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Deborah Kalin Deborah Kalin i(A120488 works by)
Born: Established: 1979 ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Australian
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BiographyHistory

Deborah Kalin has worked as a chemical engineer.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

The Miseducation of Mara Lys 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Cherry Crow Children : A Twelve Planets Collection 2015;

'The desert-locked outpost of Boundary boasts the famed manufacturers of flawless timepieces; those who would learn the trade must offer up their eyes as starting materials. Look to your pride: it will eat you alive.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2015 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Horror Division Novella
2015 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Young Adult Division Short Story
2016 shortlisted Ditmar Awards Best Novella or Novelette
y separately published work icon Cherry Crow Children : A Twelve Planets Collection Yokine : Twelfth Planet Press , 2015 8432273 2015 selected work short story

'Tulliæn spans a fractured mountaintop, where the locals lie and the tourists come to die. Try the honey.

'Briskwater crouches deep in the shadow of a dam wall. Ignore the weight of the water hanging overhead, and the little dead girl wandering the streets. Off with you, while you still can.

'In Haverny Wood the birds drink blood, the dogs trade their coughings for corpses, the lost children carve up their bodies to run with the crows, and the townsfolk stitch silence into their spleens. You mustn't talk so wild.

'The desert-locked outpost of Boundary boasts the famed manufacturers of flawless timepieces; those who would learn the trade must offer up their eyes as starting materials. Look to your pride: it will eat you alive.

'Sooner or later, in every community, fate demands its dues — and the currency is blood.' (Publication summary)

2015 shortlisted Australian Shadows Award Collection
2015 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Best Collection
2016 shortlisted Ditmar Awards Best Collected Work
Teratogen 2014 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Cemetery Dance , May no. 71 2014;
2014 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Fantasy Division Best Short Story
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