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Bruce McAllister


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Bruce McAllister is an American writer best known for his science fiction, fantasy and literary fiction. His short fiction, which he began publishing as a teenager ("The Faces Outside," 9TH ANNUAL OF THE YEAR'S BEST SF), has appeared over the years in genre magazines, original anthologies, years best anthologies, literary quarterlies and college readers; won a National Endowment for the Arts writing award; and been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Shirley Jackson awards. He has published three novels--HUMANITY PRIMe, the "esp in war" Vietnam novel DREAM BABY, and THE VILLAGE SANG TO THE SEA: A MEMOIR OF MAGIC, which Michael Bishop has called "an eloquent ode to the universal mysteries of both place and coming of age." He has edited and co-edited (with Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss) science fiction and fantasy anthologies; and has served on James Tiptree, Philip K. Dick and Nebula juries. In high school he sent a questionnaire about literary symbolism to l50 of the world's most famous writers, half of whom responded. (See Sara Funk Butler's 2011 article on their responses at the PARIS REVIEW blog.) Bruce grew up in a Navy family with marine-science and anthropology/archeology interests, lived as a child on both American coasts and in Italy (where he first fell in love with fantasy and science fiction), and, after a career in university, is now a full-time writer and writing coach living in southern California.
 
 
Novels
   Humanity Prime (1971)
   Dream Baby (1989)
   The Village Sang To The Sea (2013)
   Dog (2015)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Moving On (1993)
   The Courtship of the Queen (2011)
   Hit (2013)
   The Passion (2013)
   La Signora (2014)
   The Boy in Zaqitos (2015)
   Dream Baby - The Original Novelette (2015)
   The Girl Who Loved Animals - A Short Story (2015)
   Kin (2018)
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Anthologies edited
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Bruce McAllister recommends
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The Serial Killer's Son Takes a Wife (2023)
Michael Libling
"Michael Libling is a brilliant writer. Anyone who's read his first novel, Hollywood North, knows this already. His second, The Serial Killer's Son Takes A Wife, is just as brilliant, giving us, as it does, the same breathtaking mix of riveting ideas and heartfelt humanity that makes all of Libling's work so memorable."

Anthologies containing stories by Bruce McAllister
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The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018 (2018)
(Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, book 10)
edited by
Rich Horton
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The Dark Issue 23 (2017)
(Dark Issue, book 23)
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Field of Fantasies (2014)
Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural
edited by
Rick Wilber

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Awards
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1988) : Dream Baby [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novellette nominee (1988) : Dream Baby [short story]


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