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
Nightsiders
Volume 1, Twelve Planets
ISBN 978-0-9808274-3-9 (pbk)
ISBN 978-0-9870828-9-3 (ebk)
Cover design by Amanda Rainey
Ebook Conversion by Charles Tan
Published 2011
In a future world of extreme climate change, Perth, Western Australia’s capital city, has been abandoned. Most people were evacuated to the East by the late ’30s and organised infrastructure and services have gone. Read the rest of this entry »
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A teenage girl stolen from her family as a child; a troupe of street actors who affect their new culture with memories of the old; a boy born into the wrong body; and a teacher who is pushed into the role of guide tell the story of The Nightside.
Love and Romanpunk
Volume 2, Twelve Planets
ISBN 978-0-9808274-6-0
Cover design by Amanda Rainey
Electronic conversion by Cheryl Morgan
Published 2011
Thousands of years ago, Julia Agrippina wrote the true history of her family, the Caesars. The document was lost, or destroyed, almost immediately. (It included more monsters than you might think.) Read the rest of this entry »
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The world is in greater danger than you ever suspected. Women named Julia are stronger than they appear. History is not what you think it is.
Bad Power
Volume 4, Twelve Planets
ISBN 978-0-9808274-9-1
Cover design by Amanda Rainey
Ebook conversion by Charles Tan
Published January 2012
Hate superheroes? Yeah. They probably hate you, too.
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Bad Power celebrates the worst kind of powers both supernatural and otherwise, in the interlinked tales of five people — and how far they’ll go.