In far more cheerful news, Alisa at Twelfth Planet Press has opened for pre-order sales of SPRAWL, a unique anthology of Australian suburban fantasy which will be released next month (aaargh so soon!) at Aussiecon.

It’s one hell of a line up of awesome local writers, and will be the perfect souvenir of the convention for those attending, and those who will be waving folornly to us from afar. I’ve read almost all of the stories and it’s full of weird and wonderful interpretations of that most mysterious and elusive of Australian settings, the humble suburbs.

And you know, there’s a story by ME in it! I’m very attached to “Relentless Adaptations,” my story inspired by the espresso book machine, the literary mashups trend, and the future of bookselling
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Sprawl is an exciting new original anthology, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and published by Twelfth Planet Press, that will give readers from around the world a unique glimpse into the strange, dark, and often wondrous magics that fill the days and nights of Australia’s dreaming cities and towns, homes and parks, and most of all, its endlessly stretching suburbs.

Table of Contents

* Liz Argall/Matt Huynh – Seed Dreams (comic)
* Peter Ball – One Saturday Night, With Angel
* Deborah Biancotti – Never Going Home
* Simon Brown – Sweep
* Stephanie Campisi – How to Select a Durian at Footscray Market
* Thoraiya Dyer – Yowie
* Dirk Flinthart – Walker
* Paul Haines – Her Gallant Needs
* L L Hannett – Weightless
* Pete Kempshall – Signature Walk
* Ben Peek – White Crocodile Jazz
* Tansy Rayner Roberts – Relentless Adaptations
* Barbara Robson – Neighbourhood Watch
* Angela Slatter – Brisneyland by Night
* Cat Sparks – All The Love in the World
* Anna Tambour – Gnawer of the Moon Seeks Summit of Paradise
* Kaaron Warren – Loss
* Sean Williams – Parched (poem)

Sprawl will be released in September 2010.

For a sneak peek of some of the stories, don’t forget about the Twelfth Planet Cast which has five of them available as podcasts!

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