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- Schrödinger's Catamaran, single work short story science fiction (p. 11-25)
- Sisters of the Moss, single work short story horror (p. 27-43)
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The Left Behind,
single work
short story
horror
Following an ecological disaster on Earth, humans take to space in rockets. Plutonium has left many people disabled; these 'misfits' are all left behind on Earth, where they attempt to rebuild society.
The protagonist, a pregnant woman with a blind cobbler husband, works with the judge. A series of infanticides sweeps their community: mothers are killing their 'perfect' children because of the growing arrogance of older, able-bodied children. After the protagonist's husband is assaulted at the school, the protagonist shifts the crime of the infanticides to the judge, who loved the children and wanted them to be perfect, thus protecting the actual murderers.
Note: Illustrated by Darryl Lindquist. -
Moon-born,
single work
short story
fantasy
(p. 63-77)
Note: As 'Moon Born'. Illustrated by Diane Speter.
- The Melbourne Olympics of '44, single work short story fantasy (p. 78-93)
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Timelines,
single work
short story
science fiction
'The Utopia Plain encounters the Earth survey ship St Petersburg orbiting a supposedly lifeless planet. Aboard are a parrot and a new-born baby.'
Source: Author's website.
Note: Illustrated by Shaun Tan. - Nahlia's Call, single work short story (p. 110-117)
- Reading in Bed, single work short story (p. 118-123)