Short Stories
To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond
A multi-author exploration of leadership and strategy through the lens of classic science fiction. The literature of ideas. When author Pamela Sargent used those words to describe science fiction in 1975, the genre had exploded into the literary mainstream. As a literature of ideas, science fiction has proven to be a powerful metaphor for the world around us, offering a rich tapestry of imagination through which to explore how we lead, how we think, and how we interact. To Boldly Go assembles more than thirty writers from around the world—experts…
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Spawn
Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies taps into anxieties, painful memories and nightmares. Here, your worst fears come true. …these stories range from the gothic and phantasmagorical, through the demonic and supernatural, to the dystopian and sci-fi. Prepare for a visceral, frightening read.
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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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War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia
Marauders from Mars War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia sheds fresh, Antipodean light on H.G. Wells’ original tale in stories that traverse the southern continent. Home to the planet’s longest-surviving mysteries, Australia now plays victim to marauding Martians in this outstanding collection of exciting stories set in the past, present and future. Australian Invasion It is well-known that Wells found vital inspiration for his 1897 novel in the horrific plight of Tasmanian Aboriginals who, within his lifetime, were virtually wiped out by the warfare and disease brought by foreign invaders.…
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Cthulhu Deep Down Under Vol 1
Celebrated horror writer H. P. Lovecraft’s first major tale of his Cthulhu Mythos began an entire sub-genre of the macabre and in that story, he made Australia a crucial location in his supernatural universe. Now, a group of Australia’s most accomplished writers of speculative fiction return to the promise of the master. This collection not only includes the best Australian Lovecraftian fiction but also presents new stories by internationally-lauded Australian creators Lucy Sussex, Kaaron Warren, and Janeen Webb. The book is the first in a series that will provoke fresh…
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Ecopunk!
Ecopunk! Speculative Tales of Radical Futures examines how humanity might cope with dramatic changes in nature, and adjust to new versions of normal. Ecopunk! shares stories in which the human race embraces these changes, using innovative technologies and fresh attitudes to make our emerging world sustainable. These 19 stories explore meteorological, agricultural and biological technologies, alternative histories, arcologies and communes, the beauty in flooded cities, innovations in cross-continental travel, animals on the verge of extinction, androids, reality tv shows, new food sources, environmental refugees, blurring the divide between humans and…
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Dreaming in the Dark “Fade to Grey”
Winner of the 2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology A celebration of Australia s current Golden Age of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and magical realism. Jack Dann the multi-award-winning author and co-editor of the classic Dreaming Down-Under, the anthology that has been credited with putting Australian writing on the international map and the first Australian book to win a World Fantasy Award has collected a wonderfully eclectic range of short fiction that showcases what our best fantasists are doing right now at this genre-bending moment in time. CONTENTS Welcome…
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Hear Me Roar “A Wondrous Necessary Woman”
The anthology focuses on speculative fiction stories about female characters who are strong in many different ways. There may be futuristic or fantastic settings, but one thing remains the same: resourceful, resilient women who are committed to doing what is needed, no matter what the cost. 17 Tales of Real Women and Unreal Worlds edited by Liz Grzyb stories by Cherith Baldry Jenny Blackford Kay Chronister Stephanie Gunn Kathryn Hore Kathleen Jennings Faith Mudge T.R. Napper Rivqa Rafael Alter S. Reiss Jane Routley Cat Sparks Kyla Lee Ward Marlee Jane…
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Bagage: An anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction “Manifest Destiny”
An anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction, BAGGAGE presents some of the finest new work by Aussie writers. VISION SPLENDID, by K. J. Bishop TELESCOPE, by Jack Dann HIVE OF GLASS, by Kaaron Warren KUNMANARA–SOMEBODY SOMEBODY, by Yaritji Green MANIFEST DESTINY, by Janeen Webb ALBERT & VICTORIA/SLOW DREAMS, by Lucy Sussex MACREADIE V. THE LOVE MACHINE, by Jennifer Fallon A PEARLING TALE, by Maxine McArthur ACCEPTION, by Tessa Kum AN EAR FOR HOME, by Laura E. Goodin HOME TURF, by Deborah Biancotti ARCHIVES, SPACE, SHAME, LOVE, by Monica Carroll WELCOME, FAREWELL,…
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Use Only As Directed “Future Perfect”
A varied mix of fourteen new speculative fiction stories by some of the best Australian and New Zealand authors in the genre, in settings that range from the backyard to the depths of space. ‘Large Friendly Letters’ — Stephen Dedman ‘The Eighth Day’ — Dirk Flinthart ‘Never More’ — Dave Freer ‘The Climbing Tree’ — Michelle Goldsmith ‘The Kind Neighbours of Hell’ — Alex Isle ‘Fetch Me Down My Gun’ — Lyn McConchie ‘Yard’ — Claire McKenna ‘Dellinger’ — Charlotte Nash ‘Mister Lucky’ — Ian Nichols ‘The Blue Djinn’s Wish’…
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