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C.H. Pearce

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Artist and an Aurealis and Brave New Weird Award-nominated and Ditmar Award-winning writer of horror-tinged speculative fiction from Canberra, Australia. Her short fiction has been published in Body of Work anthology, Cosmic Horror Monthly, The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird, and more. She is represented by Carleen Geisler at P.S. Literary. Find her work and links to social media on chpearce.net

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Awards Eligibility and 2024 Round-Up

It's that time of year again... awards eligibility post time! If you're not familiar with this tradition for speculative fiction and horror awards Lyndsie Manusos wrote an excellent overview on BookRiot in 2022 and the indefatigable A.C. Wise maintains a current list and an explainer here: https://acwise.net/what-have-you-done-what-have-you-loved-2024/

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Average rating: 4.09 · 46 ratings · 22 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Aurealis #105 by Stephen Higgins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emma Lomman, C.H. Pearce (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1990 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Off-Season: An Anthology of Coastal New Weird by Marissa Van Uden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mars Abian (Contributor), Alex Keikiakapueo Brewster (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unnatural Order by Lyss Wickramasinghe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alis Franklin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexander Hardison (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hand of Knaves by Leife Shallcross (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Large (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Award Winning Australian Writing 2016 by Chloe Brien, Ashley Goldberg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lynne Cook 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body of Work by C.Z. Tacks (Editor), Freya Marske (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kiera Lesley (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebels & Rainbows: An Australasian Queer Speculative Anthology by Australian Specualtive Fiction, Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author), Aaron Dries (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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C.H. Pearce rated a book it was amazing Shitshow by Chris Panatier (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
"How does someone's face come off like that?" asked Sunday, trying to impress upon the officer the gravity of the situation that he didn't feel was being reciprocated. —SHITSHOW, Chris Panatier Latrine technician vs dark carnival might admittedly not ...more
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C.H. Pearce made a comment on their review of Black Stream (Velspar - Elegies Book 2) " I think you’d like it! Really interesting world. Loved the characters too. Gormenghast is so great, I should reread it… "
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C.H. Pearce rated a book it was amazing Black Stream (Velspar - Elegies Book 2) by Sarah K. Balstrup (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Loved this. Like Peake’s Gormenghast, we return to a dark fantasy world steeped in religion and ritual, with a focus on character, political machinations, and family. Loved the complex cast in this book, at its heart the relationship between two wome ...more
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C.H. Pearce rated a book it was amazing Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Loved this weird short fiction collection—particularly the Lynchian dream-logic, the focus on the domestic or the workplace, and the quiet, incisive humour. Favourite stories for me were “Glass Book” (first published in ergot.) and “Glass Coffins” (o ...more
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C.H. Pearce rated a book it was amazing The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls) by Alex Hirsch	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
“The Bill book we just read is the funniest book I ever read”—my 8yo THE BOOK OF BILL by Alex Hirsch highlights include (for my 8yo) the chapter on silly straws and (for me) Your horrible body, Ew, what is it?, some fantastic Trevor Henderson “found f ...more
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C.H. Pearce wants to read Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) by Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Science Fiction	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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C.H. Pearce rated a book it was amazing Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Absolutely loved this. If you’ve ever thought you’d love a more horror-leaning PIRANESI or THE STANLEY PARABLE this is for you. Anomalous architecture, Brutalism, endless empty subway stations, elevators to strange places, a dash of choose-your-own-a ...more
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