The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, 2011
Aurealis judges recently stated that it was an epic year for Australian short fiction, so it's a privilege to have a story nestled among the wonderful writers listed in this Ticonderoga collection. I can't wait to read it myself!
Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene should be congratulated on the challenging task of compiling 32 stories and poems.
The contents are:
- Peter M Ball "Briar Day" (Moonlight Tuber)
- Lee Battersby "Europe After The Rain" (After the Rain, Fablecroft Press)
- Deborah Biancotti "Bad Power" (Bad Power, Twelfth Planet Press)
- Jenny Blackford "The Head in the Goatskin Bag" (Kaleidotrope)
- Simon Brown "Thin Air" (Dead Red Heart, Ticonderoga Publications)
- David Conyers and David Kernot "Winds Of Nzambi" (Midnight Echo #6, AHWA)
- Stephen Dedman "More Matter, Less Art" (Midnight Echo #6, AHWA)
- Sara Douglass & Angela Slatter "The Hall of Lost Footsteps" (The Hall of Lost Footsteps, Ticonderoga Publications)
- Felicity Dowker "Berries & Incense" (More Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications)
- Terry Dowling "Dark Me, Night You" (Midnight Echo #5, AHWA)
- Jason Fischer "Hunting Rufus" (Midnight Echo #5, AHWA)
- Christopher Green "Letters Of Love From The Once And Newly Dead" (Midnight Echo #5, AHWA)
- Paul Haines "The Past Is A Bridge Best Left Burnt" (The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Brimstone Press)
- Lisa L Hannett "Forever, Miss Tapekwa County" (Bluegrass Symphony, Ticonderoga Publications)
- Richard Harland "At The Top Of The Stairs" (Shadows and Tall Trees #2, Undertow Publications)
- John Harwood "Face To Face" (Ghosts by Gaslight, HarperCollins)
- Pete Kempshall "Someone Else To Play With" (Beauty Has Her Way, Dark Quest Books)
- Jo Langdon "Heaven" (After the Rain, Fablecroft Press)
- Maxine McArthur "The Soul of the Machine" (Winds of Change, CSFG)
- Ian McHugh "The Wishwriter's Wife" (Daily Science Fiction)
- Andrew J McKiernan "Love Death" (Aurealis #45, Chimaera Publications)
- Kirstyn McDermott "Frostbitten" (More Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications)
- Margaret Mahy "Wolf Night" (The Wilful Eye - Tales From the Tower #1, Allen & Unwin)
- Anne Mok "Interview with the Jiangshi" (Dead Red Heart, Ticonderoga Publications)
- Jason Nahrung "Wraiths" (Winds of Change, CSFG)
- Anthony Panegyres "Reading Coffee" (Overland, OL Society)
- Tansy Rayner Roberts "The Patrician" (Love and Romanpunk, Twelfth Planet Press)
- Angela Rega "Love In the Atacama or the Poetry of Fleas" (Crossed Genres, CGP)
- Angela Slatter "The Coffin-Maker's Daughter" (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
- Lucy Sussex "Thief of Lives" (Thief of Lies, Twelfth Planet Press)
- Kyla Ward "The Kite" (The Land of Bad Dreams, P'rea Press)
- Kaaron Warren "All You Can Do Is Breathe" (Blood and Other Cravings, Tor)
The volume will also include a review of 2011 and a list of recommended stories.
The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 is scheduled for publication in July 2012 and can be pre-ordered at indiebooksonline.com. The anthology will be available in hardcover, ebook and trade editions.
I've been told that in Perth, both Planet Books and Crow Books will be stocking it too.
Congrats on making the TOC, Anthony!
ReplyDeleteWell done! Maybe I'll be there one day. I've been working on a short story at the moment - it's early days at the moment though....
ReplyDeleteI'll buy it next time at one of great book shops in Perth.
Thanks, Kaaron. Say ‘Hi’ to the gang – both the crows and the fam. Congrats! It's a privilege to be in the same collection as you.
ReplyDeleteJeremy, good luck with the writing. I’m sure that you’ll enjoy the anthology too. There’s a fantastic range of stories, which is to be expected after a strong year in Australian fiction.