H A P A X  L E G O M E N A

Words from the decaying mind of Paul Haines
   

Short Stories

  • Wives (X6, Couer De Lion, 2009)
    • §§ Winner 2009 Aurealis Award Best Horror Short Story
  • Slice Of Life - A Spot of Liver (Slice Of Life, The Mayne Press, 2009)
    • §§ Winner 2009 Aurealis Award Best Horror Short Story
  • Taniwha, Swim With Me (Midnight Echo #1, 2008)
  • Failed Experiments From The Frontier: The Pumpkin (Andromeda Spaceways Infight Magazine #37, 2008)
    • § Nominated 2009 Chronos Award Best Short Fiction
  • Her Collection Of Intimacy (Black Magazine #2, 2008)
    • (Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 4, Brimstone Press, 2010)
    • § Nominated 2009 Chronos Award Best Short Fiction
    • § Nominated 2009 Ditmar Best Short Story
    • § Nominated 2008 Australian Shadows
  • The Festival Of Colour (GUD Magazine #2, 2008)
    • (Aurealis #40, 2008)
  • Where Is Brisbane and How Many Times Do I Get There? (Fantastic Journeys To Brisbane, Izvroi, 2007)
    • § Nominated 2008 Ditmar Best Novella
  • Necromancing The Bones (Dark Animus #10/11, 2007)
    • § Nominated 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Best Novella
  • Inducing (Orb #7, 2007)
  • Burning From The Inside (Doorways For The Dispossessed, Prime Books, 2006)
    • § Nominated 2007 Sir Julius Vogel Best Short Story
  • Mnemophonic (Doorways For The Dispossessed, Prime Books, 2006)
    • (Potato Monkey #5 2007)
    • § Nominated 2007 Sir Julius Vogel Best Short Story
  • Going Down With Jennifer Aniston's Breasts (Ripples #5, 2006)
  • Lifelike and Josephine (Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog! Press, 2006)
  • The Devil In Mr Pussy (c0ck, Couer De Lion, 2006)
    • §§ Winner 2007 Ditmar Best Novella
  • Father Father (c0ck, Couer De Lion, 2006)
    • (Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007, Brimstone Press, 2007)
  • Malik Rising (Shadowed Realms #7, 2005)
    • (Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2006, Brimstone Press, 2006)
  • The Light In Autumn's Leaves (Borderlands #5, 2005)
    • § Honourable Mention 2005 Aurealis Award Best Horror Short Story
  • Doof Doof Doof (Dark Animus #7, 2005)
    • (Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre, Dybbuk Press, 2005)
    • § Nominated 2005 Aurealis Award Best Horror Short Story
  • The War Against Ignorance (Right Hand Pointing Left #1, 2004)
  • Warchalking (co-written with Claire McKenna) (Agog! Smashing Stories, Agog! Press, 2004)
  • They Say It's Other People (Agog! Smashing Stories, Agog! Press, 2004)
    • § Honourable Mention 2004 Aurealis Award Best Horror Short Story
  • This Is The End, Harry, Goodnight!( NFG #5, 2004)
  • Hamlyn (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #11, 2004)
    • (Andromeda Spaceways: Best Of Horror, 2007)
  • The Punjab's Gift (StoryHouse, 2004)
  • The Gift Of Hindsight (Aurealis #32, 2004)
    • § Nominated 2004 Aurealis Award Best Fantasy Short Story
  • Jealousy (NFG #4, 2004)
  • The Last Days Of Kali Yuga (NFG #4, 2004)
    • §§ Winner 2005 Ditmar Best Novella
    • §§ Winner 2004 Aurealis Award Best Horror Short Story
  • Slice Of Life - Cooking For The Heart (Lullaby Hearse #4, 2003)
    • (Scary Food, Agog! Press, 2008)
  • The Feastive Season (NFG #2, 2003)
  • www.rebirth.!@#$ (Ideomancer, 2003)
    • (It's Not Like) The Good Old Days (retitled) (Eleftherotypia, Comics & SF Supplement "9" #473, 2009)
  • Shot In Loralai (NFG #1, 2003)
  • Slice Of Life (Dark Animus, 2002)
  • Doorways For The Dispossessed (Agog! Fantastic Fiction, Agog! Press, 2002)
  • Interlude 1 (Hidden Agenda, Spring, 2002)
  • At The End Of The Perfect Evening (Hidden Agenda, Autumn, 2002)
  • White Trash Trailer Town World (Hidden Agenda, Autumn, 2002)
  • The Skin Polis (Fables & Reflections #3, 2002)
  • The Sky Is Turning Black (Heist!, 2002)
    • (Tabloid Purposes II , 2005)
  • Yum Cha (Antipodean SF #48, 2002)
    • (FlashSpec #1, 2006)
  • The Garden Of Jahal'Adin (Orb #2, 2001)