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1 Catechism for Those Who Would Find Witches Kathleen Jennings , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: The Book of Witches : An Anthology 2023;
1 Science Fiction for Hire? Notes Towards an Emerging Practice of Creative Futurism Helen Marshall , Kathleen Jennings , Joanne Anderton , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 27 no. 2 2023;
'This article introduces the term creative futurism to distinguish a type of speculative writing from traditional creative writing practices, specifically those of science fiction. Creative futurism is not a clearly defined field or method of practice but rather a loose array of approaches, examples and contexts, often involving collaborations between writers and stakeholders from other fields. We define it as work which is futures- oriented, uses elements of the traditional creative writing skillset, but is constrained by an additional set of parameters (their purpose, context and requirements). To support this definition, science fiction author Joanne Anderton discusses her experience writing creative, near-future scenarios about the deployment of drones for Trusted Autonomous Systems (a kind of creative futurism in practice). She outlines how she and her stakeholders conceptualised the writing and how she applied traditional creative writing skills within this context. Building upon this, author and critic Kathleen Jennings identifies aesthetic features of traditionally published examples of creative futurism: its heightened focus on technology, its realist-rationalist tone, and the resulting subordination of other aspects of craft such as characterisation. We conclude by discussing aspects of writing practice that might be applied in the future to energise this new form of writing.' (Publication abstract) 
1 y separately published work icon Kindling Kathleen Jennings , Northampton : Small Beer Press , 2023 25935643 2023 selected work short story

'A fabulous debut of folk tales and fantasies by an award winning author and illustrator.

'Small fires start in the hearts of Kathleen Jennings’s characters and irresistibly spread to those around them. Journeys are taken, debts repaid, disguises put on, and lessons offered — although not often learned — in these fantastic tales. Jennings’s confident voice lulls readers into stepping off the known paths to find “Undine Love,” “The Heart of Owl Abbas,” and further unexpected places and people.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Merry in Time Kathleen Jennings , 2022 single work novella fantasy
— Appears in: Beneath Ceaseless Skies , no. 352 2022;
1 Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale Kathleen Jennings , 2022 single work prose
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , vol. 26 no. 2 2022; Tor.com Fiction , November 2023;
1 1 y separately published work icon Flight Angela Slatter , Kathleen Jennings (illustrator), Harrogate : PS Publishing , 2021 23689135 2021 single work graphic novel

'In a kingdom where magic is banned and rules abound, Princess Emer escapes to the forest. When an accursed raven pecks her hand, Emer is transformed and finds herself at the heart of a war between her mother and her aunt. Only the Crown of Feathers can set them all free, and Emer must find it and her true self along the way.'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie Kathleen Jennings , New York (City) : Tor , 2021 22890911 2021 single work short story fantasy

'In a fairy tale equal parts gorgeous and gruesome, village couples seek approval for marriage from a stag with golden rings adorning its horns. That is until one suitor, determined to convince a woman to fall in love with him, makes a rash decision.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 On Pepper Creek Kathleen Jennings , 2021 short story
— Appears in: South of the Sun : Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century 2021; (p. 103-110)
1 Gisla and the Three Favours Kathleen Jennings , 2021 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet , June no. 43 2021;
1 y separately published work icon Mother Thorn and Other Tales of Courage Juliet Marillier , Kathleen Jennings (illustrator), Waikiki : Serenity Press , 2021 21211168 2021 selected work short story

'Walk into a fairy tale world that’s not quite what you might expect.

'Lara’s life of lonely drudgery changes when she gains an unlikely friend and learns that acts of kindness can bring their own rewards. High-born Niamh knows the kennel boy is her soulmate, but when she seeks help from the Otherworld, her future takes a surprising turn. Bella runs away from home on a stormy night and finds shelter in a strange old house, where she meets a shy kitchen hand, his autocratic mother, and a mouse. Young soldier Katrin makes her weary way homeward after a terrible defeat. A chance encounter with an old woman plunges Katrin into an adventure involving dogs, treasure and a lost tinder box.

'These four tales celebrate courage and kindness. They are about being to true to yourself and recognising the good in others.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 1 y separately published work icon The Tallow-wife and Other Tales Angela Slatter , Leyburn : Tartarus Press , 2021 21082274 2021 selected work short story

'‘Once upon a time when wishing still helped ...’

'Return to the dreaming streets of the cathedral-city of Lodellan, where a new generation of characters face fairy tales and nightmares. Cordelia Parsifal has an enviable life, hard won, but the ghosts of the past are soon to remind her that no sin or omission goes unnoticed. Slumbering saints awake, hind-girls dance, boys become bears, and the fate of the upper- and under-earths rests on the whim of a single, volatile creature.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

4 2 y separately published work icon All the Murmuring Bones Angela Slatter , London : Titan , 2021 20220629 2021 single work novel fantasy

'Orphaned as a young child, Mirin O'Malley has been brought up by her grandparents on their isolated, rambling estate Hob's Hallow. Long ago her family prospered due to a deal struck with the mer, the terrifying creatures who live in the depths of the sea: safety for their merchant ships in return for a child of each generation. But for many years the family have been unable to keep their side of the bargain and their fortunes have suffered as a result.

'When Mirin's grandfather dies, her grandmother puts in train a plans to restore their glory - but at the price of Mirin's freedom. Finding amongst her grandfather's papers evidence that her parents may still be alive, Mirin is determined to escape and discover the truth about her origins. This takes her on a treacherous journey to Blackwater, the estate her parents built when they fled Hob's Hallow, but on arrival Mirin finds the estate in decline and her 'Uncle Edward' in charge: where are her parents, and who is this Edward Elliott really?

'A story of mystery and magic and the strange creatures that lurk beneath the waves.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Not to be Taken Kathleen Jennings , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Bitter Distillations : An Anthology of Poisonous Tales 2020; (p. 193-212)
1 The Present Only Toucheth Thee Kathleen Jennings , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Strange Horizons , 8 June 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Travelogues : Vignettes from Trains in Motion Kathleen Jennings , Brisbane : Brain Jar Press , 2020 20052700 2020 selected work poetry travel

'How can people work on trains? Read on trains? There is so much happening outside!

'With these words, World Fantasy and Hugo Award-nominated artist Kathleen Jennings opens the door to a graceful, nuanced world of travel vignettes. With an affinity for words that’s equal to her celebrated artwork, Jennings captures the passing landscape with an illustrator’s eye for detail and a poet’s command of rich language and startling metaphors.

'Originally published over the span of three years while travelling across Massachusetts, New York State, and England, Travelogues collects Kathleen’s travel vignettes together for the first time.

'Each of these nine journeys is infused with wonder and rich, unfamiliar landscapes, and those who climb aboard will forever look at train travel with new eyes.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 6 y separately published work icon Flyaway Kathleen Jennings , New York (City) : Tor , 2020 17351781 2020 single work novella fantasy

'Strange what chooses to flourish here. Which plants. Which stories.

'Bettina Scott lives a tidy, quiet life in Runagate, tending to her delicate mother and their well-kept garden after her father and brothers disappear — until a note arrives that sends Bettina into the scrublands beyond, searching for answers about what really happened to this town, and to her family.

'For this is a land where superstitions hunt and folk tales dream — and power is there for the taking, for those willing to look.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Picador ed.)

1 y separately published work icon Stray Bats Margo Lanagan , Northampton : Small Beer Press , 2019 17405539 2019 selected work short story

'Dachshund droids, sinister crones, shapeshifting children, a plethora of witches, dragonstalkers, familiars, slithering eels and, of course, bats, flit and fly through these pages, aided and abetted by Kathleen Jennings’s inspired pencil drawings. Stray Bats is a madcap miscellany consisting of fifty vignettes based on poems by Australian women. Lanagan delights in playing with language, rhyme, and rhythm.

'This could be the perfect gift for that slightly otherworldly person in your life—or for yourself, when you need a moment of magic, a dip into darkness, a spark of light.

'For the reader who would like to explore further, there are a list of poems that inspired the author and notes on where those poems might be found.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Heart of Owl Abbas Kathleen Jennings , 2018 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Tor.com Fiction , April 2018; The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy : 2019 Edition 2019;

'A composer in an unstable city-state accidentally discovers the perfect singer for his work—a clockwork man—and sows the seeds of revolution.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The Tallow-Wife Angela Slatter , Kings Meadows : FableCroft Publishing , 2017 11612647 2017 selected work short story essay

Produced to mark Angela Slatter's Guest of Honour role at Conflux13.

Includes short story 'The Tallow-Wife', 'Fragments from the Citadel', and an essay on the art of the world by Kathleen Jennings.

Return to the dreaming streets of the cathedral-city of Lodellan, where a new generation of characters face fairy tales and nightmares. Cordelia Parsifal has an enviable life, hard won, but the ghosts of the past are soon to remind her that no sin or omission goes unnoticed.

1 y separately published work icon The Silver Well Kim Wilkins , Kate Forsyth , Nedlands : Ticonderoga Publications , 2017 11555271 2017 selected work short story

'One English village. Two thousand years of stories.

'People have always come to make wishes at the Silver Well: in Pagan times and Christian, during revolution and war. When Rosie arrives in the tiny village of Cerne Abbas with a broken heart, she becomes connected across the centuries with others who have yearned for something. Seven stories, set in seven time periods, reveal the deepest longings of the human heart.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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