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'A world-first collection of blackfella speculative fiction from well-known and emerging First Nations writers. The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction – written, curated, edited and designed by blackfellas, for blackfellas and about blackfellas. In these stories, some writers are summoning ancestral spirits from the past, while others are looking straight down the barrel of potential futures, which always end up curving back around to hold us up from behind. Dazzling, imaginative and unsettling, This All Come Back Now centres and celebrates communities, cultures and country.' (Publication summary)
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Notes
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Dedication: For weird mob everywhere and everywhen, our brave and strange thinkers, feelers, lovers, warlords and healers — those who are dreaming up new ways to tell our stories and are pouring them back into the river of our collective culture for the benefit of all.
Contents
- Overture, single work essay (p. 1-22)
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Muyum : A Transgression,
single work
short story
(p. 23-34)
'When I crossed there was only little light darkly.
'This place where I have been told to find you is light and floor-stained tea tree, as my sister who dreams has described, she who sees still water when she hears my name. It is she who should be here to lay down in you and listen, but I was the one who was unravelled by silence.' (Introduction)
- Clatter Tongue, single work short story (p. 35-44)
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Poltergeists in the Pandemic,
single work
poetry
(p. 45-56)
Note: With title: Closing Time.
- In His Father's Footsteps, single work short story (p. 57-72)
- Myth This!, single work short story (p. 73-92)
- Jacaranda Street, single work short story (p. 93-100)
- [Extract] The Kadaitcha Sung, single work novel extract (p. 101-116)
- Snake of Light, single work short story (p. 117-132)
- Your Own Aborigine, single work short story (p. 133-144)
- Five Minutes, single work short story (p. 145-170)
- When From, single work short story (p. 171-182)
- The Centre, single work short story (p. 183-192)
- An Invitation, single work short story (p. 193-206)
- Nimeybirra, single work short story (p. 207-220)
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Water,
single work
short story
(p. 221-246)
Note: Editor's note: The modified version shown here is extracted from the original text.
- Terranora, single work short story science fiction (p. 247-266)
- The Purple Plains, single work novel extract (p. 267-292)
- Old Uncle Sir, single work short story (p. 293-302)
- Dust Cycle, single work novel extract (p. 303-320)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Best of 2022 in Australian Reading
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023;
— Review of This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story ; Unlimited Futures 2022 anthology short story ; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life 2022 selected work short story ; Women I Know 2022 selected work short story ; Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls 2022 selected work short story ; Everything Feels like the End of the World 2022 selected work short story ; The Burnished Sun 2022 selected work short story ; This Devastating Fever 2022 single work novel ; Losing Face 2022 single work novel ; Root and Branch : Essays on Inheritance 2022 selected work essay ; People Who Lunch : Essays on Work, Leisure and Loose Living 2022 selected work essay ; The Diplomat 2022 single work novel -
Returning to Our Futures
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , May 2022; -
Mykaela Saunders (ed.) This All Come Back Now
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2022;
— Review of This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story 'This anthology showcases the range of First Nations speculative fiction.' -
Books Roundup
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2022;
— Review of The Eulogy 2022 single work novel ; Homesickness : A Memoir 2022 single work autobiography ; This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story ; Basin 2022 single work novel -
Mykaela Saunders (ed.) This All Come Back Now
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4-10 June 2022;
— Review of This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story'This All Come Back Now – the first anthology of its kind – is a collection of speculative fiction from First Nations writers, both well-known and emerging. As its editor, Koori and Lebanese writer Mykaela Saunders, writes, this is a book “for weird mob everywhere and everywhen, our brave and strange thinkers, feelers, lovers, warlords and healers – those who are dreaming up new ways to tell our stories and are pouring them back into the river of our collective culture”.' (Introduction)
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The First-ever First Nations Anthology of Speculative Fiction Is Playful, Bitter, Loud and Proud
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 1 June 2022;
— Review of This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story'This is not “just” an anthology of First Nations speculative fiction, but also the first anthology of First Nations speculative fiction. And what an entry onto the scene it is!'
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Mykaela Saunders (ed.) This All Come Back Now
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4-10 June 2022;
— Review of This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story'This All Come Back Now – the first anthology of its kind – is a collection of speculative fiction from First Nations writers, both well-known and emerging. As its editor, Koori and Lebanese writer Mykaela Saunders, writes, this is a book “for weird mob everywhere and everywhen, our brave and strange thinkers, feelers, lovers, warlords and healers – those who are dreaming up new ways to tell our stories and are pouring them back into the river of our collective culture”.' (Introduction)
-
Books Roundup
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2022;
— Review of The Eulogy 2022 single work novel ; Homesickness : A Memoir 2022 single work autobiography ; This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story ; Basin 2022 single work novel -
Mykaela Saunders (ed.) This All Come Back Now
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2022;
— Review of This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story 'This anthology showcases the range of First Nations speculative fiction.' -
Best of 2022 in Australian Reading
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023;
— Review of This All Come Back Now 2022 anthology short story ; Unlimited Futures 2022 anthology short story ; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life 2022 selected work short story ; Women I Know 2022 selected work short story ; Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls 2022 selected work short story ; Everything Feels like the End of the World 2022 selected work short story ; The Burnished Sun 2022 selected work short story ; This Devastating Fever 2022 single work novel ; Losing Face 2022 single work novel ; Root and Branch : Essays on Inheritance 2022 selected work essay ; People Who Lunch : Essays on Work, Leisure and Loose Living 2022 selected work essay ; The Diplomat 2022 single work novel -
Returning to Our Futures
2022
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , May 2022;
Awards
- 2023 honourable mention Small Press Network Book of the Year Award
- 2022 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Anthology Division
