Francis Payne (author)

Francis Payne (born 1953) is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.

Biography
Payne was born in 1953 in Scotland. In 1967 Payne emigrated to Australia. Payne won his first award in 1978 with his work "Albert's Bellyful" which won the Ditmar Award for best Australian short fiction. In 1995 he won the Aurealis Award for best horror short story with his chapbook "Olympia". Payne has a wife and child and is currently living outside Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Short fiction

 * "Albert's Bellyful" (1977) in Yggdrasil February 1977
 * "What the Stone of Ciparri Says" (1995) in ''Bloodsongs #6 (ed. Steve Proposch)
 * "Olympia" (1995)