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Ground Underfoot,
single work
short story
science fiction
'In a world shattered by the random and destructive visits of a giant monster, insurance companies are making a killing (literally). The companies rely on people sensitive to the appearance of the monster to calculate their rates, and penalise insurance cheats with execution. Danforth is a hitman for one of these companies, but unbeknown to his employers he is also a sensitive. Sent on a mission to recover the world’s leading authority on the monster, lost or kidnapped somewhere in Sydney, Danforth discovers there is something about his talent that even he was unaware of.'
Source: Eidolon (http://eidolon.net/?review=shortfiction5&pagetitle=Short+Fiction+Reviews+5).
- The Lives of Talia Brie, single work short story science fiction (p. 25-37)
- She Sees in Different Shades, single work short story science fiction (p. 39-49)
- The Artist, single work short story science fiction (p. 51-58)
- Alice in the Rabbit Hole, single work short story science fiction (p. 59-71)
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Landlocked,
single work
short story
science fiction
'Helen Sargeant’s "Landlocked" is a sparsely elegant short story that arouses in the reader a great sympathy for its two protagonists, a young girl paralysed in an horrific accident that killed her father, and one of the nurses who looks after her. The young girl has the ability to know what is going on in other people’s lives, and increasingly uses the knowledge to lash out at those closest to her.'
Source: Eidolon (http://eidolon.net/?review=shortfiction5&pagetitle=Short+Fiction+Reviews+5).
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Whispers of the Mist Children,
single work
short story
fantasy
'Velarin Initha is a "sora" or witch travelling with a desert caravan and employed by the caravan’s leader to protect it from brigands. She must do this without harming any of the brigands, since doing so would be against the rules of her order. Velarin holds a terrible secret, her failure to protect her first employer, a king in constant danger of assassination.'
Source: Eidolon (http://eidolon.net/?review=shortfiction5&pagetitle=Short+Fiction+Reviews+5).
- The Ikin Interviews : Michael Pryor, Van Ikin (interviewer), single work interview (p. 93-99)
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[Review] Dreaming Down-Under : Book One,
single work
review
— Review of Dreaming Down-Under : Book One 1999 anthology short story ; (p. 103-105) -
[Review] The Pool of Two Moons [et al],
single work
review
— Review of The Pool of Two Moons 1998 single work novel ; Pilgrim 1998 single work novel ; Dragonclaw 1997 single work novel ; (p. 106-107) -
[Review] The Knight by the Pool,
single work
review
— Review of The Knight by the Pool 1998 single work novel ; (p. 107-108) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of The Atrocity Shop 1998 single work novel ; (p. 108-109) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of The Last Days : The Apocryphon of Joe Panther 1998 single work novel ; (p. 109-110) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of The House of Many Rooms 1998 single work novel ; (p. 110-111) -
[Review] The Centurion's Empire,
single work
review
— Review of The Centurion's Empire 1990 single work novel ; (p. 111-112) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Taken by Force 1998 single work novel ; (p. 112-113) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Red Shoes 1998 single work novel ; (p. 113) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of The Harlequin's Dance 1997 single work novel ; (p. 113-114) - Untitled,