Books
Scorpion Girl
We all have our demons. In Scorpion Girl, women of all ages face theirs. From battlefields to bedrooms, in these stories nothing is what it seems: creatures from myth, legend, history and literature rub shoulders with ordinary—and extraordinary—people. From ghosts to scientists, from eco- terrorists to time travellers, these courageous women come face to face with the uncanny, the supernatural and the bizarre. They meet the challenges with whatever they can muster—from the casual bravery of a woman warrior to the stoic endurance of a refugee child. Like all of…
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Aliens and Savages
Aliens and Savages is a hands-on historical record of the racism that underpins Australia’s growth as a nation. First published twenty-five years ago, this new and revised edition asks: what has changed? As we approach the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, Aliens & Savages is still the only publication of its kind – a survey of racism and xenophobia in Australian popular writings before the advent of social media. It is a collection of fiction and non-fiction, of personal narratives and official reports, of…
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City of the Sun – Book One, The Five Star Republic
Janeen Webb and Andrew Enstice’s first instalment in their City of the Sun trilogy, Five Star Republic. The date is 1854. The place is the Australian goldfields in the British colony of Victoria-the richest prize on earth. The story begins with a stockade. The flag of independence is unfurled. Men driven beyond endurance take arms against British redcoats. At their forefront are two hundred Colt-wielding Americans, the California Rangers, led by the charismatic and idealistic Captain James McGill. The stockade falls. The Rangers are scattered. But from the ashes will…
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The Gold-Jade Dragon
Meet the shapeshifting dragons of Hong Kong. Adept at passing for human, they are the kind of dragons you’d find at a Gatsby party—charming, sophisticated, glamorous, outrageously wealthy—and utterly ruthless. Nothing, it seems, can challenge their privileged lives—until Lady Feng leaves one of her eggs to be raised by human foster parents in a remote mountain village. The dragon child hatches. Born with dragon power, raised with human emotion, this child is trouble. And his powers are growing…
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Death at the Blue Elephant
Death at the Blue Elephant is the first story collection by the respected and multiple award winning Australian writer and editor Janeen Webb. She is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award, the Peter MacNamara SF Achievement Award, the Australian Aurealis Award, and is a three-time winner of the Ditmar Award. Introduction by Pamela Sargent SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 WORLD FANTASY AWARD In her introduction to this book, Pamela Sargent describes these stories as evoking a “combination of suspenseful anticipation, nervous apprehension, and total absorption in something far removed from…
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The Dragon’s Child
My most recent book is The Dragon’s Child. (PS Publishing, UK, 2018) – a gorgeous production with covers and endpapers by Greg Bridges. The story was described by Rob Hood as “…a modern fairy tale infused with the attitude of a dynastic thriller,” and Anna Tambour commented that “…I never realised how many people in power must actually be dragons.” The book made the prestigious Locus Magazine Recommended Reading list. Here’s a taste: Meet the shapeshifting dragons of Hong Kong. Adept at passing for human, they are the kind of…
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The Silken Road to Samarkand – Book 2 of The Sinbad Chronicles
All roads lead to Samarkand, and beyond into danger. Cyn’s best friend, Megan, steals the genie’s bottle, which contains the summoning ring. She summons the genie and demands three wishes. Sinbad responds to this treachery by granting Megan the wishes she deserves – and they are negative ones. Megan’s first wish is to see the Magic Isles, and she finds herself abandoned on Circe’s island, where she is mistaken for a servant, then transformed into a pig for her laziness. When Cyn learns from the genie what has happened, she…
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Sailing to Atlantis – Book 1 of the Sinbad Chronicles
Cynthia Lee Mariner is an ace windsurfer, who meets the geni, who appears out of a strange bottle. Her first wish is to sail the seven seas; in her subsequent travels with the geni, she meets a grumpy magic carpet, and is invited to visit Atlantis. This book is intended for ages 10 and over.
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