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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Pedlar
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    y separately published work icon A Hand of Knaves Leife Shallcross (editor), Chris Large (editor), Canberra : CSFG Publishing , 2018 15588225 2018 anthology short story

    'Rogues, thieves, pirates and ne'er-do-wells abound in speculative fiction. Sometimes heroic, sometimes villainous, often somewhere in between, rogues are as likely to steal one's heart as one's purse, and show little remorse while helping themselves to either.

    'So why do we love them? Because they're imperfect, fallible, and even vulnerable under that carefully-maintained, world-weary exterior.

    'Rogues represent something we rarely see in our daily lives: ordinary people prepared to take on the "powers that be" by way of guile and subterfuge. But are they only in it for the loot, or are they--deep down--romantic at heart?'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Canberra : CSFG Publishing , 2018
    pg. 49-60
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    y separately published work icon Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract Rebecca Fraser , Gold Coast : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2021 20874534 2021 selected work short story science fiction fantasy

    'A surfer who becomes horrifyingly one with the sea. A new mother’s devastating search for belonging. A stone gargoyle with a violent history. A fisher boy who discovers the real cost of forbidden love. A farmer whose delight at drought-breaking rain quickly turns to terror. A hedonistic rock star who manifests double trouble. A young girl’s chilling sacrifice for justice. A dirty ex-cop with a dirtier secret. An unscrupulous mayor’s solution to rid her city of the homeless…

    'These are just some of the characters you’ll meet in this collection of dark offerings.

    'From the harsh terrain of the Outback, to the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the wilds of Tasmania, dystopian futures, enchanted lands, and the familiarity of suburbia, Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract takes readers on a journey into unsettling, unforgiving, and unforgettable territory.' (Publication summary)

    Gold Coast : IFWG Publishing Inc , 2021
    pg. 19-28
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