Cirrus@Austlit

'This is a collection of short fiction from award-winning authors all associated with the infamous Blackwood Writers Group. This group has amassed over 50 publications, numerous novels and non-fiction work, as well as most members, have received high praise for their work. Edited by ABC book award recipient Kain Massin (A God for the Killing) with design by Kain Massin and Rob Bleckly, the same cover designer for The World of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror anthology series.'

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'This collection of short stories captures a time when the author was at his worst with clinical depression (bipolar) and the medication levels were not quite right. All of these stories display more a state of mind rather than any visionary insights into the conditions and how the author dealt with problems arising from the illness.

'The interesting thing would be what was being imagined at a time when the mind wasn't working in a positive or even productive fashion. It isn't impossible to write fictions when your mind is in crash mode, but it is difficult.

'This collection features strange stories, mad stories, visions that are macabre and insights that are touching.'

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'A strange collection of short stories covering the developmental years of the author. These are the previously unpublished stories that show his internal struggles with writing, living with bipolar and trying to understand the world through the lens of a writer.'

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An international collection of short international speculative fiction.

'A collection of short stories by various authors on the subject of Science Fiction Horror in Space. This collection contains 10 stories by 10 individual authors from Australia, Canada and the USA.'

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New York Times best selling author Diana Arlyn was the toast of the town until she ratted out another author. Now, a pariah, she struggles to find love and an answer to a mystery, a murder and suicide, plus the loss of a book. This is urban fantasy like you've never seen it before. There is a greater truth behind the Hollywood depictions, one more darker than we have been led to believe. Uttuku - the way is darkness.

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Savage murders that leave no one dead. Politicians intent on ontological genocide. Feral creatures at home in the wilds of Sydney and the Scrub. In 'Creeping in Reptile Flesh' one man embarks on an investigation into a maverick Member of Parliament whose eccentric exterior may hide the seeds of apocalypse. (Publisher's blurb)

'This work of fiction is a collection from contributors who belong to The Writers and Associates of the Blackwood Writer's Group.'

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An ancient prophesy predicts that one bearing the mark of the moon will rise and defeat the Dragon Lords, whose swarming armies have besieged the Kingdom of Thana. The evil sorcerer and Royal Advisor, A Ahmud Ki, schemes to use the prophesy to further his own quest for absolute power, but first the legendary sword of King Aian Abreotan must be found.

In this spellbinding sequel to Guardians, Andra, Kingdom Warrior and Guardian of the Vale, embarks on a perilous journey to recover the sword of Abreotan.(Publisher's blurb, back cover).