"The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)" is a 2000 fantasy short story by Geoffrey Maloney

Geoffrey Maloney

Geoffrey Maloney is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction.-Biography:Maloney's first story, "5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes", was published in 1990 in Aurealis #1. In 1997 Maloney's "The Embargo Traders" was nominated for Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story. Along with Maxine...

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Background

"The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)" was first published in October 2000 in the 25th/26th edition of the Aurealis

Aurealis

Aurealis is a Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.In 1995 the magazine instituted the...

 magazine by Chimaera Publications

Chimaera Publications

Chimaera Publications is a publisher based in Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine Aurealis as well as running the Aurealis Awards.-History:...

. It was published alongside nine other stories by the authors John Higgins, Michael Pryor

Michael Pryor

-Biography:Pryor was born in Swan Hill, Victoria and currently lives in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters. His first work to be published was the short story "Talent" in 1990, which was published in Aurealis #1...

, Trent Jamieson

Trent Jamieson

-Biography:Jamieson was first published in 1994 with the short story "Threnody " which was published in the winter edition Eidolon. In 2003 Jamieson was nominated for the Ditmar Award for best professional achievement but lost to Jonathan Strahan. In 2005 Jamieson won the Aurealis Award for best...

, Simon Ng, Alistair Ong, Adam Browne

Adam Browne

Adam Browne is an Australian speculative fiction writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.-Publications:*"Orlando’s Third Trance" -HQ Magazine , 1999*"Account Dracula" -Orb Magazine , 1999...

, Kathryn Dean, Stephen Higgins, and Anthony Morris. In 2003 it was republished in Wonder Years: The Ten Best Stories from a Decade Past, edited by Peter McNamara and published by MirrorDanse Books

MirrorDanse Books

MirrorDanse Books , founded in 1994, is one of Australia's longest running independent book publishers of science fiction and horror.MirrorDanse Books publishes the The Year's Best Australian SF & Fantasy anthology series, edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt...

. "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)" won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story

Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...

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External links

• Aurealis #25/26 at Aurealis.com.au