AustLit

'Nigel's been invited to a party. A 'wild' party, his mate says. Nigel thinks it doesn't look very wild - the birthday girl just asked to play Pass the Parcel, of all things. But then the music starts, Nigel realises that the birthday girl is the parcel... and the party really gets started.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Angie has arrived back in the future with her mission objective, Wayne, in tow. But the future she left and the one she returns to are substantially different. Her boss is different. Her colleague's death has been erased. Now Angie has to foil the enemy's plans in a world that she isn't sure she knows.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Angie has arrived back in the future with her mission objective, Wayne, in tow. Her personal timeline is about to get knotty - she's arrived a year before she left, and her murdered colleague is alive and well. Can she stop the enemy plot to steal the time technology before it starts?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Angie Chau is an agent of the Time Department. She returns from a seemingly routine assignment with her objective unobtained, and finds chaos ensuing. Someone is attempting to steal the time-travel technology, and they're willing to take out Angie along the way.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Constructed as a serial, but published as three individual short pieces: the original mission of Time Department agent Angie Chau, and the two alternative timelines in which she subsequently finds herself.

'Butch did a bad, bad thing. He went against his owner's orders, and he bit the postman. Unbeknownst to Butch, though, the postman was a werewolf. We all know what happens when a werewolf bites a human... but what happens when a dog bites a werewolf?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A monster hunter travels to the outskirts of a small country town, tracking a rogue bunyip. Much to his surprise, the local CWA ladies are already out in force.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'An alien field agent keeps a diary of its experiences in researching the culture of Earth. But when you observe an alien culture, sometimes the culture changes you...'

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'Mike escaped from Barb's torment with a well-aimed bullet to his brain. But life doesn't end at death, and Mike's now stuck in Hell with the exact person who was out to get him all along. 'Not a happy camper' is an understatement.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Mike is days away from getting out of jail. But he has a big problem - he's being tormented again. This time, it's extra nasty. He's convinced that Linda is back to make his life hell.

'Linda was enjoying Heaven until Mike started screaming for her attention. She's not interested in helping him, though - she just wants him to go the hell away. Until she's dumped into Hell and finds herself with a prime reason to help him out.

'Trent, as usual, is given the job of working out what the hell is going on.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Linda wakes up to an elderly Chinese woman standing next to her bed - one who doesn't seem to speak a word of English. Now she has to figure out who the woman is, and what the hell she's doing in Linda's bedroom.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Linda's just seen Mike convicted and put in jail. That looses her ties to Earth, and frees her to finally go to her afterlife. Now she has a new challenge - adapting to being forever dead!'

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'This short story is a new retelling of the oldest Christmas tale of all.

'What would happen if Jesus were born not in 4BC in Bethlehem, but in modern-day Ipswich, Queensland (famous for its historic architecture and alcohol-sodden population), in Australia? Would the virgin Mary truly be virginal? How would she react to an angel of the Lord?

'If these questions have plagued and perplexed you... this is the story for you.

'Warning: This story may offend almost anyone. It is not suitable for children, the very religious, or those who hold traditional Christmas stories dear.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Maisy is pregnant, and moving to Sydney. How will the country kid cope with the big city - and how will the big city cope with Maisy?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Maisy's mum is an ex-junkie. Her father is unknown. Now the girl with the colourful childhood goes to church every Sunday with her mother and attends youth group with the other kids in her country hometown. But fitting into the cookie-cutter ideal of Christian youth isn't easy for someone with Maisy's background.

'A new arrival in town gets Maisy thinking about her beliefs, and she doesn't like where her thoughts are heading. Soon she's questioning every tenet she used to hold dear - and being outed as the worst kind of sinner.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Geordie and Lazarus are back, and they have a big problem. Someone's sending death threats to Geordie, and he's afraid that he'll soon be relegated to an afterlife of wandering the earth, giving fashion advice to the passé living.

'Linda has a problem, too - she's hearing voices. These things just aren't supposed to happen in Heaven.

'Trent and Linda are working against the clock to find the would-be murderer before Geordie turns up looking fabulous in shroud-white.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

A collection of short stories with paranormal or supernatural themes.

A selection of short stories exploring human sexuality.

A selection of short stories themed around various aspects of human sexuality.

'John's dead.

'He's pretty happy about it, actually.

'So's his wife, Melissa.

'Linda, on the other hand, suspects foul play - and she's not going to rest until she finds out what happened.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.