fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors.
In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
''Dream Weavers'' was first published in September 1996 by
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for the 1997
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...
for best long fiction but lost to
Lucy Sussex
Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
Russell Blackford
Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic.
Early life and education
Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...
for best Australian short fiction. Another story "
At the Edge of the Sea
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" by Keith Taylor was a short-list nominee for the 1996
Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have ...
but lost to
Isobelle Carmody
Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She is recipient of the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction.
Biography
Isobelle Carmody wa ...
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Green Monkey Dreams
"Green Monkey Dreams" is a 1996 fantasy short story by Australian writer Isobelle Carmody.
"Green Monkey Dreams" was first published in 1996 as part of a collection of Isobelle Carmody's short stories entitled '' Green Monkey Dreams'' by Penguin ...
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Contents
*Introduction by Paul Collins
*"The Innkeeper", novelette by
Tony Shillitoe
Tony Shillitoe is an Australian fantasy writer.
His first novel ''Guardians'' was published in 1992 by Pan Macmillan. It was the first part of the Andrakis trilogy,
soon followed by ''Kingmaker'' and ''Dragonlords'' in 1993. The trilogy was ...
*"The Scribe of a Hundred Lies", short story by Melinda Ross
*"Lucky Jonglar", short story by
Sean McMullen
Sean Christopher McMullen (born 21 December 1948 in Sale, Victoria) is an Australian science fiction and fantasy author.
Biography
McMullen is one of Australia's leading science-fiction and fantasy authors and has written over 70 stories and 1 ...
*"The Empty Quarter", short story by
Jane Routley
Jane Routley is an Australian writer of fantasy fiction.
Biography
Jane Routley was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her first book '' Mage Heart'' was released in the U.S. in 1996. It is the first book in the ''Mage Heart'' series. She has since ...
*"The Weakest Link", short story by Sean McMullen (as Roger Wilcox)
*"Sunchosen", short story by Cadmus Evans
*"Walk the Wildwoods", novelette by Shannah Jay
*"Dream Weaver", short story by Howard Goldsmith and Paul Collins
*"The Keystone", novelette by
Isobelle Carmody
Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She is recipient of the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction.
Biography
Isobelle Carmody wa ...
*"Princess Melodia and the White Catherine", novelette by Beverley MacDonald
*" The Sword of God", novelette by
Russell Blackford
Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic.
Early life and education
Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
*"The Crypt of Fleeting Hope", novelette by Ian Hayward Robinson
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At the Edge of the Sea
AT or at may refer to:
Geography Austria
* Austria (ISO 2-letter country code)
* .at, Internet country code top-level domain
United States
* Atchison County, Kansas (county code)
* The Appalachian Trail (A.T.), a 2,180+ mile long mountaino ...