Horn
ISBN 978-0-9804841-4-4
Cover art by Dion Hamill
Published 2009
There’s a dead girl in a dumpster and a unicorn on the loose – and no-one knows how bad that combination can get better than Miriam Aster. What starts as a consulting job for city homicide quickly becomes a tangled knot of unexpected questions, and working out the link between the dead girl and the unicorn will draw Aster back into the world of the exiled fey she thought she’d left behind ten years ago. All in all, Miriam Aster isn’t happy. The last time she worked a case like this it cost her a badge, a partner, and her life. Read the rest of this entry »
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There’s a dead girl in a dumpster and a unicorn on the loose – and no-one knows how bad that combination can get better than Miriam Aster.
Bleed
ISBN 978-0-9808274-0-8
Cover Art by Dion Hamill
Published 2010
For ten years ex-cop Miriam Aster has been living with her one big mistake – agreeing to kill three men for the exiled Queen of Faerie. But when an old case comes back to haunt her it brings a spectre of the past with it, forcing Aster to ally herself with a stuntwoman and a magic cat in order to rescue a kidnapped TV star from the land of Faerie and stop the half-breed sorcerer who needs Aster’s blood. Read the rest of this entry »
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Ten years ago Miriam Aster learnt a simple lesson: when a faerie asks you to kill someone, the worst thing you can say is sure. Today she’s about to learn that worse things can happen when the past refuses to stay behind you.
Angel Rising
ISBN 978-0-9804841-1-3
Cover design by Cat Sparks
Published 2008
The New Ceres planetary charter forbids the use of all modern technology. Law confines the people to the ways of 18th Century Earth. But beneath the surface, rebellion and revolution simmer constantly. Read the rest of this entry »
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What odd coincidence brings Proctor George Gordon to the Sunrise Isles to be confronted by ninja and warrior nuns? Who is the strange but compelling amnesiac girl he finds in the convent, and what do the offworld nations want with her? And how can he really be sure who to trust?
The Female Factory
Volume 11, Twelve Planets
ISBN: 978-1-922101-15-0 (pk)
ISBN: 978-1-922101-16-7 (ebk)
Cover Design by Amanda Rainey
Ebook Conversion by Charles Tan
Published December 2014
In The Female Factory, procreation is big business. Children are a commodity few women can afford. Read the rest of this entry »
Secret Lives of Books
Volume 10, Twelve Planets
ISBN 978-1-9221010-7-5
Cover design by Amanda Rainey
June 2014
Secret lives, replete with possibilities. Elsewhere exists as a better place, in a better time, for a better life. The trick is how to get there from here. These stories give the answers. Share in the secret lives of books. Fly to Mars, the first stage, perhaps, in the onward journey to elsewhere. Hear the music of the heavenly spheres and be forever changed, providing the bad guys don’t hear it first. Discover Gaia may not be quite what we think she is. Discover the universe is a rather big place. Embrace Utopia for women too, if only … Read the rest of this entry »
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The much anticipated all new original collection of short stories from one of Australia’s science fiction masters and winner of the Chandler Award for outstanding achievement in Australian science fiction.
Showtime
Volume 5, Twelve Planets
ISBN 978-0-9872162-1-2
Cover design by Amanda Rainey
Ebook conversion by Charles Tan
Paperback Published March 2012; Ebook Published July 2012
Family drama can be found anywhere: in kitchens, in cafes. Derelict hotels, showground rides. Even dungeons far below ruined Hungarian castles. (Okay, especially in Hungarian dungeons.) Read the rest of this entry »
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Family drama can be found anywhere: in kitchens, in cafes. Derelict hotels, showground rides. Even dungeons far below ruined Hungarian castles. (Okay, especially in Hungarian dungeons.)
Thief of Lives
Volume 3, Twelve Planets
ISBN 978-0-9808274-7-7
Cover design by Amanda Rainey
Electronic conversion by Charles Tan
Published 2011
Why are certain subjects so difficult to talk about? What is justice? Why do writers think that other people’s lives are fair game? And what do we really know about the first chemist? Read the rest of this entry »
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The four stories showcased here could not be more different, one from another, but collectively they constitute an excellent introduction to the talents of the incomparable Lucy Sussex. – Karen Joy Fowler