"The Woman of Endor" is a 2001

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novelette by

Sue Isle Alex Isle is an Australian author. He writes both novels and short stories in the science fiction/fantasy genre, as well as books and articles of nonfiction, for both adult and young adult (YA) audiences. In 2014 Isle changed his name from Su ...

Background

"The Woman of Endor" was first published in 2001 in the second edition of the ''

Orb Speculative Fiction Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine ''Orb Speculative Fiction''. History Orb Publications began publishing the ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' maga ...

'' magazine, edited by

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and published by

Orb Publications Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine ''Orb Speculative Fiction''. History Orb Publications began publishing the ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' maga ...

. It was published alongside 12 other stories by the authors

Kaaron Warren Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels. She is the author of the short story collections ''Through Splintered Walls'', ''The Grinding House'', and ''Dead Sea Fruit''. Her short st ...

, Reilly McCarron, Aidan Doyle, Tracey Rolfe, Claire McKenna,

Adam Browne Adam Browne (born 1963) is an Australian speculative fiction writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia. Browne illustrates his own work. Bibliography Books * ''Pyrotechnicon: Being a True Account of the Further Adventures of Cyrano de Berg ...

, Helen Patrice,

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 ...

, Paul Haines,

Geoffrey Maloney Geoffrey Maloney is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction. Biography Maloney's first story, "5 Cigarettes and 2 Snakes", was published in 1990 in ''Aurealis'' No. 1. In 1997 Maloney's "The Embargo Traders" was nominated for Aureal ...

, Andrew Tompkins, and Carolyn Scott. "The Woman of Endor" won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.

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