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makers of fine Australian speculative fiction

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makers of fine Australian speculative fiction

    Alien Tears – Wendy Waring

    Alien Tears – Wendy Waring

    Appeared in Anywhere But Earth (coeur de lion publishing) Originally from Canada, Wendy has made a home in Australia and her speculative fiction has appeared in Interzone and Tesseracts. She was an alumnus of the 2004 Clarion South workshop. Also in this episode: Keith Stevenson reviews Greig Beck’s This Green Hell (Pan Macmillan Australia)

    Like a Bug Underfoot – Chuck McKenzie

    Like a Bug Underfoot – Chuck McKenzie

    Appeared in Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales (Agog! Press) Chuck McKenzie was born in 1970, and still spends much of his time there. He currently fills multiple roles as a bookseller, reviewer, and zombie obsessive, only one of which pays the bills – although sometimes he also writes short fiction and gets paid for it, which…

    The Duchess of Newcastle – Lucy Sussex

    The Duchess of Newcastle – Lucy Sussex

    Appeared in Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores (DreamHaven Books) Lucy Sussex was born in New Zealand in 1957. She has degrees in English and Librarianship from Monash University, and is a freelance researcher, editor and writer. She has published widely, writing anything from literary criticism to horror and detective stories. In addition she is a…

    Bats – Jane Routley

    Bats – Jane Routley

    This story was inspired by my first visit to Queensland .  As I listened to the fruit bats fighting in the outside in the warm thick Townsville night, I thought about how perfect this sound was for Australian Gothic and wondered how a vampire story would work in this setting. – Jane Routley Also in this…

    In From The Snow – Lee Battersby and Undead Camels Ate Their Flesh – Jason Fischer

    In From The Snow – Lee Battersby and Undead Camels Ate Their Flesh – Jason Fischer

    Lee Battersby is the multi-award winning author of over seventy stories in Australia, the US and Europe, as well as numerous poems, reviews, and ephemera, including a stream of minicomics and comic strips spread out over the years like illegitimate children. Jason Fischer is based in Adelaide, South Australia. He attended Clarion South in 2007,…

    Podcast – Simon Petrie

    Podcast – Simon Petrie

    Appeared in Rare Unsigned Copy (Peggy Bright Books) Simon Petrie is a NZ-born research scientist now living in Canberra. His short fiction has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Aurealis, Kaleidotrope, Murky Depths, Sybil’s Garage, and arguably in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.His debut collection Rare Unsigned Copy: Tales of Rocketry, Ineptitude,…

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