"Harvest Bay" is a 1995

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 ...

short story by Australian writer

Karen Attard Karen Attard (born 1958) is an Australian writer of fantasy and short fiction. Biography Attard's first work to be published was in 1975 with a poem published by Meuse Press, entitled ''Like an Omen''. In 1995 she published a poetry collection ...

Background

"Harvest Bay" was first published in Australia in October 1995 in the nineteenth edition of the

Eidolon (Australian magazine) Eidolon Publications was a small press publisher based in North Perth, Western Australia. The company previously published the speculative fiction magazine ''Eidolon'' which ran from 1990 to 2000 and published books under the name of Eidolon Boo ...

magazine by

Eidolon Publications Eidolon Publications was a small press publisher based in North Perth, Western Australia. The company previously published the speculative fiction magazine ''Eidolon'' which ran from 1990 to 2000 and published books under the name of Eidolon Books ...

. It was published alongside five other stories by the authors Garth Madsen, Brett Coulstock,

Stephen Dedman Stephen Dedman (born 1959) is an Australian author of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels. Biography Dedman's short stories have appeared in ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'', '' Year's Best SF'', and ''The Best Australian Sc ...

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and Sean Williams. "Harvest Bay" won the 1995 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.

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Eidolon #19
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