild Press, Mar. 2026.

 

Forthcoming

Murray Lee, and Carina Bissett. Insight: Found Poetry. Running Wild Press, Mar. 2027.

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Individual Poems

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Murray, Lee. “Comet Teen.” Double Vision, Tauranga Writers, 2010.

---. “A Single Point.” Byline, vol. 4, Dec. 2018.

---. “Dear Christine.” HWA Poetry Showcase VI, edited by Stephanie Wytovich, Horror Writers Association, 2019.

---. “How to Catch an Eel in the 70s.” Byline, vol. 5, 2019.

---. “Hell Pigs and Other Futures.” Byline, vol. 5, 2019.

---. “Seasonal Growth.” Infected, edited by Steve Dillon, Things in the Well, 2020.

---. “Five Haiku.” Infected, edited by Steve Dillon, Things in the Well, 2020.

---. “Forever Mates.” Performed by Brent Kelley, Destroy the Files, episode 19, Sept. 2020. Also performed for the SFPA Halloween Showcase.

---. “Lessons from Poe.” Space & Time Magazine, edited by Linda D. Addison, no. 137, 20 June 2020.

---. “Explorer.” Space & Time Magazine, edited by Linda D. Addison, Dec. 2020.

---. “Retourne.” HWA Poetry Showcase VII, edited by Stephanie Wytovich, Horror Writers Association, 2020.

---. “A Curated Garden.” Byline, vol. 6, Tauranga Writers, Nov. 2020.

---. “New Year.” CBOP New Year Missive, 2021.

---. “Preserving Jar.” HWA Poetry Gallery, HWA Newsletter, Apr. 2021.

---. “American Nocturne.” HWA Poetry Gallery, HWA Newsletter, Apr. 2021.

---. “Mesozoic.” Nombono: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry, edited by Akua Lezli Hope, Sundress Publications, 2021.

---. “Orchid Moon.” HWA Poetry Showcase VIII, edited by Stephanie Wytovich, Horror Writers Association, 2021. Reprinted in The Rhysling Anthology 2022, edited by F. J. Bergmann and Brian U. Garrison, 2022.

---. “Conversations with My Husband on a Weekend Caravanning in Rotorua.” Byline, vol. 7, Tauranga Writers, Dec. 2021.

---. “Cursed.” The Gargoylicon: Imaginings and Images of the Gargoyle in Literature and Art, edited by Frank Coffman, Minds Eye Press, 2022.

---. “Shameful.” Under Her Skin: Women in Horror Poetry Showcase, edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller, Black Spot Books, Apr. 2022.

---. “Maero.” Hybrids: Misfits, Monsters, and Other Phenomena, edited by Donald Armfield and Maxwell I. Gold, Hybrid Sequence Media, 2022.

---. “Fury.” Dwarf Stars, edited by Adele Gardner and Greer Woodward, Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2022.

---. “Exquisite.” In Trouble, edited by E. F. Schraeder, Omnium Gatherum, Oct. 2022.

---. “Foxgirl.” The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen, edited by Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, Dec. 2022.

---. “A Single Step.” Trapped: A Dark Dozen Anthology, edited by Candace Nola, Uncomfortably Dark Horror, Nov. 2022.

---. “Status Transcript.” A Woman Unbecoming, edited by Rachel Brune, Crone Girls Press, Aug. 2022.

Finalist, Rhysling Award.

---. “Sealing Fate.” Byline, vol. 8, Tauranga Writers Publishing, Oct. 2022.

---. “Cold Storage.” Eye to the Telescope, no. 50, edited by Claire McNerney, Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, Oct. 2023.

---. “Red Wind.” HWA Poetry Showcase X, edited by Angela Yuriko Smith, Horror Writers Association, 2023.

---. “Vessel.” Qualia Nous, edited by Michael Bailey, Written Backwards, 2024.

---. “Viva.” Byline, vol. 9, Tauranga Writers, Dec. 2023.

---. “Non-Binary.” Byline, vol. 9, Tauranga Writers, Dec. 2023.

---. “Genuflection.” Byline, vol. 9, Tauranga Writers, Dec. 2023.

---. “New Year Banquet.” Wok Hei: Aphrodisiac Poems and Recipes in the Year of the Wood Dragon, edited by Renee Liang, Monster Fish Publishing, Feb. 2024.

---. “Temptation.” The Orange and Bee, edited by Nike Sulway and Carina Bissett, Mar. 2024.

---. “Little Mother.” Mother Knows Best, edited by Lindy Ryan, Black Spot Books, 2024.

---. “The Shellback’s Tale.” Where the Silent Ones Watch, edited by James Chambers, Hippocampus Press, 2024.

---. “Conjuring.” Space & Time, Fall 2024.

---. “Withering.” Discontinue Until Death Ensues, edited by Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska, Flame Tree Press, Oct. 2024.

---. “Point Zero.” Dark Spores: Stories We Tell after Midnight 4, edited by Rachel Brune and Carol Gyzander, Crone Girls Press, 2024.

---. “Players.” HWA Poetry Showcase XI, edited by Maxwell Ian Gold, Horror Writers Association, 2024.

---. “Evening Milking.” Byline, vol. 10, Tauranga Writers, Dec. 2024.

---. “Four Haiku.” Byline, vol. 10, Tauranga Writers, Dec. 2024.

---. “Through the Forest.” Byline, vol. 10, Tauranga Writers, Dec. 2024.

---. “Charcoal Skies.” Silk and Sinew, edited by Kristy Park Kulski, Bad Hand Books, May 2025.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Poetry, 2025.

---. “Dehumanising: A Palindrome.” HWA StokerCon Souvenir Book, edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, May 2026.

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Forthcoming

---. “Pressing.” HWA Poetry Showcase, vol. XIII, edited by Colleen Anderson, Raw Dog Screaming Press, September 2026.

---. “Unspeakable.” Half Moon Hysteria: Stories of Midlife Change, edited by Elizabeth Broadbent, Rebecca Cuthbert, and Bridget Brave, Sobelo Books, forthcoming 2027.

---. “Stone Girl.” Katabatic Circus, edited by Naomi Simone Borwein, Angry Gable Press, forthcoming 2026.

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Non-Fiction Books

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Murray, Lee, and Angela Yuriko Smith. Mark My Words: Read the Submission Guidelines and Other Self-Editing Tips for Writers. Yuriko Publishing, May 2020.

Murray, Lee. Goal Setting (Literally). Brain Jar Press, 2022.

Murray, Lee, and Angela Yuriko Smith, editors. Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror. Black Spot Books, Feb. 2023.

Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Non-Fiction.

Finalist, Indies Award for Non-Fiction.

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Essays

Murray, Lee. “Writing from a Dark Place.” Headlands: New Stories of Anxiety, edited by Naomi Arnold, Victoria University Press, 2019.

---. “Of Home and Heritage.” Grimdark Magazine, no. 28, edited by Adrian Collins and Michael Myers, Oct. 2021.

---. “Lessons from Horace and Aristotle.” Success Mindsets, edited by Alinka Rutkowska, Leaders Press, Oct. 2021.

---. “I Don’t Read Horror (and Other Weird Tales).” Interstellar Flight Magazine, Oct. 2022.

Winner, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Non-Fiction.

---. “Displaced Spirits: Ghosts of the Diaspora.” Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror, edited by Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith, Black Spot Books, Feb. 2023.

Finalist, Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction.

Finalist, Australian Shadows Award for Non-Fiction.

---. “Mary Shelley: Pandemics, Isolation and Writing.” A Vindication of Monsters, edited by Claire Fitzpatrick, IFWG Publishing Australia, Oct. 2023.

---. “Horror’s Real-Life Final Girls.” Interstellar Flight Magazine, Mar. 2024.

---. “The Curse of Culture and Context: Reflections on Madness in Speculative Fiction.” Speculative Insight, Aug. 2024.

---. Commentary. Shadows and Verse: Classic Dark Poems with Celebrity Commentary, edited by Jonathan Maberry, Wordfire Press, 2024.

---. “Fox Girl: A Speculative Journey.” Speculative Insight, June 2025.

Finalist, Rocky Wood Award for Nonfiction and Criticism, 2025.

---. “Editing with Purpose: Cause and Community.” Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies, edited by Dan Coxon and Pete Sutton, Luna Press Publishing, June 2026.

---. “Deconstructing Derry.” Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise, edited by Tom Deady, July 2026.

Forthcoming

---. “Zhiguai: Telling Strange Tales.” Edited by Jonathan Maberry and Lisa Kastner, forthcoming tbc.

---. “Unboxing a Poet.” Liminal Spaces, edited by Stephanie M. Wytovich, Raw Dog Screaming Press, forthcoming 2027.

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Forewords and Introductions

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Murray, Lee. Foreword. Steel Victory, bk. 1 of the Steel Empires series, by J. L. Gribble, Dog Star Books. Originally published 2015.

---. Introduction. The Better Sister and Other Stories, by Piper Mejia, Breach Publishing, 2020.

---. Introduction. Infectious Hope: Poems of Hope and Resilience from the Pandemic, edited by Silvia Cantón Rondoni, IFWG Publishing, 2021.

---. Foreword. Daughters of Darkness, by Theresa Derwin, Stephanie Ellis, Ruschelle Dillon, and Alyson Faye, Black Angel Press, 2021.

---. Foreword. Red Gear 9, bk. 2 of the Odd Men Out series, by Matt Betts, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2021.

---. Foreword. Almost Normal Horror, by Christine Morgan, Madness Heart Press, 2022.

---. Foreword. Lions, Tigers, and Weres, by Ken MacGregor, Dragon’s Roost Press, 2022.

---. Foreword. The Dark between the Twilight, by Jamal Hodge, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2024.

---. Foreword. To Hell and Back, edited by Joe Mynhardt, Hellbound Books, Mar. 2024.

---. Foreword. Dance of the Necromance, by Sumiko Saulson, edited by Lisa Macon Wood, Mocha Memoirs Press, May 2026.

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Produced Screenplays

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Grafted. Directed by Sasha Rainbow, written by Lee Murray, Mia Maramara, Hweiling Ow, and Sasha Rainbow, A Propaganda/Fluroblack Production, Aug. 2024.

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