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Cat and Mouse 'is alien abduction with a twist. Inspired by Ivan Denisovich, a man stuck in his very own Martian gulag hatches a crazy escape plan. Th tale comes complete with a visceral image of a hot-rod driving, bad-furniture-building, 'Big Daddy' Roth-like alien, last survivor of the original invasion, abducting folks in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.' 

Source: Foreword.

'From a searing caricature of John Howard's white picket fence to a Canterbury tale of 21st century Britain; from a parable of life in a city skyscraper to a futuristic Western set in an impossible desert; from the end of the Earth to and Earth surviving under alien rule; from an adult fairy tale of a plague ridden Europe to the future. The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy fifth annual volume represents the best of Australia's writers for the fantastic, at the peak of their form' (Amazon).

Comprising twelve stories by twelve Australian authors, contributors to the fourth volume in Mirrordance Books Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy series are: Greg Egan, Adam Browne, Terry Dowling, Trent Jamieson, Lucy Sussex, Richard Harland, Cat Sparks, Ben Peek, Rick Kennett, Ana Tambour, Rjurik Davidson, and Garth Nix.

Provoking and inventive, this third annual edition of the Best of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy includes talented newcomers as well as established professionals at the peak of their form. The contributors are Simon Brown, Deborah Biancotti, Terry Dowling, Margo Lanagan, Geoffrey Maloney, Lee Battersby, Chris Lawson, Alistair Ong, Ben Peek, Kim Westwood and Kaaron Warren.