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y separately published work icon Dreaming Again anthology   short story   science fiction   fantasy   horror  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Dreaming Again
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Voyager , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Undead Camels Ate Their Flesh, Jason Fischer , single work short story horror humour (p. 319-334)
Europa, Cecily Scutt , single work short story fantasy
A story about an older man facing his fears of the ocean, as well as his past.
 (p. 335-344)
Riding on the Q-Ball, Rosaleen Love , single work short story science fiction
A futurist who theorises about space and time, investigates an unusual event at a trucking company and ends up being taken on a ride to save the universe.
 (p. 345-360)
In from the Snow, Lee Battersby , single work short story horror
While a family of hunters attempts to survive the winter a young woman comes and tells of a wild man, the father of the family, attacking her caravan. The oldest boy goes to investigate and try an take his place as head of the family.
 (p. 361-378)
The Lost Property Room, Trudi Canavan , single work short story horror
A woman forgets her umbrella on the train and goes to the lost property room to see if it's there and instead takes another one... only to find out that this wasn't such a good idea.
(p. 379-390)
Heere be Monsters, John Birmingham , single work short story horror
A British expedition sets out to find the colony of Australia, but finds something very unexpected.
 (p. 391-411)
Purgatory, Cory Daniells , single work short story science fiction
When a terrible virus begins to infect a futuristic society, a researcher, Lillith, believes she has discovered the cure and decides to try it out on her sick husband.
 (p. 412-124)
Manannan's Children, Russell Blackford , single work short story fantasy
A new take on the Irish legend of Oisin the warrior and Niamh, a queen of Tir na nÓg.
 (p. 425-449)
The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross, Margo Lanagan , single work short story science fiction
Set in a dystopian future where birthing perfect babies is uncommon and having a ‘normal’ family life is unheard of.
 (p. 450-462)
Twilight in Caeli-Amur, Rjurik Davidson , single work short story science fiction
A man goes to gather some books from a powerful theorist’s wife, and finds out who really wrote those books.
 (p. 463-473)
Paradise Design'd, Janeen Webb , single work short story fantasy
A retelling of Adam and Eve, but with dinosaurs.
 (p. 474-484)
The New Deal, Trent Jamieson , single work short story horror
Two policemen investigate a couple of bodies that have been found on a roof. On the bodies are a rabbit's foot and a family photo. Although the men are told to drop the case, one of them can't let it go and things are changed irrevocably.
 (p. 486-499)
Conquist, Dirk Strasser , single work short story fantasy
Follows a group of Spanish conquistadors searching for new lands in New Spain, but who get transported into a new world.
 (p. 500-517)
The Last Great House of Isla Tortuga, Peter M. Ball , single work short story horror

'A cabin boy with a secret is lead astray in Tortuga’s last great house of ill repute, where the ladies have all returned after death full of mysteries to be unravelled. The Captain promised Tobias Truman a night to remember, but what Toby seeks behind closed doors is a truth only a lady of the house can reveal.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2020 ed.).

 (p. 518-32)
Perchance to Dream, Isobelle Carmody , single work short story fantasy
The protagonist, Anna, is trapped in her own dream.
 (p. 533-562)
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