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Category Archives: A Journey Through Twelve Planets
AWW2017: Cherry Crow Children by Deborah Kalin
Tulliæn spans a fractured mountaintop, where the locals lie and the tourists come to die. Try the honey. Briskwater crouches deep in the shadow of a dam wall. Ignore the weight of the water hanging overhead, and the little dead … Continue reading
AWW2017: The Female Factory by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter
In The Female Factory, procreation is big business. Children are a commodity few women can afford. Hopeful mothers-to-be try everything. Fertility clinics. Pills. Wombs for hire. Babies are no longer made in bedrooms, but engineered in boardrooms. A quirk of … Continue reading
AWW2017: Secret Lives of Books by Rosaleen Love
Secret lives, replete with possibilities. Elsewhere exists as a better place, in a better time, for a better life. The trick is how to get there from here. These stories give the answers. Share in the secret lives of books. … Continue reading
AWW2017: Asymmetry by Thoraiya Dyer
An Australian Air Force base patrolled by werewolves. A planet where wages are paid in luck. A future where copies are made of criminals to interpret their dark dreams. A medieval cavalry of mothers who are only permitted to take … Continue reading
AWW16: Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan
A presence haunts an old dresser in an inner-city share house. Shining sun-people lure children from their carefree beachside lives. Sheela-na-gigs colonise a middle-aged man’s outer and inner worlds. And a girl with a heavy conscience seeks relief in exile … Continue reading
AWW16: Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron Warren
Country road, city street, mountain, creek. These are stories inspired by the beauty, the danger, the cruelty, emptiness, loneliness and perfection of the Australian landscape. Published by Twelfth Planet Press. This review is presented as part of my commitment to … Continue reading
AWW16: Showtime by Narelle M. Harris
Family drama can be found anywhere: in kitchens, in cafes. Derelict hotels, showground rides. Even dungeons far below ruined Hungarian castles. (Okay, especially in Hungarian dungeons.) Old family fights can go on forever, especially if you’re undead. If an opportunity … Continue reading
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AWW16: Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti
Hate superheroes? Yeah. They probably hate you, too. ‘There are two kinds of people with lawyers on tap, Mr Grey. The powerful and the corrupt.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘For implying you’re powerful?’ ‘For imagining those are two different groups.’ From Crawford … Continue reading
AWW16: Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Thousands of years ago, Julia Agrippina wrote the true history of her family, the Caesars. The document was lost, or destroyed, almost immediately. (It included more monsters than you might think.) Hundreds of years ago, Fanny and Mary ran away … Continue reading
The Journey Through the Twelve Planets has begun!
The journey through the Twelve Planets has officially begun! Ju and I have set up a separate blog to keep track of reviews, as well as post extras – such as giveaways and interviews – over the course of the … Continue reading
