Cirrus@Austlit

'A young woman in an eating disorder ward is captivated by an avatar. A reclusive witch confronts an intruder on her land. Two writers use graphics to explore the cost of living crisis and intergenerational trauma. We meet Joan of Arc over cake in a coffee shop.

'Welcome to this diverse collection of contemporary stories from exciting new writers under 30 years of age. Through a mixture of textual and visual storytelling, this anthology explores worldly relationships with other-worldly beings and the dead.

'Contributors include Fiona Wilkes, Georgia Loadsman, Miles Mazzocato, Jewel Swe, Helena and Aggy Pantsis. Illustrations by Lauryn Evans.'  (Publication summary)

'Do Millennials deal with relationship break-ups any differently to the deities from Greek mythology? What would the natural world actually say if it were given a voice? Can grief really drive us crazy?

'Welcome to this diverse collection of contemporary stories from exciting new writers under 30 years of age. These stories play with genre, form and reader expectations, riffing on classic texts and popular culture to bring fresh insights into universal experiences.

'Contributors include Leo Alder, Alex Chan, Stephanie Downing, Alexandra Stephens, Jack Webster' (Publication summary)

'A child discovers the terrible secret of the garden shed. New housing estates become battlefields. A werewolf returns to the loving arms of their family. Australia’s colonial history is recast with zombie penguins and contemporary life is haunted by prehistoric skulls and doppelgangers.

'The anthology includes bizarre, speculative and dystopic fiction by Brianna Bullen, Freyja Catron, Maz Howard, Patrick Taylor, Svetlana Sterlin and Nick van Buuren'  (Publication summary)

A series of short prose works by Australian authors who were under thirty years of age at the time of publication.