Bill Congreve Bill Congreve i(A23400 works by) (birth name: William David Congreve)
Also writes as: Jacci Olson
Born: Established: 1959 Nairobi,
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Kenya,
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East Africa, Africa,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1961
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1 Cat and Mouse Bill Congreve , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: War of the Worlds : Battleground Australia 2019;

Cat and Mouse 'is alien abduction with a twist. Inspired by Ivan Denisovich, a man stuck in his very own Martian gulag hatches a crazy escape plan. Th tale comes complete with a visceral image of a hot-rod driving, bad-furniture-building, 'Big Daddy' Roth-like alien, last survivor of the original invasion, abducting folks in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.' 

Source: Foreword.

1 The Pit Bill Congreve , 2014 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Cthulhu : Deep Down Under 2014; Cthulhu Deep Down Under : Volume 2 2018; (p. 89-110)
1 Keith Stevenson : Horizon Bill Congreve , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2012;

— Review of Horizon Keith Stevenson , 2014 single work novel
1 Ghia Likes Food Bill Congreve , 2011 single work short story horror
— Appears in: The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010 2011; (p. 345-348)
1 The Traps of Tumut Bill Congreve , 2010 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 43 2010; (p. 103-121)
1 y separately published work icon Souls Along the Meridian Bill Congreve , Jamberoo : Blade Red Press , 2010 Z1776291 2010 selected work short story horror
1 2 y separately published work icon Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Fifth Annual Volume Bill Congreve (editor), Chatswood : MirrorDanse Books , 2010 Z1766326 2010 anthology short story science fiction fantasy

'From a searing caricature of John Howard's white picket fence to a Canterbury tale of 21st century Britain; from a parable of life in a city skyscraper to a futuristic Western set in an impossible desert; from the end of the Earth to and Earth surviving under alien rule; from an adult fairy tale of a plague ridden Europe to the future. The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy fifth annual volume represents the best of Australia's writers for the fantastic, at the peak of their form' (Amazon).

1 Introduction Bill Congreve , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Fifth Annual Volume 2010; (p. 7-14)
1 Time and Tapestry Bill Congreve , 2009 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Borderlands , March no. 11 2009; (p. 121-136)
1 3 y separately published work icon The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Fourth Annual Volume The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 4 Bill Congreve (editor), Michelle Marquardt (editor), Chatswood : MirrorDanse Books , 2008 Z1549083 2008 anthology short story science fiction fantasy

Comprising twelve stories by twelve Australian authors, contributors to the fourth volume in Mirrordance Books Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy series are: Greg Egan, Adam Browne, Terry Dowling, Trent Jamieson, Lucy Sussex, Richard Harland, Cat Sparks, Ben Peek, Rick Kennett, Ana Tambour, Rjurik Davidson, and Garth Nix.

1 Farmers John Pass Go Bill Congreve , 2007 single work short story science fiction fantasy horror
— Appears in: The Workers' Paradise 2007; (p. 61-63)
1 Science Fiction Book Reviews Bill Congreve , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 38/39 2007; (p. 188-200)

— Review of The Pilo Family Circus Will Elliott , 2006 single work novel ; Prismatic 'Edwina Grey' , 2006 single work novel ; Carnies Martin J. Livings , 2006 single work novel ; The Mother Brett McBean , 2006 single work novel ; Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror : Volume One 2006 anthology short story essay
1 6 y separately published work icon The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 3 Bill Congreve (editor), Michelle Marquardt (editor), Chatswood : MirrorDanse Books , 2007 Z1460967 2007 anthology short story fantasy science fiction

Provoking and inventive, this third annual edition of the Best of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy includes talented newcomers as well as established professionals at the peak of their form. The contributors are Simon Brown, Deborah Biancotti, Terry Dowling, Margo Lanagan, Geoffrey Maloney, Lee Battersby, Chris Lawson, Alistair Ong, Ben Peek, Kim Westwood and Kaaron Warren.

1 2 y separately published work icon The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 2 Bill Congreve (editor), Michelle Marquardt (editor), Chatswood : MirrorDanse Books , 2006 Z1371674 2006 anthology short story fantasy science fiction
1 Science Fiction Reviews Bill Congreve , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 37 2006; (p. 98-107)

— Review of The Risen Empire Scott Westerfeld , 2003 single work novel ; Eclipse K. A. Bedford , 2005 single work novel ; The Yellow Wave : A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia Kenneth Mackay , 1895 single work novel
Bill Congreve discusses the science fiction genre and reviews several sci-fi novels.
1 Micro-Management Bill Congreve , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 86 no. 4 2006; (p. 15)
1 Science Fiction Book Reviews Bill Congreve , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction , no. 36 2005; (p. 131-138)

— Review of Less Than Human Maxine McArthur , 2004 single work novel ; The Devil of the Marsh and Other Stories H. B. Marriott Watson , 2004 selected work short story ; The Locus Awards : Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004 anthology short story ; Hell Island Matthew Reilly , 2005 single work novella ; The Road Catherine Jinks , 2004 single work novel ; Mothership John Brosnan , 2004 single work novel
1 11 y separately published work icon The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 Bill Congreve (editor), Michelle Marquardt (editor), Chatswood : MirrorDanse Books , 2005 Z1213880 2005 anthology short story fantasy science fiction
1 Introduction Michelle Marquardt , Bill Congreve , 2005 single work essay
— Appears in: The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Volume 1 2005; (p. 7-14)
1 The Postman Delivers Twice Bill Congreve , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Slow Dancing in Quicksand 2005;
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