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y separately published work icon Daikaiju! : Giant Monster Tales anthology   short story   fantasy   science fiction   horror  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Daikaiju! : Giant Monster Tales
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Agog! Press , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Running, Martin J. Livings , single work short story science fiction horror (p. 9-22)
Big Day, Chris Barnes , single work short story science fiction (p. 39-48)
Footfall, Terry Dartnall , single work short story science fiction (p. 49-51)
Daihaiku, Sean Williams , single work poetry (p. 52)
Seven Dates That Were Ruined by Giant Monsters, Adam Ford , single work short story humour (p. 53-59)
Aspect Hunter, Anthony Fordham , single work short story adventure

Two time-travellers set out to rescue a re-imagined 1986 Sydney from a menacing glacier.

 (p. 60-82)
Notes Concerning Events at the Ray Harryhausen Home for Retired Actors, Andrew Sullivan , single work short story humour

Answers the question of what happens to giant monsters after they retire from the movies.

 (p. 83-96)
Watching the Titans, Chris Dickinson , single work short story horror (p. 97-101)
Five Bells, Trent Jamieson , single work short story horror

Described by Tansy Raynor Roberts as dark, strange and twisted, the story has former Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt (who drowned at sea) boiling up out of the ocean, giant-sized with a great white shark stuck in his foreskin (Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus).

 (p. 119-123)
Once Giants Roamed the Earth, Rosaleen Love , single work short story fantasy (p. 124-127)
Crunch Time, Michelle Marquardt , single work short story (p. 128)
The Greater Death of Saito Saku, Richard Harland , single work short story fantasy

'At once an epic action showpiece and an ode to the passing of time and to the maintaining of honour up until death, Harland’s hero is Saito Saku, a samurai warrior and appointed protector of his village, who sets out to fight a final, fateful battle against a colossal fire beast (Tim Kroenert, Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus).

 (p. 213-230)
Like a Bug Underfoot, Chuck McKenzie , single work short story science fiction horror fantasy (p. 221-225)
Read It In The Headlines!, Garth Nix , single work short story science fiction

'An entertaining gimmick story, in which the response to a daikaiju attack is told through screaming newspaper headlines' the story 'serves as a satire on media response to disasters as well as human response to disasters' (Tansy Raynor Roberts Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus).

 (p. 226-230)
The Quiet Agrarian, Petri Ivalo Sinda , single work short story (p. 231-254)
In Final Battle, Nigel Triffitt , single work short story science fiction (p. 255)
The Unlawful Priest of Todesfall, Penelope Love , single work short story fantasy

An otherworld religious quest fantasy.

 (p. 256-273)
Footprint, David Carroll , single work short story science fiction (p. 284-291)
Haikaiju, Sean Williams , single work poetry (p. 292)
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