Brett Alexander Savory Explained

Brett Savory is a freelance writer, editor, and web designer. He lives in Canada with his wife, writer and editor, Sandra Kasturi.

Bibliography

Novels

• A Perfect Machine (Angry Robot Books, February 2017) ^[1]
• In and Down (Brindle & Glass Publishing, September 2007)
• The Distance Travelled (Necro Publications, March 2006)

Short story collections

• No Further Messages (Delirium Books, November 2007)

Short Stories / Novellas

• "Everyone on Earth"—World Horror Convention Souvenir Book (April 2011)
• "Safe"—Chilling Tales (March 2011)
• "The Machine is Perfect, the Engineer is Nobody"—Taddle Creek (October 2008)
• "I Am Today and I Am Yesterday" (with David Niall Wilson) —In Delirium II (Delirium Books, December 2007)
• The Distance Travelled: A Little Slice of Heaven (with Gord Zajac; Burning Effigy Press, April 2007)
• "Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event"—In the Dark: Stories from the Supernatural (reprint; October 2006)
• "Quiet Rapture"—Delirium Insider (October 2006)
• "Messages"—Realms of Fantasy (February 2006)
  • reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (September 2007)
• "Wall"—Ideomancer.com (December 2005)
  • reprinted at Suspect Thoughts (July 2006)
• "Subliminal Verses"—Trunk Stories, Issue #3 (November 2005)
• "Running Beneath the Skin"—Outsiders: 22 All-New Stories from the Edge (Penguin/Roc, October 2005)
• Philip Nutman's Wet Work (Definitive Edition) —Editorial Consultant (Overlook Connection Press, September 2005)
• My Eyes Are Nailed, But Still I See—co-written with David Niall Wilson (Delirium Books, July 2005)
• "Bottom Drawer"—Vestal Review (January 2005)
  • reprinted at The Future Fire—runner-up winner of the MirrorMask Flash Fiction Competition (January 2006)
  • reprinted at Rockstar Upload website—runner-up winner of the Rockstar Upload 4 Short Fiction Contest (February 2006)
• "Apology"—Brutarian (November 2004)
• The Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three—co-edited with M. W. Anderson (Arsenal Pulp Press, October 2004)
• "Shoes" (with Tim Lebbon) —A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror (Penguin/Roc, September 2004)
  • (A Year's Best Fantasy and Horror honorable mention)
• "Landscape"—Trunk Stories, Issue #1 (November 2003)
  • Romanian translation published at C.A.V.L.A SFera Online as "Viziune" (July 2003)
• "Slipknot"—Borderlands 5 (Borderlands Press, November 2003)
  • reprinted in From the Borderlands (Warner Books, September 2004)
    • (A Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology)
• Denying Death (with Gary W. Conner and Seth Lindberg) —Prime Books (November 2003)
  • Includes "Silica," "Beyond the Black," "Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event," "Walking," and "The Collective"
• "The Pig and the Pendulum" (with David Niall Wilson) —Gothic.Net (October 2003)
• "A Diamond of Skin and Love"—Vivisections, Catalyst Press (March 2003)
• "Freshets"—Queer Fear II, Arsenal Pulp Press (December 2002)
  • (A Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology)
• "Mad Jack and the Widow Henley" (with Brian A. Hopkins) —Space & Time, Issue #96 (July 2002)
• "Chamber of the Gods" (with Gord Rollo) —Fangoria.com (June 2002)
  • reprinted in Dark Wisdom #9 (June 2006)
• "Mr. Chumbly"—Dreaming of Angels—Prime Books (April 2002)
• "Danny Boy"—The Asylum ... Bedtime Stories for the Criminally Insane, Vol. 2: The Violent Ward, DarkTales Publications (April 2002)
  • reissued by Prime Books in February 2003
• "The Time Between Lights"—Brainbox II: Son of Brainbox—Irrational Press (December 2001)
• The Distance Travelled—Prime Books (November 2001)
  • (A Year's Best Fantasy and Horror honorable mention)
• The Smoke of the Seven Hells—Undaunted Press 'flipbook' (October 2001)
• "Twelve Great Black Pigs, and One Red One" (with David Niall Wilson) —Gothic.Net (August 2001)
• "Jimmy Dale"—Gothic.Net (April 2001)
• Filthy Death, the Leering Clown (with Joseph Moore) —DarkTales Publications (October 2000)
• "Ribbons of Darkness Over Me" (with David Niall Wilson) —Twilight Showcase (#15, February 2000)
• "Silica"—Gothic.Net (January 2000)
  • reprinted at Imaginary Worlds Press website (August 2000)
• "Epicure" (with Patricia Lee Macomber) —Cassandra's Crypt, Goddess of the Bay Publications (January 2000)
• "Fucking Fear Factory" (with David Niall Wilson) —Gothic.Net (September 1999)
  • reprinted at Twilight Tales (December 1999)
• "First Child of the New World" (with Geoff Cooper and Ray Wallace) —Errata (#5, August 1999)
• "A Room of Incense" (with Dan Lee) —The Three-lobed Burning Eye (#2, July 1999)
  • reprinted in The Three-lobed Burning Eye—Annual, Volume 1 anthology (Legion Press, October 2002)
• "Poland's Anguish"—The Goddess of the Bay (#7, Summer 1999)
• "Jewels"—The Asylum . . . Bedtime Stories for the Criminally Insane, Vol. 1: The Psycho Ward, DarkTales Publications (1999)
• "Solstice" (with Sandra DeLuca) —Twilight Showcase (#4, March 1999)
• "That's Some Pig!" (with David Niall Wilson) —Of Pigs and Spiders, Bereshith Publishing (Shadowlands imprint, March 1999)
  • reprinted at HorrorFind.com (October 2000)
• "The Neath"—Twilight Showcase (#3, February 1999)
  • reprinted in Gord Rollo's Unnatural Selection: A Collection of Darwinian Nightmares anthology (LTDBooks, October 2000; Cosmos Books, August 2001)
• "Pop! Goes the Weasel" (with Brian A. Hopkins) —Bad Dreams (#8, 1999)
• "Honour Thy Father and Mother . . ."—Dark Muse (October 1998)
  • reprinted in Bloody Muse (February 1999)
  • reprinted in Bad Dreams (#7)
• "Age of Faith"—The Goddess of the Bay (#3, October 1998)
• "Stars"—The Goddess of the Bay (#2, Fall 1998)

Awards & honorable mentions

Awards

• World Fantasy Award for Special Award—Professional (2015) [Winner] ^[2]
• British Fantasy Award for Best Small Press (2013) [Winner] ^[3]
• World Fantasy Award for Special Award—Professional (2013) [Nominated] ^[4]
• World Fantasy Award for Special Award—Professional (2012) [Nominated] ^[5]
• World Fantasy Award for Special Award—Professional (2011) [Nominated] ^[6]
• In and Down named a Quill & Quire "Book of the Year" (2007)
• Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Editing (2004) [Nominated]
• Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Editing (2000) [Winner]

YBFH Appearances & Honorable Mentions

• Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 20th edition appearance: "Messages" (2007)
• Year's Best Fantasy & Horror honorable mention: "Shoes" (co-written with Tim Lebbon; 2004)
• Year's Best Fantasy & Horror honorable mention: The Distance Travelled (novella; 2001)

External links

• Official website
• Starred review of In and Down in Quill & Quire Magazine

Citations

1. All biographic and bibliographic information is from the Web site: Official Brett Alexander Savory website . 2007-03-16 . 16 March 2007 .
2. Bram Stoker Awards information is from the Web site: Horror Writers Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20000620223923/http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm . dead . 20 June 2000 . 2007-03-16 . 16 March 2007 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Announcing Brett Savory's A Perfect Machine from Angry Robot Books Tor.com. 21 March 2016.
2. Web site: World Fantasy Awards -- Complete Listing . 2011-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015020014/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html . 2013-10-15 .
3. Web site: Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2013 | the British Fantasy Society. 2016-03-21. 2022-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220217074945/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/winners-of-the-british-fantasy-awards-2013/. dead.
4. Web site: World Fantasy Awards -- Complete Listing . 2011-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015020014/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html . 2013-10-15 .
5. Web site: World Fantasy Awards -- Complete Listing . 2011-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015020014/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html . 2013-10-15 .
6. Web site: World Fantasy Awards -- Complete Listing . 2011-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015020014/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html . 2013-10-15 .