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From thirteen Australian writers comes a collection of original speculative fiction short stories that will take you from the great unknown of our own planet, to the stars, and beyond to mystical fantasy worlds. These stories of 'hope' include High Tide at Hot Water Beach (Paul Haines), Burned in the Black (Janette Dalgliesh), The Haunted Earth (Sean Williams), Eliot (Benjamin Solah), Boundaries (Karen Lee Field), The Encounter (Sasha Beattie), The God on the Mountain (Graham Storrs), Deployment (Craig Hull), Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden (Joanne Anderton), Blinded (Jodi Cleghorn), The Choosing (Rowena Cory Daniells), Duty and Sacrifice (Alan Baxter) and A Moment, A Day, A Year... (Pamela Freeman).
These brilliantly crafted stories, combined with essays donated by Beyondblue and Dr Myfanwy Maple and Mr Warren Bartik, from the University of New England, are accompanied by short snippets of information on suicide.
Did you know approximately one million people die by suicide each year worldwide?
Suicide happens on a daily basis. It can affect you. Are you suicide aware?
Everything in this anthology is donated by Australians to help raise awareness. All profits donated to suicide awareness.
These brilliantly crafted stories, combined with essays donated by Beyondblue and Dr Myfanwy Maple and Mr Warren Bartik, from the University of New England, are accompanied by short snippets of information on suicide.
Did you know approximately one million people die by suicide each year worldwide?
Suicide happens on a daily basis. It can affect you. Are you suicide aware?
Everything in this anthology is donated by Australians to help raise awareness. All profits donated to suicide awareness.
288 pages, Paperback
First published October 7, 2011
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About the author
Paul Haines
28 books13 followersPaul Haines was raised in the 1970s in the wrong part of Auckland, New Zealand and moved to Australia in the 1990s. Having vowed to never call it home, he now lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter.
His first two collections were shortlisted for Australian speculative fiction awards, and one of them managed to nab the New Zealand award for Best Collection and the other the Australian Ditmar for Best Collection. His third collection is due out in 2010.
Paul survived the inaugural Clarion South in 2004 and has won the Aurealis, Ditmar and Sir Julius Vogel awards for his writing.
Lately he has been fighting cancer...
His first two collections were shortlisted for Australian speculative fiction awards, and one of them managed to nab the New Zealand award for Best Collection and the other the Australian Ditmar for Best Collection. His third collection is due out in 2010.
Paul survived the inaugural Clarion South in 2004 and has won the Aurealis, Ditmar and Sir Julius Vogel awards for his writing.
Lately he has been fighting cancer...
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November 2, 2011
Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.
To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the AA are over.
As Aurealis has now been announced, I've rated and confirmed I was found wanting with this anthology. It's such an important cause and I was hoping for more - quality (in both writing and presentation), a few stories within were reprints and yet there were typos. It was good to see a book aimed at such a hushed-up cause, though, and I'm glad there was an attempt to raise awareness. My copy has been donated to my old college where I hope it will make a difference.
As Aurealis has now been announced, I've rated and confirmed I was found wanting with this anthology. It's such an important cause and I was hoping for more - quality (in both writing and presentation), a few stories within were reprints and yet there were typos. It was good to see a book aimed at such a hushed-up cause, though, and I'm glad there was an attempt to raise awareness. My copy has been donated to my old college where I hope it will make a difference.
December 21, 2011
This is a nice collection of some new speculative fiction short stories. I think all the stories average from 3-5 stars - so there are no real duds in this collection. All stories have a science fiction/ fantasy element.
This book is also to promote suicide awareness. In between stories there are some facts, statistics ans helpful tips for dealing with suicide and hopefully preventing it. My only irk in this is that it was primarily focused in Australia- I would have liked to see more statistical aspects worldwide. Otherwise the tips/advice etc were well done.
Enjoyable stories and for a good cause. How can you beat that.
This book is also to promote suicide awareness. In between stories there are some facts, statistics ans helpful tips for dealing with suicide and hopefully preventing it. My only irk in this is that it was primarily focused in Australia- I would have liked to see more statistical aspects worldwide. Otherwise the tips/advice etc were well done.
Enjoyable stories and for a good cause. How can you beat that.
October 11, 2011
Thrilled to be one of the contributing authors to this fabulous anthology ... and in such exalted company, too. I've only just downloaded my digital copy, and can't wait to get my teeth into it!
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