Agog! Press was an independent Australian

book publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

, specializing in

speculative fiction Speculative fiction is an umbrella term, umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from Realism (arts), realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or ...

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single 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 old ...

collections. Founded in 2002 by

Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australians, Australian science fiction writer, editor and Publishing, publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horr ...

, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. Agog! Press shut down in 2008 after publishing its final anthology, ''Canterbury 2100: Pilgrimages in a new world'', because Cat Sparks and

Rob Hood Robert Maxwell Hood (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers, although his work frequently crosses genre boundaries into science fiction, fantasy and crime. He has publishe ...

intended to focus more on their own writing. In 2006 Agog! Press forged a

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with United States publisher

Prime Books Sean Wallace (born January 1, 1976) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologist, editor, and publisher best known for founding the publishing house Prime Books and for co-editing three magazines, ''Clarkesworld Magazine'', '' ...

, which has led to international (US) distribution of Agog! titles in both hard and soft cover.

Titles

*''Agog! Ripping Reads'' (2006), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Canterbury 2100: Pilgrimages in a new world'' (2008), ed. Dirk Flinthart, *''

Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales ''Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales'' is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Rob Hood, Robert Hood and Robin Pen. Background ''Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales'' was first published in Australia in 2005 by Agog! Press in hardback format. It w ...

'' (2005), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Daikaiju!2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters'' (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Daikaiju!3: Giant Monsters vs the World'' (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *'' Agog! Smashing Stories'' (2004), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Agog! Terrific Tales'' (2003), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Agog! Fantastic Fiction'' (2002), ed. Cat Sparks, *''AustrAlien Absurdities'' (2002), ed. Chuck McKenzie and Tansy Rayner Roberts *''Scary Food: A Compendium of Gastronomic Atrocity'' (2008) ed. Cat Sparks, . A charity anthology to raise money for the treatment of Paul Haines, who had been diagnosed with cancer. All authors donated their stories.

External links

Cat Sparks' website
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