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y separately published work icon Agog! Smashing Stories : New Australian Speculative Fiction anthology   short story   fantasy   horror   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Agog! Smashing Stories : New Australian Speculative Fiction
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Agog! Press , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Regolith, Robert Hood , single work short story horror

Bridging the present and the future and the Earth and the Moon, the story concerns two archaeologists who find the burial chamber of an aristocratic scholar and kabbalist who sought the secret of eternal life. Meanwhile a worker on the moon is part of a project to bring water back to the moon.

(p. 7-26)
Warchalking, Paul Haines , Claire McKenna , single work short story horror (p. 27-46)
Humosity, Jeremy Shaw , single work short story science fiction

A story about being genetically inhuman, the narrative concerns a man obsessed with ladybirds and compasses.

(p. 47-52)
Number 3 Raw Place, Deborah Biancotti , single work short story fantasy (p. 53-66)
Gaslight à Go-Go, Dirk Flinthart , single work short story horror

Flinthart playfully combines time travel with Sherlock Holmes and other favourite characters from Baker Street.

(p. 67-89)
The Cascade, Sean McMullen , single work short story science fiction (p. 90-104)
Seven Wives, Bryn Sparks , single work short story science fiction (p. 105-13)
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Justine Larbalestier , single work short story fantasy

A haunting urban fantasy which sees an Earth girl sleep with an alien.

(p. 114-121)
Temenos, Kim Westwood , single work short story (p. 122-128)
Maelstrom, Martin J. Livings , single work short story horror

When Voight has to identify the body of an acquaintance who died in mysterious circumstances it becomes clear that there are larger forces at work. Before the night is over he and his partner Niall will risk their lives more than once in their attempt to neutralise creatures which might look human but are much more than that.

(p. 129-154)
They Say it's Other People, Paul Haines , single work short story horror (p. 155-167)
Inside the Mountain, Grace Dugan , single work short story science fiction fantasy

Myth vs technology and unrequited love.

(p. 168-173)
R, Ben Peek , single work short story horror

The story of a man who gets his eventual comeuppance from a government that’s taken ratings systems a little too far.

(p. 174-188)
Gin Jackson : Neophyte Ranger, Marianne de Pierres , single work short story science fiction fantasy (p. 189-200)
The Border, Richard Harland , single work short story horror (p. 201-207)
Water Babies, Simon Brown , single work short story horror (p. 208-235)
Weavers of the Twilight, Louise Katz , single work short story fantasy (p. 236-249)
Endure, Trent Jamieson , single work short story fantasy horror (p. 250-258)
Come to Daddy, Brendan Duffy , single work short story science fiction (p. 259-284)
Porn Again, Iain Triffitt , single work short story (p. 285-291)
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