Books

English Language Editions

• The Stray Cat (illustrated by Shaun Tan), Lothian Books, 1996. ISBN 978-0-85091-785-7
• The Stray Cat (illustrated by Shaun Tan), Franklin Watts (UK), 1996. ISBN 978-0-7496-3523-7
• Shadows on the Wall (Weird Tales of Science Fiction, Fantasy and the Supernatural), IFWG Publishing Australia, 2018. ISBN 978-1-925496-44-4

Foreign Language Editions

• Misteri Kucing Tersesat (illustrated by Shaun Tan), PT Elex Media Komputindo (Indonesia), 1997. ISBN 979-663-751-0
• Le Chat Errant, Hachette Jeunesse (France), 1998. ISBN 978-2-01-209831-2
• Die Streunende Katz (illustrated by Shaun Tan), G&G Kinder – und Jugendbuch (Germany), 1999. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-7074-0038-0
• After Dark (illustrated by Shaun Tan), Publisher: Bookhouse Co., Ltd (Korea), 2002. ISBN 978-0-85091-785-7

Short stories (selected)

• "Art Critic" – The Cygnus Chronicler, ed. Neville J. Angove, June 1982
• "Logic Loop" – Aphelion Magazine #5, ed. Peter McNamara, Summer 1986/87
• "Errand Run" – Aphelion Magazine #5, ed. Peter McNamara, Summer 1986/87
• "The Place" – Terror Australis No. 1, ed. Leigh Blackmore, Chris G.C. Sequeira and Bryce J. Stevens. April 1988
• "Old Wood" – Terror Australis No. 2, ed. Leigh Blackmore, Chris G.C. Sequeira and Bryce J. Stevens. July 1990
• "Two Tomorrow" – Eidolon (Australian magazine) No. 3 – Spring 1990
• "Stray Cat" – EOD Magazine No. 7. ed. Chris Masters, September 1992
• "Greater Garbo" – Australian & New Zealand PC User, October 1992
• "In the Light of the Lamp" – Terror Australis: Best Australian Horror (Hodder & Stoughton) ed. Leigh Blackmore, 1993
• "Old Wood (reprint) " – Strange Fruit (Penguin Books) – July 1995
• "Two Tomorrow (reprint)" – Beyond (UK) – June 1995
• "In the Light of the Lamp" – The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror (Chaosium (USA) ed. Robert M. Price, 1996
• "The Sorcerer's Looking Glass" – Fantastic Worlds (HarperCollins), ed. Paul Collins, February 1997
• "Ma Rung" – Dreaming Down-Under (HarperCollins), ed. Jack Dann and Janeen Webb, 1998
• "Severing Ties" (with Maurice Xanthos) – Short and Twisted (Celapene Press) ed. Kathryn Duncan, 2009

Essays (selected)

• "The State of the Australian Horror Fiction Magazine" – Bloodsongs No. 1, ed. Chris Masters and Steve Proposch, 1993
• "The Quest for Australian Fantasy (with Sean McMullen) " – Aurealis No. 13, 1994
• "The Search for Early Australian Horror" – Bloodsongs No. 2, ed. Chris Masters and Steve Proposch, 1994
• "The Hunt for Australian Horror (with Sean McMullen)" – Aurealis No. 14, 1994 (reprinted in "The Aurealis Mega Oz SF Anthology", edited by Stephen Higgins and Dirk Strasser (Chimaera Publications), 1999)
• "The Art of HAK)" – Bloodsongs No. 3, ed. Chris Masters and Steve Proposch, 1994
• "The State of the Aust. Horror Fiction Magazine (reprint) – SF Fan Resource Book, 1995
• "Pulp Fiction in Oz)" – Bloodsongs No. 4, ed. Chris Masters and Steve Proposch, 1995
• "Kid's Stuff) " – Bloodsongs No. 5, ed. Chris Masters and Steve Proposch, 1995
• "The Hunt for Australian HorrorFiction(with McMullen & Congreve)The ScreamFactory#16, 1995
• "Australian Children's TV (with Sean McMullen) ) " – Sirius No. 10, 1995
• "A Touch of Darkness – Gary Crew)" – Bloodsongs No. 6, ed. Chris Masters and Steve Proposch, 1995
• "Cowboys and Atmosfear)" – Bloodsongs No. 7, ed. Chris Masters and Steve Proposch, 1996
• "Australian Fantasy (with Sean McMullen)" – The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, ed. John Clute and John Grant, 1997
• Author entries (with Sean McMullen) for Conrad Aiken, Gary Crew, Terry Dowling, G. M. Hague, Robert Hood, Victor Kelleher, Rick Kennett, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Rosemary Timperley – St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers (St. James Press), ed. David Pringle, 1997
• "A History of Australian Horror (with Sean McMullen & Bill Congreve) " – Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 (1996) ed. Bill Congreve and Robert Hood, 1996
• "The Quest for Australian Fantasy – Continues (with Sean McMullen) " – Fantasy Annual (USA), 1997
• "Fantastique et horreur made in Australie" (with Bill Congreve)" – Ténèbres No. 3, ed. Daniel Conrad (France), July 1998
• "Golden Age or New Dawn?" – Aussiecon 3 Souvenir Book for the 57th World Science Fiction Convention, ed. Marc Ortlieb, 1999
• "Hakwork: An Appreciation of John Brosnan" – Studies in Australian Weird Fiction Volume 3, ed. Benjamin Szumskyj, 2009

Editor

• The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy (1998, assistant editor with Paul Collins)^[2]
• The Australian SF Writers' News – Editor, issues 1–10 (March 1992 – June 1994)
• Eidolon – Contributing Editor, issues 19–27 (1995–1998)
• The Coode St Review of Science Fiction (with Jonathan Strahan), 1999

Interviews (selected)

Steven Paulsen conducted interviews with a number a leading Australian Speculative Fiction writers during the 1990s. These were notable because Paulsen conducted most of these interviews face-to-face instead of via e-mail, recording the interviews and transcribing the conversations. He also conducted a few interviews in collaboration with Van Ikin.

• Stephen R. Donaldson – Dark Horizons (Journal of the British Fantasy Society), Issue 27, Summer 1983
• Martin Middleton – The Australian SF Writers' News No. 2, June 1992 and Sirius No. 1, March 1993
• Sean McMullen – The Australian SF Writers' News No. 3, September 1992
• Paul Voermans – The Australian SF Writers' News No. 4, December 1992 and Interzone No. 76, October 1993
• Rick Kennett – The Australian SF Writers' News No. 5, March 1993 and Sirius No. 2, June 1993
• Victor Kelleher – The Australian SF Writers' News No. 6, June 1993 and Sirius No. 4, February 1994
• Sherry-Anne Jacobs – The Australian SF Writers' News No. 9, March 1994 and Sirius No. 5, September 1994
• Sean Williams – The Australian SF Writers' News No. 10, June 1994
• Paul Collins – Sirius No. 7, December 1994
• Isobelle Carmody – Sirius No. 8, March 1995
• Paul Jennings – Sirius No. 9, July 1995
• Sean McMullen – Eidolon No. 21, April 1996 and Interzone No. 107, May 1996
• Garth Nix – Eidolon #22/23, September 1996
• Simon Brown – Eidolon #22/23, February 1997
• Lucy Sussex – Eidolon No. 24, June 1997
• Simon Brown "From Sydney to Troy: An Interview with Simon Brown" – Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature # 41, Volume 15, Number 1, 1998 (interview conducted in collaboration with Van Ikin)
• Gary Crew – Eidolon No. 27, April 1998
• Richard Harland – Eidolon No. 27, April 1998 (interview conducted in collaboration with Van Ikin)
• Terry Dowling "Smoking Mirrors, with a Hint of Scrimshaw" Interzone No. 146, August 1999 (interview conducted in collaboration with Van Ikin)

Wins

• 1990 Eastern Regional Libraries Short Story Competition – Special Local Award for "Talisman”
• 1995 William Atheling Jr. Award for "The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction" with Bill Congreve, Sean McMullen, The Scream Factory No. 16.
• 1997 William Atheling Jr. Award for "Australian Fantasy" with Sean McMullen.
• 2018 Australian Shadows Awards for "Best Collected Work" for Shadows on the Wall (IFWG Publishing Australia).

Nominations

• 1996 Ditmar Award nomination for Best Australian Short Fiction: The Stray Cat (runner-up)
• 1998 William Atheling Jr. Award nomination for Contributions to The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy
• 1998 Aurealis Award – Convenor's Award nomination for Contributions to The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy
• 2000 William Atheling Jr. Award nomination for The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction with Jonathan Strahan
• 2000 Ditmar Award for Best Fan Production for The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction with Jonathan Strahan

Contributions

• 1996 Origins Award for Best Game-Related Fiction won by The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror edited by Robert M. Price which contained Paulsen's short story 'In the Light of the Lamp'
• 1999 William Atheling Jr. Award won by Paul Collins for The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy for which Paulsen was Assistant Editor and primary contributor
• 1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology won by Dreaming Down-Under, Edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager) which contained Paulsen's short story 'Ma Rung'^[6]
• 1999 Ditmar Award for Best Anthology won by Dreaming Down-Under, Edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager) which contained Paulsen's short story 'Ma Rung'

Specific

General

• Paul Collins (ed). The MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy. Melbourne, Vic: Melbourne University press, 1998, pp. 140–41.
• Steven Paulsen official website

• Steven Paulsen's official website
• Steven Paulsen’s old website
• Australian Horror Writers Association
• Steven Paulsen at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database