''Use Only As Directed'' is a speculative fiction

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

anthology edited by

Simon Petrie Simon Petrie is a New Zealand-born speculative fiction writer now based in Canberra, Australia. He is predominantly recognised as a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Petrie's stories have appeared in a number of Australian public ...

and Edwina Harvey, and published by Peggy Bright Books in

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. The book features fourteen short stories by Australian and New Zealand speculative fiction writers. The anthology's opening story, 'Dellinger' by Charlotte Nash, was shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story.

* "Introduction" by Simon Petrie and Edwina Harvey * "Dellinger" by Charlotte Nash * "The Blue Djinn's Wish" by Leife Shallcross * "The Kind Neighbours of Hell" by

Alex 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 ...

* "Mister Lucky" by Ian Nichols * "Home Sick" by M. Darusha Wehm * "Always Falling Up" by Grant Stone * "Yard" by Claire McKenna * "Never More" by

Dave Freer Dave Freer is a South African–born, Australian-based science fiction author writing mostly humorous or alternate history novels. Biography Freer was born and educated in South Africa. He grew up on the edge of a city next to a ~500-acre nat ...

* "Fetch Me Down My Gun" by Lyn McConchie * "Uncle Darwin's Bazooka" by Douglas A. Van Belle * "The Climbing Tree" by Michelle Goldsmith * "Large Friendly Letters" by

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 Sci ...

* "Future Perfect" by

Janeen Webb Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...

* "The Eighth Day" by Dirk Flinthart

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