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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Australis Imaginarium
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Rockingham, Rockingham area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:FableCroft Publishing , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Virgin Jackson, Marianne de Pierres , single work short story fantasy
Once a Month, On a Sunday, Ian McHugh , single work short story fantasy
Night Heron's Curse, Thoraiya Dyer , single work short story fantasy
Hunter of Darkness, Hunter of Light, Michael Pryor , single work short story science fiction
A Pig's Whisper, Margo Lanagan , single work short story horror

A creepy horror tale of two children lost in the woods.
Stealing Free, Deborah Biancotti , single work short story fantasy

'An almost pseudo-mythological story of a salamander seeking to find freedom from its bargain with a terrible queen' (Ben Payne, Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus)
Suffer the Little Children, Cory Daniells , single work short story fantasy
The Claws of Native Ghosts, Lee Battersby , single work short story horror

''Claws' takes place in the early days of European colonisation of Western Australia. It's based around a real life event, a slaughter of Aboriginal families by settlers that has become known as 'The Battle of Pinjarra'. Apart from my protagonist, all the human characters in the story are based on real people.'

Source: Interview with Lee Battersby, Graveside Books website, http://gravesidetales.com
Sighted: 17/03/2009
The Jacaranda Wife, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy
The Dark Under the Skin, Dirk Strasser , Trudi Canavan (illustrator), single work short story science fiction
Red Ochre, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction

Fogarty's Animal Show, mistaken for carriers of the DNA plague that turned humans and animals into 'Muties', runs into prejudice that has Murri employee Ian Limrock hospitalised in the Mutie reserve. Drawing analogs between lepers, Aboriginal persecution, and the Muties, Ian finds - or redefines - his roots.
Passing the Bone, Sean Williams , single work short story science fiction
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