William Browning Spencer (born 1946)[1] is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas. His science fiction and horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous.
His novel Résumé With Monsters won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Novel in 1995.[2] His first novel, Maybe I'll Call Anna, was a National Endowment of the Arts New American Writing Award winner. His novels and short stories have been finalists for the Bram Stoker Award,[3] [4] the World Fantasy Award,[5] and the Shirley Jackson Award.[6] His short stories have been anthologized numerous times, including twice in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and twice in The Year's Best Science Fiction. In 1995, he was Toastmaster of ArmadilloCon 21 in Austin, TX.[7]
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The Wedding Photographer in Crisis | ||
Haunted by the Horror King | ||
The Entomologists at Obala | ||
The Return of Count Electric | ||
Graven Images | ||
Pep Talk | In 2005, this story was adapted as a short film by writer Eric B. Anderson and director Scott Smith (Project Greenlight) and premiered at the Santa Fe Film Festival in December 2006. | |
Looking Out for Eleanor | ||
Snow | ||
A Child's Christmas in Florida | Adapted as a short film entitled "A Child's Christmas in Texas" Screenwriters: Carolyn Banks and Jessica Gardner, Producer: Carolyn Banks, Director: Jessica Gardner. Can be viewed on youtube. | |
Best Man | ||
Daughter Doom |
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Bram Stoker Award finalist in Best Short Story category | ||
Locus Magazine Award finalist in Best Short Story category | ||
World Fantasy Award finalist in Best Short Story category |
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Shirley Jackson Award finalist in Novelette category | ||
Bram Stoker Award finalist in Long Fiction category, Shirley Jackson Award finalist in Novelette category | ||
Included in "2009 Rhysling Anthology: The Best SF, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2009" |