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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 In Your Face
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'In Your Face will be made up of original and reprinted speculative fiction stories that deal with very provocative themes. These stories will be provocative and/or confronting but with a firm purpose – they are pieces that will perhaps make readers uncomfortable because they are a bit too hard-hitting or close to the bone, but which interrogate these themes and ideas, and make a point about the world we live in.'

Source: Publisher's website (Sighted: 19/2/2016)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Rockingham, Rockingham area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:FableCroft Publishing , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
No Fat Chicks, Cat Sparks , single work short story

In the near future, a mystery virus has rendered all women obese, and one group of male friends are not coping with the new world order at all well.

(p. 1-18)
Waters of Kati Thanda, Dirk Flinthart , single work short story (p. 19-38)
Fert, Marlee Jane Ward , single work short story science fiction

Described by the author as a story 'about a generation ship, choice and power'.

Source: Author's website (http://marleejaneward.com/2016/12/14/awards-eligibility/). (Sighted: 20/03/2017)

(p. 39-56)
A House in Blue, Jason Nahrung , single work short story (p. 57-78)
The Autumn Dog Cannot Live to Spring, Claire McKenna , single work short story science fiction (p. 79-94)
All Roll Over, Kaaron Warren , single work short story horror

A mattress bears witness to all manner of psychological and gothic horrors.

(p. 95-106)
Absolution, Barbara Robson , single work short story science fiction (p. 107-128)
Note: Reprint.
The Lost Boys, Craig Cormick , single work short story

A take on the story of Peter Pan, which unpacks some disturbing motivations on the part of the titular character.

(p. 129-138)
Accidents Happen, Kirstyn McDermott , single work short story (p. 139-158)
A Pain That Must Be Suffered, Joanne Anderton , single work short story

'"A pain that must be suffered" is about young people, self-harm and suicide in a highly connected world, about entrenched bullying you just can’t escape from, and the difference class makes to all of this.'

Source: Author's blog (http://joanneanderton.com/wordpress/2016/01/14/in-your-face/). (Sighted: 19/2/2016)

(p. 159-172)
And Now Art Thou Cursed From the Earth, David McDonald , single work short story (p. 173-194)
Bodies of Evidence, Alan Baxter , single work short story

'The framework is a cyberpunk noir story, with a protagonist who’s a career detective on a strange murder case. Her brother has a debilitating disease and not much longer to live.'

Source: Author's blog (http://www.alanbaxteronline.com/face-genesis-story-bodies-evidence/). (Sighted: 19/2/2016)

(p. 195-218)
Cherries in Winter, Rivers in Spring, Stephanie Lai , single work short story (p. 219-234)
Lust, Entrapment, and the Matter Transmitter : A Case Study, Sean Williams , single work short story science fiction (p. 235-240)
No One Here Is Going to Save You, Shauna O'Meara , single work short story (p. 241-264)
Letters To Cleopatra, Tansy Rayner Roberts , single work short story (p. 265-270)
Rain from the New God, Simon Brown , single work short story science fiction (p. 271-280)
Note: Reprint.
Tolerance, Ian McHugh , single work short story (p. 281-298)
Home and Hearth, Angela Slatter , single work short story horror

'Caroline’s son returns to home and hearth at last. She’s a good parent or so she tells herself. She did everything a mother could to bring Simon back, even lied for him. The only problem is that Caroline’s not sure she actually wants him here anymore.

'Has Simon changed? Or is he still a danger? And does it matter now that the shadows are beginning to stir in the empty rooms of Caroline’s house?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

(p. 299-322)
Note: Reprint.
Zero Sum Game, Darren Goossens , single work short story

Concentrates on the social aspect of climate change and associated changes to funding and government.

Source: Author's blog (https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/zero-sum-game-a-story-for-in-your-face/). (Sighted: 19/2/2016)

(p. 323-344)

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Works about this Work

[Review] In Your Face Robbie Coburn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 91 2016;

— Review of In Your Face 2016 anthology short story
[Review] In Your Face Robbie Coburn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 91 2016;

— Review of In Your Face 2016 anthology short story
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