Cat Sparks

About the Author

Cat Sparks was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on September 11, 1965. Some of her novels include Chinaman's Bluff, Scarp, in The Bride Price, Beyond the Farthest Stone and Daughters of Battendown. She has won thirteen Ditmar Awards for writing, editing and artwork. She was the manager show more and editor of Agog! Press along with Rob Hood from 2002 to 2008. She produced ten anthologies of speculative fiction. She is the fiction editor of Cosmos Magazine. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Catrion Sparks, Catriona Sparks

Series

Agog!

Works by Cat Sparks

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Lotus Blue (2017) 98 copies

Agog! Fantastic Fiction (2002) — Editor — 25 copies

Agog! Smashing Stories (2004) — Editor — 18 copies

The Bride Price (2013) 17 copies

Agog! Ripping Reads (2006) — Editor — 17 copies

Agog! Terrific Tales (2003) — Editor — 17 copies

Ecopunk!: Speculative Tales of Radical Futures (2017) — Editor — 16 copies

Dark Harvest (2020) 14 copies

Home By the Sea 3 copies

All The Love In The World 3 copies

A Lady of Adestan 2 copies

Calvaria Fell: Stories (2024) 2 copies

Arctica 2 copies

Right to Work 2 copies

The Jarrah Run 2 copies

Shadow of Our Gods [short story] (2008) 2 copies

Scary Food: A Compendium of Gastronomic Atrocity (2008) 2 copies

Chinaman's Bluff 1 copy

100% M-Hype? 1 copy

Hot Rods (short story) 1 copy

Reigning Cats and Dogs 1 copy

Sammarynda Deep 1 copy

Message in a Bottle 1 copy

Dark Harvest [short fiction] 1 copy

Hollywood Roadkill 1 copy

Sergeant Major's Ball [short story] 1 copy

Macchiato Lane 1 copy

Cross The Nullarbor To The Sea 1 copy

Street of the Dead 1 copy

Last Dance at the Sergeant Majors' Ball 1 copy

Fuschia Spins By Moonlight 1 copy

Arthur Nolan's Twilight 1 copy

The Ice Bride 1 copy

The Golden Hour 1 copy

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Associated Works

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy (2008) — Contributor — 218 copies

Year's Best SF 16 (2011) — Contributor — 130 copies

Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction (2015) — Contributor — 108 copies

Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2008) — Contributor — 104 copies

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume XXI (2005) — Contributor — 77 copies

Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler (2017) — Contributor — 58 copies

Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction (2014) — Contributor — 40 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 1 (2002) — Contributor — 34 copies

The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 4 (2008) — Contributor — 30 copies

Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (2003) — Illustrator — 27 copies

Mother of Invention (2018) — Contributor — 21 copies

Sprawl (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies

Encounters : an anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction (2004) — Contributor — 18 copies

One Small Step: An Anthology of Discoveries (2013) — Contributor — 16 copies

Gutshot (2011) — Contributor — 12 copies

Passing strange: A new anthology of Australian speculative fiction (2002) — Cover artist, some editions; Contributor — 12 copies

Ishtar (2011) — Contributor — 11 copies

Fantastic wonder stories (2007) — Contributor — 11 copies

The workers' paradise (2007) — Contributor — 10 copies

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014 (2015) — Contributor — 10 copies

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015 (2017) — Contributor — 9 copies

Phantazein (2014) — Contributor — 9 copies

Borderlands 08 (2006) — Illustrator — 9 copies

Relics, Wrecks and Ruins (2021) — Contributor — 9 copies

Hear Me Roar (2015) — Contributor — 8 copies

Elsewhere : an anthology of incredible places (2003) — Contributor — 8 copies

The Outcast : An Anthology of Strangers and Exiles (2006) — Contributor — 8 copies

X6 : a novellanthology (2009) — Contributor — 8 copies

Masques (2009) — Contributor — 6 copies

In Your Face (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies

Cock : adventures in masculinity (2006) — Contributor — 5 copies

Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 3 (2021) — Contributor — 4 copies

Focus 2014 : highlights of Australian short fiction (2015) — Contributor — 1 copy

Borderlands 10 (2008) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Sparks, Catriona Margaret Mullineaux
Birthdate: 1965-09-11
Gender: female
Nationality: Australia
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Places of residence: Redfern, NSW, Australia
Balmain, NSW, Australia
Wombara, NSW, Australia
Mangerton, NSW, Australia
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education: Curtin University (PhD)
Clarion South Writers' Workshop (2004)
Occupations: science fiction writer
editor
publisher
Relationships: Hood, Rob (partner)
Organizations: Science Fiction Writers of America
Cosmos Magazine (fiction editor)
Awards and honors: Ditmar Award (Best New Talent, 2002)

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Reviews

Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks

I really enjoyed the book right up until the end, which just didn't seem to come up to the standard of the rest of the book. After a really enthralling adventure it really felt like the ending was rushed to its conclusion - hence only 4 stars.

It's not too far fetched to imagine a future like the one depicted within this book, or the causes for it. The more we begin to rely on drones and augmented soldiers to fight wars, slowly but surely handing over more and more control to computer intelligence, the closer we get to the characters in the book and ultimately entities like 'Lotus Blue'.

I'm hoping the ending in this book isn't the end and that there'll be more books in this dystopian future.… (more)

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5t4n5 | 7 other reviews | Aug 9, 2023 |

Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks

Fantastic, interesting use of nano-technology.
A post-apocalyptic tale that is a bit different.

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davisfamily | 7 other reviews | Dec 11, 2022 |

Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks

DNF. Interesting premise and excellent world building hence the three stars. Otherwise, this book annoyed me and I gave up at p.105. I felt like I had to force myself to get through a chapter. Not worth it.

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pacbox | 7 other reviews | Jul 9, 2022 |

Dark Harvest by Cat Sparks

This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

A strong Australian anthology with a climate change message. The stories are mostly post-change and how communities have reacted. I'd actually like to read more of some of the stories; some appear to be linked. Recommended.

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Maddz | 4 other reviews | Apr 19, 2022 |

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