''Dreaming Down-Under'' is a 1998

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edited by

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and

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 ...

Publishing history

''Dreaming Down-Under'' was first published in Australia in November 1998 by

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in trade paperback format. In 1999 and 2000 it was republished as two separate volumes. It was released in the United Kingdom by Swift Publishers in 2000 and in the United States by

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in hardback and paperback formats in 2001 and 2002 respectively.

Response

''Dreaming Down-Under'' won the 1999

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for best anthology and the 1999 Ditmar Award for best Australian magazine or anthology. It was also a shortlist nominee for the 1998

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's Peter McNamara Conveners' Award for Excellence and it finished 16th out of 20 in the

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for Best Anthology. The 1999 Ditmar Award for Best Short Fiction had six shortlist nominees all of which were taken from ''Dreaming Down-Under'': "The Marsh Runners" by Paul Brandon, "Dream Until God Burns" by Andrew Enstice, "To Avalon" by Jane Routley, "The Evil Within" by Sara Douglass, and "Queen of Soulmates" by Sean McMullen, which were all nominees lost to "The Truth About Weena" by David J. Lake. "The Truth About Weena" by David J. Lake also won the 1998 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story, while "To Avalon" by Jane Routley and "Queen of Soulmates" by Sean McMullen were also shortlist nominees for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story and "The Marsh Runners" by Paul Brandon was also a shortlist nominee for the Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story. Another winning story was " A Walk-On Part in the War" by Stephen Dedman which won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story. While "The Third Rail" by Aaron Sterns was a shortlist nominee for the Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story, "Jetsam" by

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was a shortlist nominee for best fantasy short story in the Aurealis Awards, "Real Men" by Rosaleen Love was a shortlist nominee for the Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and "The Body Politic" by Tess Williams was a long-list nominee 1999 James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award.

''Dreaming Down-Under'' features 31 stories from 30 authors. *What Stands for a Preface by

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*Introduction by

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*"Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie (Among the Beautiful Living Dead)", novelette by Sean Williams *"The Dancing Floor", novelette by Cherry Wilder *"Descent", short story by Cecily Scutt *"The Soldier in the Machine", novelette by

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*"Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies", short story by Lucy Sussex *"The Womb", novelette by

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*" A Walk-On Part in the War", short story by Stephen Dedman *"Wired Dreaming", short story by Paul Collins *" The Body Politic", short story by Tess Williams *" The Truth About Weena", novelette by David J. Lake (part of the

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'' universe) *" The Marsh Runners", short story by Paul Brandon *"Prelude to a Nocturne", novelette by Cory Daniells (as Rowena Cory Lindquist) *"Real Men", short story by Rosaleen Love *"The Latest Dream I Ever Dreamed", short story by Norman Talbot *"Ma Rung", short story by Steven Paulsen *"Dream, Until God Burns", short story by Andrew Enstice *"Night of the Wandjina", short story by Wynne Whiteford *"To Avalon", short story by Jane Routley *"He Tried to Catch the Light", novelette by Terry Dowling *"The Third Rail", short story by Aaron Sterns *"Jetsam", short story by

*"And Now Doth Time Waste Me", novella by George Turner *Afterword (to "And Now Doth Time Waste Me") by Judith Raphael Buckrich *Afterword (to "And Now Doth Time Waste Me") by Bruce Gillespie *"The Man Who Lost His Shadow", short story by

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*"Unborn Again", short story by Chris Lawson *"

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", novella by Sara Douglass *"Two Recipes for Magic Beans", short story by Rosaleen Love *"The Doppelgänger Effect", short story by Dirk Strasser *"Tamed", short story by

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*"Queen of Soulmates", novelette by Sean McMullen *"The Last Dance", short story by Ian Nichols *"With Clouds at Our Feet", short story by Simon Brown

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