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y separately published work icon Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Fifth Annual Volume anthology   short story   science fiction   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Fifth Annual Volume
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Chatswood, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:MirrorDanse Books , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Bill Congreve , single work essay (p. 7-14)
Painlessness, Kirstyn McDermott , single work short story horror (p. 15-44)
For Want of a Jesusman, Jason Fischer , single work short story science fiction horror (p. 45-61)
Hush, Deborah Biancotti , single work short story horror (p. 62-75)
This Is Not My Story, Dirk Flinthart , single work short story science fiction (p. 76-91)
Truth Window, Terry Dowling , single work short story (p. 92-113)
Nightship, Kim Westwood , single work short story fantasy (p. 114-130)
Fearless Flying Apartment People, Geoffrey Maloney , single work short story science fiction (p. 131-136)
Wives, Paul Haines , single work novella horror

In a future Australia ruled by criminal cartels, women are vastly outnumbered by men, leading men to go to haunting lengths to procure (and subsequently utterly control) a wife. One of Paul Haines's most anthologised works, 'Wives' is also rather contentious for the brutality of the world that it shows.

 (p. 137-147)
The Census-Taker's Tale, Kaaron Warren , single work short story fantasy horror (p. 248-264)
Getting Rid of Mother, Robert Hood , single work short story horror (p. 265-280)
The Last Deflowerer, Karen Maric , single work short story fantasy (p. 281-295)
Bitter Dreams, Ian McHugh , single work short story science fiction (p. 296-333)
The Goosle, Margo Lanagan , single work short story fantasy horror
An interpretation of the fairy story Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm.
 (p. 334-349)
The Empire, Simon Brown , single work short story science fiction (p. 350-372)
Ascension, Martin J. Livings , single work short story (p. 373-381)
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