Flock
This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and the satisfaction of a good short story. Curated by award-winning author Ellen van Neerven, Flock roams the landscape of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, bringing together voices from across the generations. Featuring established authors such as Tony Birch and Melissa Lucashenko, and rising stars such as Adam Thompson and Mykaela Saunders, Flock confirms the ongoing resonance and originality of First Nations stories.
Growing Up In Country Australia
Growing Up in Country Australia is a fresh, modern look at country Australia. There are stories of joy, adventure, nostalgia, connection to nature and freedom, but also more grim tales -- of drought, fires, mouse plagues and isolation. From the politics of the country school bus to the class divides between locals, from shooting foxes with Dad to giving up meat as an adult, from working on the family farm to selling up and moving to the city, the picture painted is diverse and unexpected. This is country Australia as you've never seen it before. Including nearly forty stories by established and emerging authors from a wide range of backgrounds -- including First Nations and new migrants -- Growing Up in Country Australia is a unique and revealing snapshot of rural life. Contributors include Holden Sheppard, Laura Jean McKay, Annabel Crabb, Sami Shah, Lech Blaine, Tony Armstrong, Bridie Jabour, Jes Layton, Lily Chan, Jay Carmichael and many others.
Singing My Sister Down by
A collection of 13 short stories from Margo Lanagan. A bride accepts her devastating punishment. A piece of the moon is buried. A ferryman falls into the Styx. Wee Willie Winkie brings a waking nightmare. A new father dresses a fallen warrior princess. A sniper picks off clowns one by one.
The Opposite of Disappearing
We have always lived in uncertain times. But facing a global pandemic tasks us with questioning the things we take for granted. Everything is disappearing, but we are still here.The opposite of disappearing is an encouraging and inspiring collection of contemporary short stories from Australian authors written during the COVID pandemic.
Unlimited Futures
Unlimited Futures is an anthology of speculative, visionary fiction from 21 emerging and established First Nations writers and Black writers, reflecting visionary pasts, hopeful futures and the invisible ties between First Nations people and People of Colour. With works by Tuesday Atzinger, Flora A Chol, Claire G. Coleman, Zena Cumpston, Lisa Fuller, Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Chemutai Glasheen, Genevieve Grieves, Afeif Ismail, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Laniyuk, Maree McCarthy Yoelu, Jasmin McGaughey, Sisonke Msimang, Merryana Salem, Mykaela Saunders, Aisha Trambas, Alison Whittaker and Jasper Wyld, this is an anthology of the tales they wish had existed when they were growing up in Australia.
The Turning by
Tim Winton is at his best with seventeen overlapping stories of second thoughts and mid-life regret set in the brooding small-town world of coastal Western Australia. Here are turnings of all kinds - changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours - where people struggle against the terrible weight of the past and challenge the lives they've made for themselves. Beautifully crafted, and as tender as they are confronting, these elegiac stories examine the darkness and frailty of ordinary people and celebrate the moments when the light shines through.
Gothic!
A lovesick count and the ghost of his brutalized servant...a serial killer who defies death...a house with a violent mind of its own and another that holds a grotesque secret within its peeling walls. Here are witches who feast on faces, changeling rites of passage, a venerable vampire contemplating his end, and a fanged brat who drains the patience of a bumbling teenage boy. Here too are a flamboyant young novelist in search of a subject more compelling than his own eerie existence and the daughter of a sorcerer fighting to free her lover — and her will — from sinister bonds.
Scared to Death by
Ten sinister stories by the master of macabre
Summary: This terrifically twisted and wickedly funny collection of spine-tingling short stories is only recommended for the most fearless of readers. From man-eating massage chairs, to terrifying train rides with the living dead or sinister sat navs that direct you to doom, these ten gruesome tales will make your blood curdle.
The Lottery and Other Stories by
This is the definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century, and an influence on writers such as Neil Gaiman and Stephen King.
In these stories an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and in Shirley Jackson's best-known story, a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. The creeping unease of lives squandered and the bloody glee of lives lost is chillingly captured in these tales of wasted potential and casual cruelty by a master of the short story.
When One World Ends
It's the end of the world as we know it... Catastrophes abound in this anthology of end times tales by young Australian writers! Delve into their doomsday imaginations and find out what the future holds in poems, stories, games, activities, and illustrated omens of what's to come. Fifteen young editors, mentored by children's author Oliver Phommavanh and publishing industry professionals, have assembled a collection of armageddon-themed fiction unlike anything you've ever seen.
Collisions
Experimental, genre-bending, lucid stories of the future from the inaugural LIMINAL Fiction Prize longlist. What does the future hold? A tense dinner party is held amid an impending climate catastrophe. A father leases his backyard out to a cemetery. Activists plan an attack on ASIO drones in a shock-jock run government. A voyeur finds herself caught in time. Features both emerging and established writers of colour.
Dust Makers by
Dust makers is a collection of short stories about our impact on the world around us. With a focus on simple sustainability, care for the environment and for each other, these stories consider the impact we have on the spaces we live in and the legacy we leave for the future. We want it to be about our consideration of what is around us and what we leave for the future. We want the stories to be contemporary, historical or futuristic with consideration of the impact we make on our environment and on one another
Blackout
A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks…
A first meeting.
Long-time friends.
Bitter exes.
And maybe the beginning of something new.
When the lights go out, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms, and new possibilities take flight.
Meet Me at the Intersection
Own Voice memoir, poetry and short fiction by writers who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability, exploring life from each author's unique perspective.
Ray Bradbury Stories: Volume 1 by
Contents:
A Medicine for Melancholy • (1959) • short story by Ray Bradbury
A Piece of Wood • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
A Scent of Sarsaparilla • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
A Sound of Thunder • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
A Story of Love • [Green Town] • (1976) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of These Things Happen 1951)
All Summer in a Day • [All Summer in a Day] • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
And So Died Riabouchinska • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! • (1962) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Calling Mexico • [Dandelion Wine] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Drunk, and in Charge of a Bicycle • (1980) • essay by Ray Bradbury
Embroidery • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Exorcism • [Dandelion Wine] • (1957) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Farewell Summer • [Green Town] • (1980) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Fever Dream • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Frost and Fire • (1946) • novella by Ray Bradbury
Gotcha! • (1978) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Hail and Farewell • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You! • (1973) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Homecoming • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming 1946)
I Sing the Body Electric! • (1969) • novelette by Ray Bradbury
Interval in Sunlight • (1954) • novelette by Ray Bradbury
Invisible Boy • (1945) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Jack-in-the-Box • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Kaleidoscope • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Long After Midnight • (1963) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Marionettes, Inc. • [Marionettes, Inc.] • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Mars Is Heaven • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1980) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of Mars Is Heaven! 1948)
McGillahee's Brat • [The Irish Stories] • (1970) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Night Call, Collect • (1969) • short story by Ray Bradbury
No Particular Night or Morning • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Powerhouse • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Punishment Without Crime • [Marionettes, Inc.] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Skeleton • (1945) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Some Live Like Lazarus • (1960) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Anthem Sprinters • non-genre • [The Irish Stories] • (1963) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The April Witch • [The Elliott Family] • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Aqueduct • (1979) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Best of All Possible Worlds • (1960) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Better Part of Wisdom • (1976) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Big Black and White Game • (1945) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Black Ferris • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Blue Bottle • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The City • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Coffin • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Crowd • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Day It Rained Forever • (1957) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Earth Men • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Emissary • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The End of the Beginning • (1956) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Fire Balloons • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Fog Horn • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Fox and the Forest • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Golden Apples of the Sun • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Great Fire • [Green Town] • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Great Wide World Over There • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Happiness Machine • [Dandelion Wine] • (1957) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Haunting of the New • [The Irish Stories] • (1969) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Woman • (1961) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Inspired Chicken Motel • (1969) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Jar • (1944) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Lake • (1944) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Last Night of the World • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Leave-Taking • [Dandelion Wine] • (1957) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Long Rain • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Man Upstairs • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Million-Year Picnic • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Million Year Picnic 1946)
The Murderer • (1953) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Next in Line • (1947) • novelette by Ray Bradbury
The Night • [Dandelion Wine] • (1946) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The October Game • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Off Season • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The One Who Waits • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Parrot Who Met Papa • (1972) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Picasso Summer • (1980) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of In a Season of Calm Weather 1957)
The Playground • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Rocket Man • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Screaming Woman • [Green Town] • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Scythe • (1943) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Shoreline at Sunset • (1959) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Silent Towns • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Small Assassin • (1946) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Strawberry Window • (1955) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place • [The Irish Stories] • (1969) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Tombling Day • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Town Where No One Got Off • (1958) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Traveler • [The Elliott Family] • (1976) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Traveller 1946)
The Utterly Perfect Murder • (1971) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Vacation • (1963) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Veldt • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Wilderness • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Women • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit • non-genre • (1958) • short story by Ray Bradbury
There Was an Old Woman • (1944) • short story by Ray Bradbury
There Will Come Soft Rains • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Tomorrow's Child • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Touched with Fire • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Tyrannosaurus Rex • (1962) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Uncle Einar • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Yes, We'll Gather at the River • (1969) • short story by Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury Stories: Volume 2 by 
Crossed Spaces
An anthology of seventeen short stories of fantasy and science-fiction by Australian authors. In these seventeen stories, humanity is pushed to its limit and forced to question what is most important in life. A handsome clockmaker fixes a broken time machine to help a cursed lady. A young scientist betrays his people to protect an alien species. A girl bonds with her new technological helper and sees in him a personality and a soul. A boy finds his whole life changing when his best friend writes in a mysterious notebook. A crew aboard a settlement spaceship discover that sleeping passengers have gone missing.
The End and Other Beginnings by
A collection of novella-length stories set in the future. No world is like the other. Each setting is more strange and wonderful than the last, with new technologies and beings. And yet, for all the advances in these futuristic lands, the people still must confront deeply human problems. These six stories include tales of friendship and revenge, plus two new stories from the Carve the Mark universe. Each story begins with a hope for a better end, but always end with a better understanding of the beginning.
Science Fiction Short Stories
Brings together the best of today's writers (many stories previously unpublished), with an eclectic range of science fiction masters including H. Rider Haggard, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip Frances Nowlan, Edward Page Mitchell and Jack London. An eclectic collection of SF adventure tales.
Tasting Light
Imagine a world where robots with human consciousness roam the earth; a society where you can change everything about how you look, sound and interact, and even inherit a voice from the dead; and a universe where a city in space can be destroyed with a kiss...
Philip Kindred Dick, often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime.
