J. S. Breukelaar J. S. Breukelaar i(A139814 works by)
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United States of America (USA),
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Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Sydney-based, American-born author J.S. Breukelaar's work has appeared or is forthcoming in LegumeMan Free Press, Retort Magazine, The Pisgah Review, A Stones Throw Magazine, Lies With Occasional Truth, Swamp Writing, Twisted Fiction Press, Six Sentences, Dogzplot, Nebula Magazine, and others. Her first poetry collection, Ink, is forthcoming in 2011.

Breukelaar has taught writing and English literature at the University of Technology (UTS), Sydney.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

Camp Never 2023 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Darkness Beckons : New Horror Short Stories 2023;
2023 finalist Australian Shadows Award Short Fiction
Quicksilver 2023 single work novella horror
— Appears in: Vandal : Stories of Damage 2023;

'Some curses don’t know how to die. Over two centuries, the artists, Ahava, Alex and Angel inherit a family curse passed down aunt-to-niece through the generations. The curse goes all the way back to a village in Poland where a mad uncle sold his soul to a witch for a shot at eternity. Although the witch gave his female heirs a fifth word to transform the curse into a blessing, this has forced them into a strange ritual of desecrating their own art in order to keep it sacred, an act of self-vandalism that consumes their bodies and their minds. A ritual that cannibalises their friendships, their love affairs, their lives, the darkness always just a brush stroke away. Until one day, one year and in one city, the curse comes too close to home, and the final niece learns the true meaning of wearing your he/art on your sleeve.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2024 nominated Ditmar Awards Best Novella or Novelette
2023 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Horror Division Novella
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