Andy Duncan

I'm a fiction writer, journalist and teacher. My email is arduncan at frostburg dot edu. I have a blog. I'm more often on Facebook (as andy.duncan.39794) and Twitter (@Beluthahatchie).

Thanks to Mark R. Kelly's Science Fiction Awards Database, a dedicated page now tallies my wins and appearances on awards ballots as a finalist.

My Books

• An Agent of Utopia: New and Selected Stories (fiction collection; Small Beer Press, November 2018). THE NEW COLLECTION! Includes "An Agent of Utopia," "Joe Diabo's Farewell," "Beluthahatchie," "The Map to the Homes of the Stars," "The Pottawatomie Giant," "Senator Bilbo," "The Big Rock Candy Mountain," "Daddy Mention and the Monday Skull," "Zora and the Zombie," "Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse," "Slow as a Bullet" and "Close Encounters."
• Wakulla Springs (with Ellen Klages). Tor.com, October 2013. World Fantasy Award winner. Hugo, Locus and Nebula Award finalist. Also available as an e-book; as a hardcover from PS Publishing, with a new Chris Roberts cover and a new collaborative essay by the authors on how we did it; and, lastly, as a hard-to-find pocket-sized hardcover, published by Tor only to distribute to attendees of the 2015 World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Reprinted in translation in China's largest science-fiction magazine, Science Fiction World (February 2015).
• The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories (fiction collection; PS Publishing, 2012). Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Includes "The Pottawatomie Giant," "Senator Bilbo," "The Big Rock Candy Mountain," "Daddy Mention and the Monday Skull," "Zora and the Zombie," "Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse," "Provenance," "A Diorama of the Infernal Regions," "The Dragaman's Bride," "The Night Cache," "Close Encounters," "The Chief Designer," and story notes.
• The Night Cache (novella; PS Publishing, 2009).
• Alabama Curiosities (non-fiction; Globe Pequot Press, 2005; revised and expanded second edition, Globe Pequot Press, 2009).
• Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic (fiction anthology co-edited with F. Brett Cox; Tor, 2004).
• Beluthahatchie and Other Stories (fiction collection; Golden Gryphon Press, 2000). World Fantasy Award winner. Shirley Jackson and Locus Award finalist. Includes "Beluthahatchie," "Saved," "Grand Guignol," "The Executioners' Guild," "The Premature Burials," "Fenneman's Mouth," "Lincoln in Frogmore," "The Map to the Homes of the Stars," "From Alfano's Reliquary," "Liza and the Crazy Water Man," "Fortitude," story notes, and appreciations by Michael Bishop and John Kessel.

My Stories

• "Charlie Tells Another One." Upcoming in Asimov's, September/October 2019.
• "Mr. Percy's Shortcut." Upcoming in If This Goes On, edited by Cat Rambo (Parvus Press, January 2019).
• "An Agent of Utopia." An Agent of Utopia: New and Selected Stories (Small Beer Press, November 2018).
• "Joe Diabo's Farewell." An Agent of Utopia: New and Selected Stories (Small Beer Press, November 2018). Also upcoming in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (January/February 2019).
• "The Devil's Whatever." The Book of Magic, edited by Gardner Dozois (Bantam, October 2018).
• "New Frontiers of the Mind." Analog, July/August 2018. A Q&A with me about the story, and much else, is at the Analog blog.
• "Worrity, Worrity." Mad Hatters and March Hares: All-New Stories from the World of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor, 2017).
• "Santa Cruz." Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place, edited by Jaym Gates (Ragnarok Publishing, 2016).
• "Close Encounters." The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories (PS Publishing, 2012). Nebula Award winner. Locus Award finalist. Reprinted as the cover story of the September/October 2012 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Seven, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, 2013). Reprinted in The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction Five, edited by Allan Kaster (AudioText, 2013). Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: 30th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois (St. Martin's, 2013). Reprinted in Year's Best SF 18, edited by David G. Hartwell (Tor, 2013). Reprinted in Nebula Awards Showcase 2014, edited by Kij Johnson (Pyr, 2014).
• "On 20468 Petercook." Tor.com, April 2012. Also available as an e-book. Reprinted as an audio podcast at StarShipSofa, performed by Dennis M. Lane (May 8, 2013).
• "Slow as a Bullet." Eclipse Four, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, 2011).
• "The Night Cache" (PS Publishing, 2009). World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Reprinted in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Four, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, 2010).
• “The Dragaman’s Bride.” The Dragon Book, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois (Ace, 2009).
• “Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse.” Eclipse One, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, 2007). Nebula and Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Reprinted in Nebula Awards Showcase 2009, edited by Ellen Datlow (Roc, 2009).
• “A Diorama of the Infernal Regions; or, The Devil’s Ninth Question.” Wizards, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois (Berkley, 2007). Reprinted in Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition, edited by Rich Horton (Cosmos, 2008).
• “Zora and the Zombie.” Sci Fiction, February 2004. Nebula and Stoker Award finalist. Reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant (St. Martin’s, 2005). Reprinted in Nebula Awards Showcase 2006, edited by Gardner Dozois (Roc, 2006). Reprinted in The Living Dead, edited by John Joseph Adams (Night Shade Books, 2008). Reprinted in Zombies: The Recent Dead, edited by Paula Guran (Prime, 2010).
• “The Haw River Trolley.” The Silver Gryphon, edited by Gary Turner and Marty Halpern (Golden Gryphon Press, 2003).
• “Daddy Mention and the Monday Skull.” Mojo: Conjure Stories, edited by Nalo Hopkinson (Warner Aspect, 2003).
• “Provenance.” Cemetery Dance #40, 2002. Reprinted in All American Horror of the 21st Century: The First Decade: 2000-2010, edited by Mort Castle (Wicker Park Press, 2013).
• “The Holy Bright Number.” Polyphony 1, edited by Deborah Layne and Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, 2002).
• “The Big Rock Candy Mountain.” Conjunctions 39, 2002.
• “Senator Bilbo.” Starlight 3, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, 2001). Locus Award finalist. Reprinted in Year’s Best Fantasy 2, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer (Eos, 2002). Reprinted in Seekers of Dreams: Masterpieces of Fantasy, edited by Douglas Anderson (Cold Spring Press, 2005). Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy, edited by Mike Ashley (Robinson/Running Press 2008). Reprinted as an audio podcast at PodCastle, performed by Frank Key (Nov. 4, 2008).
• "The Chief Designer." Asimov’s, June 2001. Sturgeon Award winner. Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award finalist. Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s, 2002). Reprinted in Forever Magazine, September 2016.
• “The Pottawatomie Giant.” Sci Fiction, November 2000. World Fantasy Award winner. Nebula Award finalist. Reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (St. Martin’s, 2001). Reprinted in Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow (Prime, 2010).
• “Lincoln in Frogmore.” Beluthahatchie and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon, 2000). World Fantasy Award finalist. Reprinted in Asimov’s, October/November 2001.
• “Fenneman’s Mouth.” Beluthahatchie and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon, 2000).
• “Grand Guignol.” Weird Tales, Winter 1999.
• “From Alfano’s Reliquary.” Weird Tales, Fall 1999.
• “The Executioners’ Guild.” Nebula and International Horror Guild Award finalist. Asimov’s, August 1999.
• “Fortitude.” Realms of Fantasy, June 1999. Nebula Award finalist. Reprinted at Infinity Plus, October 2000.
• “Green Fire” (with Eileen Gunn, Pat Murphy and Michael Swanwick). Event Horizon, January 1999. Reprinted as the cover story of the April 2000 issue of Asimov’s. Reprinted in Stable Strategies and Others by Eileen Gunn (Tachyon Publications, 2004).
• “The Premature Burials.” Gothic.Net, September 1998. Reprinted in Realms of Fantasy, April 2001. Reprinted in Lightspeed, March 2016.
• “Saved.” Dying for It, edited by Gardner Dozois (HarperPrism, 1997).
• “The Map to the Homes of the Stars.” Dying for It, edited by Gardner Dozois (HarperPrism, 1997). Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nine, edited by Stephen Jones (Robinson 1998). Reprinted in Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic, edited by F. Brett Cox and Andy Duncan (Tor, 2004).
• “Beluthahatchie.” Asimov’s, March 1997. Hugo Award finalist. Reprinted in Isaac Asimov’s Halloween, edited by Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams (Ace, 2001). Reprinted in Sympathy for the Devil, edited by Tim Pratt (Night Shade Books, 2010). Reprinted in Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology, edited by Ellen Datlow (Hydra House, 2013). Reprinted in Clarkesworld, May 2014.
• “Liza and the Crazy Water Man.” Starlight 1, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, 1996). Reprinted in New Magics, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, 2004).