William Browning Spencer
William Browning Spencer is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas. His science fiction and horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous.
Awards and honors
His novel Résumé With Monsters won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Novel in 1995. His first novel, Maybe I'll Call Anna, was a National Endowment of the Arts New American Writing Award winner. His novels and short stories have been finalists for the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. His short stories have been anthologized numerous times, including twice in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and twice in The Year's Best Science Fiction. In 1995, he was Toastmaster of ArmadilloCon 21 in Austin, TX.Novels
- Maybe I'll Call Anna, Permanent Press
- Résumé With Monsters, Permanent Press. Reprint: Dover Publications
- Zod Wallop. St. Martin's Press. Reprint: White Wolf Publishing
- Irrational Fears, White Wolf Publishing
Short fiction
Collections
- The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories, Permanent Press
- The Ocean and All Its Devices, Subterranean Press
- The Unorthodox Dr. Draper And Other Stories, Subterranean Press
List of short stories
| Title/First published | Notes |
| Bram Stoker Award finalist in Best Short Story category | |
| Locus Magazine Award finalist in Best Short Story category | |
| World Fantasy Award finalist in Best Short Story category |
| Title/First published | Notes |
| Shirley Jackson Award finalist in Novelette category | |
| Bram Stoker Award finalist in Long Fiction category, Shirley Jackson Award finalist in Novelette category | |
| Included in "2009 Rhysling Anthology: The Best SF, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2009" |