Welcome to my web site
My name is Steven Paulsen and I am a writer and editor of both fiction and non-fiction. My fiction tends to be SF, fantasy or horror, while my non-fiction includes essays, literary criticism, book reviews, author interviews and travel articles. My work has been published in a variety of books, magazines, journals and newspapers around the world.
Here on my web site you can find information about my work and read samples of my stories, articles and interviews online. If that's not enough, you can find out about my travels, look at my photo galleries and find out what I'm up to. Hope you enjoy your visit.
News
01/04/09 - Short and Twisted book launch to be held on May 2nd, 2009. Click image for details.
05/01/09 - "Severing Ties" selected for Short and Twisted anthology.
"Severing Ties", a short story written in collaboration with Maurice Xanthos, has been selected by Kathryn Duncan for inclusion in Short and Twisted 2009, an anthology of short stories and poetry with a twist to be published this year by Celapene Press.
09/08/08 - New article on John Brosnan's pseudonymous horror novels
Benjamin Szumskyj has accepted an article from me on the pseudonymous horror novels of John Brosnan for inclusion in Studies in Australian Weird Fiction Volume 3. The piece is based on an earlier essay published in Bloodsongs #3 in 1994, but has been completely rewritten to bring it up to date and correct some errors and omissions contained in the original article. Sadly, John Brosnan has now passed away but hopefully this piece will honour his memory and revive interest in his wonderful tongue-in-cheek horror novels.
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Current Projects
New Cthulhu Mythos short story - I recently completed a new contemporary horror/SF short story titled "The Gnawer of Worlds", based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos set in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges just outside of Melbourne. Click here to read more about this project.
Young Adult Fantasy Novel - I wrote a Young Adult fantasy novel some years ago which came close to publication, but it had some problems and I put it aside when I moved on to other projects. I recently re-read the manuscript and was delighted to find the novel to be much better than I remembered. I am now enthusiastically re-writing the book and hope to finish it later this year.
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Maurice Xanthos collaboration - "Street Meat" is a near future horror/SF short story written in collaboration with Maurice Xanthos. It tells the story of Magpie Munday, a one time accountant who finds himself lost and alone at night on the streets of Melbourne ... a Melbourne where society and the economy as we know it has collapsed. 'Street Meat' is currently out under submission. Click here to read more about this project.
Asia Overland Travel Books - On and off over the last ten years I have been focused on researching and writing a pair of books based on an overland truck journey I made on the "Hippy Trail" from Kathmandu to London in 1979.
Both books contain a quirky mix of travel, memoir, history, culture and adventure, folded within the structure of the journey. I think the tales will entertain a wide range of readers from armchair travelers to people planning journeys of their own and nostalgic babyboomers who did similar journeys in the 60s or 70s.
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