''Agog! Smashing Stories'' is a 2004 Australian

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 ...

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...

edited 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 ...

Background

''Agog! Smashing Stories'' was first published in Australia in 2004 by Agog! Press in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best collected work at the 2005 Ditmar Awards but lost to '' Black Juice'' by Margo Lanagan. ''Agog! Smashing Stories'' features 20 stories by 20 authors. Two of the stories featured in the anthology won an

Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...

Brendan Duffy The mayor of Horowhenua officiates over the Horowhenua District Council. Bernie Wanden has been mayor since 2019. Before being elected as mayor, he had served as a Horowhenua councillor. List of mayors Since its inception in 1989, Horowhenua D ...

's, " Come to Daddy" won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and Louise Katz' " Weavers of the Twilight" won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. Four other stories were also short-list nominees and the Ditmar Awards and the Aurealis Awards – " The Border" by Richard Harland was a finalist for the

Aurealis Award for best horror short story The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and Horror fiction, horror writers". To qualify ...

, Simon Brown's, " Water Babies" was a nominee for the 2005 Ditmar Award for best novella or novelette, and Ben Peek's " R" and Deborah Biancotti's " Number 3 Raw Place" were both short-list nominees for the 2005 Ditmar Award for best short story. Artwork by Cat Sparks for ''Agog! Smashing Stories'' was also a short-list nominee but lost to Kerri Valkova who created the cover for Richard Harland's '' The Black Crusade''.

*Foreword by Cat Sparks *"Regolith", short fiction by

Robert Hood Robert Hood (born 1965) is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He is a founding member of the group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister of Information' with Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills. He is often considered to be one of the fo ...

*"Warchalking", short fiction by Paul Haines and Claire McKenna *"Humosity", short story by Jeremy Shaw *" Number 3 Raw Place", short story by Deborah Biancotti *"Gaslight à Go Go", short fiction by

Dirk Flinthart A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.); "Dagger", ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729. Historically, it gained its name from the Highland dirk (Scott ...

*"The Cascade", short story by Sean McMullen *"Seven Wives", short story by Bryn Sparks *"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", short story by Justine Larbalestier *"Temenos", short story by Kim Westwood *"Maelstrom", short fiction by Martin Livings *"They Say It's Other People", short story by Paul Haines *"Inside the Mountain", short story by Grace Dugan *" R", short story by Ben Peek *"Gin Jackson: Neophyte Ranger", short story by Marianne de Pierres *" The Border", short story by Richard Harland *" Water Babies", novelette by Simon Brown *" Weavers of the Twilight", short story by Louise Katz *"Endure", short story by

Trent Jamieson Trent Jamieson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Jamieson was first published in 1994 with the short story "Threnody" which was published in the winter edition '' Eidolon (Australian magazine)''. In 2003 Jamieson was nom ...

*" Come to Daddy", short fiction by

*"Porn Again", short story by Iain Triffitt

References

2004 anthologies Australian anthologies Fantasy anthologies {{anthology-book-stub

Background

Contents

References