Original novellas by Juliet Marillier, Lucy Sussex, Joanne Anderton, Cat Sparks, Stephanie Gunn, Angela Rega, and Susan Wardle

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Seven original novellas from some of Australia’s premier fantasy writers. In these pages you’ll find trolls and angels, princes and puritans, cats and captives, and master crafters of materials and machines.

• “Beautiful” by Juliet Marillier
• “Lady Brilliana” by Lucy Sussex
• “I Almost Went to the Library Last Night” by Joanne Anderton
• “And the Ship Sails On” by Cat Sparks
• “Pinion” by Stephanie Gunn
• “With this Needle I thee Thread” by Angela Rega
• “Shatterglass” by Susan Wardle

17 tales of real women and unreal worlds.

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.

• Cherith Baldry, “Star Bright”
• Jenny Blackford, “The Sorrow”
• Kay Chronister, “Dustbowl”
• Stephanie Gunn, “Broken Glass”
• Kathryn Hore, “Generation Zero”
• Kathleen Jennings, “A Hedge of Yellow Roses”
• Faith Mudge, “Blueblood”
• T R Napper, “The Silica Key”
• Rivqa Rafael, “Function A:save(target.Dawn)”
• Alter S. Reiss, “Catalysis”
• Jane Routley, “Barista”
• Cat Sparks, “Veteran’s Day”
• Kyla Ward, “Cursebreaker: The Mutalibeen and the Memphite Mummies”
• Marlee Jane Ward, “Clara’s”
• Susan Wardle, “A Truck Called Remembrance”
• Janeen Webb, “A Wondrous Necessary Woman”
• Eleanor R Wood, “The Fruits of Revolution”

Sixteen tales to put the steamy back into steampunk.

• Marilag Angway, “Smuggler’s Deal”
• Cherith Baldry, “The Venetian Cat”
• Gio Clairval, “The Writing Cembalo”
• M L D Curelas, “Ironclad”
• Ray Dean, “Practically Perfect”
• Stephanie Gunn, “Escapement”
• Richard Harland, “The Kiss of Reba Maul”
• Rebecca Harwell, “Love in the Time of Clockwork Horses”
• Faith Mudge, “Descension”
• Nicole Murphy, “The Wild Colonial Clockwork Boy”
• Katrina Nicholson, “Lady Presto Magnifico and the Disappearing Glass Ceiling”
• Anthony Panegyres, “The Tic-Toc Boy of Constantinople”
• Amanda Pillar, “A Clockwork Heart”
• Angela Rega, “The Law of Love”
• Carol Ryles, “Siri and the Chaos-Maker”
• DC White, “South, to Glory”

Scheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights stories have captured imaginations for a millennia. Fairy tales and fables abound, telling of the fantastic and mysterious, the comic and dramatic.

This anthology explores romantic Orientalism through a speculative fiction lens. You might find lost cities, magical lamps, mummies, thieves, intrepid explorers, slaves, robotic horsemen, noble queens, sorcerers, outcast princes, harems, dancers, djinn, assassins and even smart-talking camels and cats, set in exotic Persia, Egypt, Arabia, the Ottoman Empire, or a modern incarnation of these.

• Marilag Angway “Shadow Dancer”
• Cherith Baldry “The Green Rose”
• Alan Baxter “On A Crooked Leg Lightly”
• Jenny Blackford “The Quiet Realm of the Dark Queen”
• Jetse de Vries “Djinni Djinni Dream Dream”
• Thoraiya Dyer “The Saint George Hotel”
• Joshua Gage “The Dancer of Smoke”
• Richard Harland “The Tale of the Arrow Girl”
• Faith Mudge “The Oblivion Box”
• Havva Murat “Harmony Thicket and the Persian Shoes”
• Charlotte Nash “Parvaz”
• Anthony Panegyres “Oleander: An Ottoman Tale”
• Dan Rabarts “Silver, Sharp as Silk”
• Angela Rega “The Belly Dancing Crimes of Ms Sahara Desserts”
• Jenny Schwartz “The Pearl Flower Harvest”
• Barb Siples “The Sultan’s Debt”
• Pia Van Ravestein “Street Dancer”
• DC White “A Dash of Djinn and Tonic”

This paranormal noir anthology brings you sixteen stories of murder and mayhem, monsters and mysterious femme fatales.

• Lindsy Anderson – The Third Circle
• Chris Bauer – Three Questions and One Troll
• Alan Baxter & Felicity Dowker – Burning, Always Burning
• Jay Caselberg – Blind Pig
• M.L.D. Curelas – Silver Comes the Night
• Karen Dent – A Case to Die For
• Dirk Flinthart – Outlines
• Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter – Prohibition Blues
• Donna Maree Hanson – Sangue Sella Notte
• Rob Hood – Walking the Dead Beat
• Joseph L Kellogg – The Awakened Adventure of Rick Candle
• Pete Kempshall – Sound and Fury
• Chris Large – One Night at the Cherry
• Penelope Love – Be Good Sweet Maid
• Nicole Murphy – The Black Star Killer
• Brian G. Ross – Hard Boiled

Introduction by Kaaron Warren

Angel Dust is the first story collection by Australian rising star Ian McHugh. McHugh is a Writers of the Future winner, and has a number of significant overseas short fiction sales.

Angel Dust collects 15 incredible fantastic visions. A number of these were first published in Asimov’s and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Four stories are original to this collection.

Asimov’s editor Sheila Williams says of this writer, “Ian McHugh has a remarkable ability to render the alien utterly convincing. His nonhuman lives are so powerfully depicted that we can easily, and sometimes uneasily, immerse ourselves completely into their worlds.”

A thrilling steampunk adventure.

The Emerald Key is set in London in 1864 and blends alternate history with elements of horror, mystery and urban fantasy. The game is afoot and Ember Quatermain, the brilliant and courageous daughter of legendary explorer Allan Quatermain, must draw upon all of her abilities in order to save the day. Along the way she encounters dirigibles, the lost tomb of Alexander the Great, and the charming and irresponsible Peter Styles.

Stewart Sternberg’s first novel, The Ravening, was released in 2011 through Elder Signs Press. His work has also found publication in a variety of anthologies (Chaosium Press, Mythos Books) and other venues including White Cat Magazine, and Susurrus.

Christine Daigle (formerly Purcell) is a writer, editor, steampunk enthusiast, and Scrabble demon. Her works have appeared in White Cat Magazine, the Fem-Fangs Anthology (Pill Hill Press), House of Horror, Orbis Quarterly International Literary Journal, Metro Baby, ESC! Magazine, The Copperfield Review, The Loch Raven Review, Third Reader, and other venues.

(writing as Glenda Noramly)

Havenstar is the story of Keris Kaylen, a map-maker’s daughter. When her father is murdered and a mountain disappears, Keris is betrayed by her brother. Forced to flee into the Unstable — the lethal chaos surrounding the eight Stabilities of Malinawar. She finds her safety is in the hands of a man bonded to the Lord Carasma, the Unmaker, and her ordered life is turned upside-down. Her survival will depend on a map and a place called Havenstar.

Barbara Davies review of Havenstar in Starburst: “Havenstar is an original, engrossing page-turner of a fantasy. You want strange and powerful magic, world changing heroism, and courage in unlikely places — it’s here. Terrific stuff?this author is one to watch. Starburst rating: 10/10 .”

Alex Wormall in The Alien Has Landed: “This is an exciting, fast-moving page-turner that draws you in from page one and holds your attention until the final full-stop. If you are looking for something new and a bit different, you could do a lot worse than this, one of the best books I have read this year.”

Havenstar was first published in 1999 in the UK by Virgin Books to much initial acclaim; the novel then disappeared following the publishing company’s collapse.

This is its first Australian publication.

Book 1 of The Kingbreaker Chronicles. Abducted by pirates, trained to be an assassin at the Naran College of Black Arts, and driven by revenge, Lydia Estrella becomes a deadly pawn in the arsenal of Lord Zhe.

A fantastic page turning fantasy novel, full of action and intrigue, crafted by Tasmanian writer R.J. Ashby.

Introduction by Kate Forsyth

Internal illustrations by James Blake

Five novellas (two original to the collection) by the multiple award-winning writer. All of the works are in some way based on or inspired by medieval literature and history.

Includes

• “The Death of Pamela”
• “Crown of Rowan”
• “Wild Dreams of Blood” (first print publication)
• “The Year of Ancient Ghosts” (original)
• “The Lark and the River” (original)