Anna Tambour Anna Tambour i(A53916 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 After the Flood Anna Tambour , 2024 single work short story
— Appears in: The Mad Butterfly's Ball 2024;
1 The Fortunes of Unwarranted Fortunes Anna Tambour , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Disintegration 2023;
1 y separately published work icon Smoke Paper Mirrors : A Short Saga for Our Times Anna Tambour , London : Infinity Plus , 2017 13998541 2017 single work novel fantasy

'“Thank you,” said Arthur. “There’s always hope.” He’d always hated that facile truism, but said it because he’d thought it was expected. From the Croatian’s startled expression, he knew how gruesomely wrong he was.

'That night Mrs Ma’s butterfly brooch came to him in a dream—flying in, pinless, through the open window. It landed on his open palm and closed its wings in repose. Such a comforting sign, Melmet would say. But she read Turkish coffee mud.'(Publication summary)

1 Joy Anna Tambour , Simon Brown , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 22 no. 2 2017;
1 Tap Anna Tambour , 2017 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015 2017;
1 The Dog Who'd Been Dead Anna Tambour , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Dreaming in the Dark 2016; (p. 277-288)

'For a reason she wished she'd never learned, her name was Gunzen Rozes, and she hated being dead, a state she'd attained two thousand five hundred fifty-six (counting a leap-day) nights ago (or maybe it was days - too dark to read, but the streetlights were never on; maybe they were only there for the poles).' (Introduction)

1 y separately published work icon The Finest Ass in the Universe Anna Tambour , Yokine : Twelfth Planet Press , 2015 8141862 2015 selected work short story

'It’s been over ten years since the release of Tambour’s first collection, Monterra’s Deliciosa & Other Tales . Her novel, Crandolin, published by Chomu Press was shortlisted for the 2013 World Fantasy Award. All of Tambour’s books have been Locus Recommended Reading List selections. The world is well and truly ready for this latest instalment of Tambour’s weird and fantastic.

'The Finest Ass in the Universe will comprise over two dozen stories including four new works.

'Elation, compulsion, exploration, love and exquisitely timed bullying, a lascivious oyster, a man called Eggplant, the dangers of smelling like honey pudding, the enticement of innocent toadlets, the unending day of deadness. The daughter of a part-time magician and a Las Vegas showgirl turns to science. Destiny points a young man to brassiere design. Suddenly orphaned siblings try to protect their most vulnerable. Fortunes craze in neighbourhoods living cheek-by-jowl. Unintendeds abound, as life cavorts in all its unclassifiable contrariness.' (Publication summary(

1 The Walking-stick Forest Anna Tambour , 2014 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Tor.com Fiction , May 2014; The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014 2015;

'“The Walking-Stick Forest,” by Anna Tambour, is a dark fantasy about a recluse who creates collectible walking sticks in post-WWI Scotland by manipulating the woods somewhat like bonsais. He refuses a commission from a very rich, powerful man, never considering or caring about the consequences.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Bowfin Island Anna Tambour , 2013 single work short story fantasy horror
— Appears in: Caledonia Dreamin' :Strange Fiction of Scottish Descent 2013; The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013 2014;
1 The Dog Who Wished He'd Never Heard Of Lovecraft Anna Tambour , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012 2013;
1 Murder at the Tip Anna Tambour , 2012 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Light Touch Paper - Stand Clear 2012; (p. 97-106)

'A story 'about the horrors that could ensue were the irritating machines in our lives sentient and granted personhood' (Tsana Dolichva, Tansa's Reads and Reviews).

1 y separately published work icon Crandolin Anna Tambour , Richmond : Chomu Press , 2012 13998489 2012 single work novel fantasy

'In a medieval cookbook in a special-collections library, near-future London, jaded food and drink authority Nick Kippax finds an alluring stain next to a recipe for the mythical crandolin. He tastes it, ravishing the page. Then he disappears... So begins an 'adwentour' that quantum-leapfrogs from Central Asia in the Middle Ages to Russia under Gorbachev, from the secrets of confectionery to the agonies of making a truly great moustache, from maidens in towers to tiffs between cosmic forces. Food, music, science, fruitloopery, superstition, railways, bladder-pipes and birth-marked Soviet statesmen; all are present in an extraordinary novel that is truly 'for the adwentoursomme'.' (Publication summary)

1 Gnawer of the Moon Seeks Summit of Paradise Anna Tambour , 2010 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Sprawl 2010; (p. 213-246)
1 How Galligaskins Sloughed the Scrouge Anna Tambour , 2010 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , no. 46 2010; (p. 68-80)
1 The Arms of Love and Death Anna Tambour , 2009 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , no. 42 2009; (p. 83-87)
1 The Age of Fish, Post Flowers Anna Tambour , 2008 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Paper Cities : An Anthology of Urban Fantasy 2008; (p. 233-246)
1 Gladiolus Exposed Anna Tambour , 2008 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy : Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices 2008; (p. 287-298)
1 Seahoney Anna Tambour , 2007 single work short story science fiction fantasy
— Appears in: The Workers' Paradise 2007; (p. 99-108)
1 The Jeweller of Second-Hand Roe Anna Tambour , 2007 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Subterranean , no. 7 2007; The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy : Fourth Annual Volume 2008; (p. 208-217) Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror : The Year's Best Short Stories Volume Three 2009; (p. 72-80)
1 The Cat Story Anna Tambour , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , no. 24 2006; (p. 36-37)
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