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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Sprawl
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Yokine, Stirling area, Northern Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Twelfth Planet Press , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Parchedi"next time it rains", Sean Williams , single work poetry (p. 1)
Relentless Adaptations, Tansy Rayner Roberts , single work short story science fiction (p. 3-15)
How to Select a Durian at Footscray Market, Stephanie Campisi , single work short story (p. 17-36)
One Saturday Night, with Angel, Peter M. Ball , single work short story fantasy horror

'There’s an angel perched on the Nite Owl roof when Mike shows up for the graveyard shift. He thinks it’s the same angel that's been following him for most of the week.

'Everyone's convinced Mike will be purged before morning. Elvis and all the other regulars are telling him so. But Mike figures he’s lasted six days without pissing the angel off. With luck, he can make it seven and they’ll find some other victim…'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2020 ed.).

(p. 37-46)
Yowie, Thoraiya Dyer , single work short story fantasy (p. 47-70)
Sweep, Simon Brown , single work short story young adult (p. 71-98)
No Going Home, Deborah Biancotti , single work short story (p. 99-117)
Loss, Kaaron Warren , single work short story (p. 119-126)
Walker, Dirk Flinthart , single work short story science fiction fantasy (p. 127-144)
Seed Dreams, Liz Argall , Matt Huynh (illustrator), single work graphic novel fantasy (p. 145-150)
Signature Walk, Pete Kempshall , single work short story horror (p. 151)
White Crocodile Jazz, Ben Peek , single work short story science fiction horror fantasy

The narrator, Tom Tom, and his friend, Bob, work for a mystic named Turner. Tom Tom was picked up as a child by Turner and is mute, while Bob is a Vietnamese man with dwarfism. The two collect animals such as snakes for Turner to use in her mystic business.

When they return home and find Turner murdered, they seek out revenge. Tom Tom undergoes a ritual with the Crocodile Woman, Turner's old friend and fellow mystic. By eating a python's heart, Tom Tom learns in a vision that Turner was unintentionally killed by three people who were high.

(p. 167-186)
Gnawer of the Moon Seeks Summit of Paradise, Anna Tambour , single work short story fantasy (p. 213-246)
Neighbourhood Watch, Barbara Robson , single work short story fantasy (p. 247-259)
All the Love in the World, Cat Sparks , single work short story science fiction (p. 261-283)
Weightless, Lisa L. Hannett , single work short story fantasy (p. 285-296)
Her Gallant Needs, Paul Haines , single work short story horror (p. 297-337)
No Going Home, Deborah Biancotti , single work short story science fiction
Brisneyland by Night, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy
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