The Cracks in the Kingdom, Jaclyn Moriarty (Pan Macmillan Australia).

Afterworld, Lynnette Lounsbury (Allen & Unwin).The Astrologer’s Daughter, Rebecca Lim (Text Publishing).“Home and Hearth”, Angela Slatter (Spectral Press).“Shay Corsham Worsted”, Garth Nix ( Fearful Symmetries, Chizine).“By the Moon’s Good Grace”, Kirstyn McDermott ( Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 12, Issue 3).“Skinsuit”, James Bradley ( Island Magazine 137).Razorhurst, Justine Larbalestier (Allen & Unwin).Book of the Dead, Greig Beck (Momentum).“Happy Go Lucky”, Garth Nix ( Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press).“Dellinger”, Charlotte Nash ( Use Only As Directed, Peggy Bright Books).“The Glorious Aerybeth”, Jason Fischer ( OnSpec, ).“Wine, Women and Stars”, Thoraiya Dyer ( Analog Vol CXXXIV nos 1&2 Jan/Feb).“The Executioner Goes Home”, Deborah Biancotti ( Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 11 Issue 6).Peacemaker, Marianne de Pierres (Angry Robot).Aurora: Meridian, Amanda Bridgeman (Momentum).“The Badger Bride”, Angela Slatter ( Strange Tales IV, Tartarus Press).“St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls”, Angela Slatter ( The Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3).“The Ghost of Hephaestus”, Charlotte Nash ( Phantazein, FableCroft Publications).“Teratogen”, Deborah Kalin ( Cemetery Dance, #71, May 2014).“The Oud”, Thoraiya Dyer ( Long Hidden, Crossed Genres Publications).Daughters of the Storm, Kim Wilkins (Harlequin Enterprises Australia).Afterworlds, Scott Westerfeld (Penguin Books Australia).Dreamer’s Pool, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia).The Lascar’s Dagger, Glenda Larke (Hachette Australia).This Shattered World, Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin).Fireborn, Keri Arthur (Hachette Australia).The winners as well as the recipient of the Convenors’ Award for Excellence will be announced at a ceremony in Canberra on April 11. Judging coordinator Tehani Wessely said there were over 750 entries, slightly down from last year’s record of over 800 entries across the twelve categories. The 2014 Aurealis Awards shortlist has been announced.

Phantazein by Tehani Croft Wessely