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1 y separately published work icon The Drop Bear Task Force Kevin La Motte , Darwin : Kevin La Motte , 2014 8934134 2014 single work novella

'The Drop Bear Task Force, is a dedicated group of men and women who protect us from rogue Drop Bears. Join Leiu, Sarge and their loyal companion Drop Dog, as they face their greatest challenge yet. To match wits and capture the biggest, baddest Drop Bear that ever was.' (Publication summary)

1 Sisterchild Susan Isle , 1999 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Orb : Speculative Fiction , no. 0 1999; (p. 11-28)

'Sue Isle’s "Sisterchild" is about Simeon and Leah, Siamese twins born into a post-apocalyptic Australian tribe. Leah is nothing more than a torso and head sprouting from Simeon’s waist, and their tribe decides Leah has to be cut out so that her brother can enter manhood as a properly formed male. Although this is a death sentence for his sister, Simeon is tempted at first, but at Leah’s urgings and overwhelmed by guilt, he flees into the desert. Picked up by a trio of men who wander the desert in a Sherman tank (I kid you not), who are shocked but not offended by Leah, they are taken to a town where the technology exists that can safely separate them.'

Source: Eidolon (http://eidolon.net/?review=shortfiction5&pagetitle=Short+Fiction+Reviews+5).

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