Bibliography of Short Stories

SHORT STORIES

• Bringing Back Raby, in When the Hero Comes Home, vol 2, (Dragon Moon Press, August 2013)



• Like Quicksilver for Gold, in Shades of Blue and Gray: Ghosts of the Civil War, (Prime Books, forthcoming))



• The Airship Towers of Trebizond, by Mr & Mrs Brenchley, in Gears and Levers vol. 2, (Sky Warrior Books, 2013)



• Live at Maly's, in Tales From the House Band vol. 2, (Plus One Press, 2012)



• Water Proof, with Shannon Page, BuzzyMag.com, (August 2012)



• Villainelle, in When the Villain Comes Home, (Dragon Moon Press, August 2012)
  (Anthology shortlisted for the ForeWord Book of the Year Award for short stories).



• Keep the Aspidochelone Floating, in The Touch of the Sea, (Lethe Press, May 2012)



• Hortus Conclusus, House of Fear: An Anthology of Haunted House Stories, (Solaris, October 2011)



• Rotten Row, a novella, (PS Publishing, September 2011)



• I Shaved Half Emperor Cyrrhenius, Anniversaries, (NewCon Press, May 2010)



• Hothouse Flowers: or, The Discreet Boys of Dr Barnabas, The Bitten Word, (NewCon Press, March 2010; reissued, worldwide, 2012)
  
  • Selected for inclusion in Wilde Stories 2011: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction Steve Berman of Lethe Press, who said "Just finished Brenchley's most wicked vampire tale. It took me back to those wonderful horror collections of the past, the ones that featured tales written decades ago... yet with homoerotic sensibilities. Ahh, a teenage Steve would have been trembling at the last lines of the story. Now that's exquisite writing!"



• Quinquereme of Nineveh, Nature, (Volume 463, Number 578, 28th January 2010)



• Walking at the Speed of Light, More Slowly, Icarus, (Lethe Press, December 2009)
  • "Thoughtful and engaging" (Out in Print)


• White Skies, When it Changed, (Comma Press, October 2009) - reviewed in The Guardian, December 2009



• 'Tis Pity He's Ashore, Hellbound Hearts, (Simon and Schuster, September 2009)
  
  
  • Reprinted in Best Gay Stories 2010(Lethe Press, 2010)
    "...events escalate in a fascinating way. While the conclusion to this story may be rather obvious, the journey in getting to it is delightful and well worth the read, and there are truly some lovely turns of phrase along the way." (Steven Blue-Williams, The Blue Room)


• Parting Shots, or, The Things He Gave Back, Postscripts 16, (PS Publishing, Autumn 2008)



• Who's Who, published in Celebration - a taster, (BSFA, 2008)



• When Johnny Comes Marching Home, published in Nature, (Volume 454 Number 136, 3rd July 2008)



• From Alice to Everywhere, with love, published in Nature, (Volume 452 Number 7183, 6th March 2008)
  Now available to read on this web site



• In the Night Street Baths, published in Lace and Blade, (Norilana Books, February 2008)
  Reprinted in Wilde Stories 2009: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction (Lethe Press, September 2009)



• The House of Mechanical Pain, published in Phantoms at the Phil: The Third Proceedings, (Side Real Press, 2007)
  
  • Included in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: 21st Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant (St. Martin's Griffin, 2008)
  • Nominated for the 2008 HWA Bram Stoker Award (Long Fiction category), and now available to read online
  • Reviewed by Denise Dutton at Green Man Review:
    

    "House of Mechanical Pain" gets my Best Damn Title designation, and the story more than stood up to the promise of that titillating title. A modern day gothic with a strong "Fall of the House of Usher" vibe to it, Chaz Brenchley's story puts a bit of a twist on the decrepit splendor of the filthy rich.




• Terminal, published in disLOCATIONS, (NewConPress, August 2007)
  
  • Placed third for the 2008 BSFA Award for best short story
  • Podcast, read by the author, recorded for Starship Sofa
  • Reviewed by Paul Skevington at SF Crowsnest:
    

    I particularly enjoyed Chaz Brenchley's 'Terminal', a successful melding of traditionally fantastical imagery with Science Fictional tropes. The core of the story is a tragic romance and Brenchley uses the tools of genre to elicit responses mainstream fiction could not hope to imitate. This is the strength and the reason behind the best SF stories, showing that some dislocations can prove to be beneficial after all.



• Summer's Lease, published in:
  
  • Postscripts 10, (PS Publishing, spring 2007)
  • Phantoms at the Phil: The Third Proceedings, (Side Real Press, 2007)



• Freecell, published in Glorifying Terrorism, (Rackstraw Press, February 2007)
  Reviewed by Tansy Rayner Roberts at Not if you were the Last Short Story on Earth: "it's kind of wrong that a story about suicide bombing should be this damn gorgeous, but that's Brenchley for you."



• The Deadly Space Between, published in:
  
  • Phobic, (Comma Press, March 2007)
    Reviewed by Keith Brooke in the Guardian (16.06.2007) as a highlight of the anthology and "a moving story of art, love and loss."
  • Phantoms at the Phil: The Second Proceedings, (Side Real Press, December 2006)



• White Tea for the Tillerman, published:
  
  • in Chaz'z LiveJournal
  • in Concussed, (Concussion, 23 Ranelagh Road, Bruce Grove, London N17 6XY, 2006)



• Luke, Homeward Angel, published in Taverns of the Dead, (Cemetery Dance, 2005)



• Another Chart of the Silences, published in Phantoms at the Phil, (Side Real Press, December 2005)



• Dragon Kings Play Songs of Love, published in Postscripts 3, (PS Publishing, May 2005)



• Going the Jerusalem Mile
  
  • published in The 3rd Alternative 41, (TTA Press, Spring 2005)
  • reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006 (Griffin, 2006)
  • reviewed in Tangent Online
  
  
• Absent Friends, a hyperfiction commissioned by Cornwell Internet for the Durham Literature Festival website (August, 2004)



• I am Death's Brother, published in the Save Our Short Story online anthology Endangered Species, no longer available, (March, 2004)



• The Clockmaker's Apprentice, published exclusively on this website



• Father to the Bride, a Bram Stoker pastiche published exclusively on this website



• The Begging-Bowl, a ghost story in the style of M.R. James published exclusively on this website



• The Lights of Other Eyes, published in Pitch 5, (Bookcase, 2002).



• Beefcake, published in Biting Back, (IRON Press, 2001).



• White Noise, published in Catalyst: New Work from the Northern Writers' Awards, (New Writing North, 2001).



• Everything, in All the Wrong Order, published in Dark Terrors 5, edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton, (Gollancz, 2000).



• Septicaemia, published in The Gay Times Book of Short Stories: New Century, New Writing, edited by P-P. Hartnett, (Millivres Prowler Group, 2000).



• Junk Male, published in Crimewave 4, edited by Andy Cox, (TTA Press, 2000).



• The Insolence of Candles against the Light's Dying, published in Taps and Sighs: Stories of Hauntings, edited by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, 2000).



• Up the Airy Mountain
  
  • Republished in Murder Squad edited by Martin Edwards, (Flambard Press, 2001)
  • Originally published in Crimewave 3 edited by Andy Cox, (TTA Press, 2000).
  • Reviewed by Lisa DuMond, SF Site:
    

    First out of the gate is a twisted little number by Chaz Brenchley, another member of the infamous, elite Murder Squad. "Up the Airy Mountain" -- such a pastoral title for such a deadly tale of murder, deception, and dependence. Take this opening sentence: "The dead are heavier than they used to be, before they were dead." What foolish reader would stop there? Follow that first sentence into a story that reads like a poem of pain.



• Dog Days
  
  • Republished in Cemetery Dance issue 32 (1999)
  • Originally published in Peeping Tom issue 28 (1997)
  
  
  
• Something's Coming Home, published in The Agony & the Ecstasy: New Writing for the World Cup, edited by Nick Royle (Sceptre, 1998)



• Master Eld, His Wayzgoose, was nominated for the CWA Macallan Short Story Dagger 1998.
  
  • It is republished in The Year's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, (Subterranean Press, 2000)
  • It was originally published in Shakespearean Detectives, edited by Mike Ashley (1998).



• Out of the Dark, published in Bella (December 1996 / January 1997).



• The Longest Day, published in Blood Waters



• The Day I Gave Up Smoking;
  
  • published in Blood Waters
  • published in Cemetery Dance issue 29 (1998)
  
  
  
• Let Me Tell You About Her, published in Blood Waters



• Murder at the Red House was written for radio and broadcast in five midnight instalments by Wear FM in Sunderland, read by the author.
  
  • A recording was issued on tape by the Artists' Agency (now Helix Arts), Sunderland.
  • The text was collected in Blood Waters


• My Cousin's Gratitude, published in Fresh Blood, edited by Maxim Jakubowski & Mike Ripley (The Do-Not Press, 1996)
  
  • collected in Blood Waters


• One For Every Year He's Away, She Said, published in Dark Asylum #1, edited by Bianca Broderick & Mansel Wetherell (Asylum Publications, The Retreat, 119 Rodsley Ave, Shipcote, GATESHEAD, Tyne & Wear, NE8 4LA.)



• Drowning, Drowning, published in Northern Blood 2, edited by Martin Edwards (Flambard Press, 1995)
  • collected in Blood Waters


• Pawn Sacrifice, published in Crime Yellow edited by Maxim Jakubowski (Gollancz, 1994)
  
  • collected in Blood Waters


• Scouting for Boys was shortlisted for the Short Story Dagger Award of the Crime Writers' Association. It was first published in London Noir edited by Maxim Jakubowski (Serpent's Tail, 1994)
  "a tense read..." (Publishers Weekly, 20/02/1995)
  
  • collected in Blood Waters
  • Translated into Italian as A caccia di ragazzi in the anthology Cuore nero: Geografie del noir, Fernandel, 1998. ISBN: 88-87433-03-8


• For Kicks: a mystery story, published in The Page edited by Graeme Rigby (distributed as a supplement to The Northern Echo, 1994)
  
  • collected in Blood Waters


• A Terrible Prospect of Bridges, published in Northern Blood edited by Martin Edwards (Didsbury Press, 1992)
  
  • collected in Blood Waters

Published as DANIEL FOX

• El Sueño de la Razón, in The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994
• translated as El Sueño de la Razón, tr. Gianni Pilo in: Tutte le storie di Frankenstein (The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, 1994), Stephen JONES 1 Feb 1996, I Nuovi Best-seller 15, Newton & Compton, Roma (ISBN 88-8183-199-6)
• This story has also been translated into Japanese



• High-Flying, Adored, in Dark Voices 4, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1992



• How She Dances, in
  • Dark Voices 5, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1993
  • The Best New Horror: Volume Five, ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, Raven, 1994
  • Translated into Estonian as Ja beebi tantsis in Sünged Varjud
  
  
  
• Where It Roots, How It Fruits, in Dark Voices 6, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1994

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CHAPBOOKS

• The Keys to D'Espérance
  
  • Reprinted in Mammoth Book of the Best New Horror, edited by Stephen Jones, (Robinson, 1999).

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OTHER

• Time, Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stories, introduction to Another Santana Morning by Mike Dolan (Elastic Press, 2007)



• Foreword to The Cabinet of Light by Daniel O'Mahony, (Telos, 2003).

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Plus others -

"Listing the short stories is a fine idea, but needs winnowing. Remember, by one all-inclusive methodology, there are over 500 of the little bleeders. If we assume that what you really want are those that appeared under my own name or by Daniel Fox, then the thing is doable. Not just yet, but keep nagging; there actually aren't that many, and it would be a Good Thing...."

- too numerous to list.

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