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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Agog! Terrific Tales : New Australian Speculative Fiction
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Agog! Press , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Kijin Tea, Kyla Ward , single work short story horror (p. 7-16)
Waiting at Golgotha, Simon Brown , single work short story horror (p. 17-33)
Runaway, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction (p. 33-48)
Moonflowers at the Ritz, Marianne de Pierres , single work short story science fiction (p. 49-57)
Louder Echo, Brendan Duffy , single work novella science fiction fantasy (p. 57-79)
Lacey's Fingerprints, Chris Lawson , single work short story science fiction (p. 80-97)
In the Days of the Red Animals, Kate Orman , single work short story science fiction (p. 98-108)
JAM Jars, Robert Hood , single work short story (p. 106-120)
Bone-Dog, Kaaron Warren , single work short story horror (p. 124-130)
Sigmund Freud and the Feral Freeway, Martin J. Livings , single work novella science fiction (p. 131-151)
Uncharted, Leigh Blackmore , single work short story science fiction (p. 152-170)
Exterminator Rex, Adam Browne , single work short story horror
'Tonight I speak of Biowulf. Famed was this Biowulf - one of a kind, mighty exterminator of pests. Close your eyes and see him: kill-ready, death0suited, warrior-proud, his demolition derby firmly atop his head as he fared forth in his viral nightmobile, on errand for the Metropolitan Board of Works, Municipal AdminDistrict B' (Browne, 168).
 (p. 171-175)
Storm in a Chandelier, Tracey Rolfe , single work short story fantasy (p. 176-188)
Witness of Blood, Susan Isle , single work short story horror (p. 189-204)
The Big One, Dirk Flinthart , single work short story science fiction
'Pondering the end of our world, Dirk Flinthart introduces a group of extreme sports fanatics that are not nearly as unbelievable as we wish they were. See if the behaviour in "The Big One" really seems so absurd when compared to what fills the TV schedule these days' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
 (p. 205-217)
Tigershow, Janeen Webb , single work short story horror
'Violence and madness simmer just under the surface of poor Robert in "Tigershow," but the question remains as to which reality in the grisly tale is the true one' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
 (p. 218-225)
The Butterfly Merchant, Sean Williams , single work short story science fiction fantasy
'"The Butterfly Merchant" carries us to the strange disaster of an existence from [Williams's 2001 novel] The Stone Mage and the Sea' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
 (p. 225-232)
That Which Does Not Kill Us, Scott Westerfeld , single work short story horror
'Rather than merely asking if there are some things worse than death, Westerfeld goes far beyond that old bromide to examine the hypothetical question from both sides of the grave, making it less and less hypothetical with every beautifully chiselled word' (Lisa DuMond, SF Site).
 (p. 233-244)
The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater, Deborah Biancotti , single work short story science fiction (p. 245-56)
Making Two Fists, Lee Battersby , single work short story horror (p. 256-269)
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