"Whispers of the Mist Children" is a 1999

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short story by Australian writer

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. "Whispers of the Mist Children" was first published in Australia, in April 1999, in the twenty-third edition of the ''

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'' magazine by

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. It was published alongside six other stories by the authors

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, Cameron Fade Gurr, Rjurik Davidson, Alistair Ong, Anthony Fordham, and Helen Sargeant. "Whispers of the Mist Children" won the 1999 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.

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