''Encounters'' is the fourth short story

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published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2004 and edited by

Maxine McArthur Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction. Biography McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled ''Time Future''. It won th ...

and

Donna Maree Hanson Donna may refer to the short form of the honorific ''nobildonna'', the female form of Don (honorific) in Italian. People *Donna (given name); includes name origin and list of people and characters with the name * Roberto Di Donna (born 1968), Ita ...

, it contains stories from several Australian

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authors.

Stories

The collection contains the following stories: *"Vortle" by

Lee Battersby Lee Battersby is an Australian author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. His story "Carrying The God" made him the first Western Australian winner in the Writers of the Future Competition in 2002, and was awarded the 2003 Ditmar Aw ...

*"Davey's Gift" by Kate Eltham *"The Souvenir" by

Richard Harland Richard Harland (born 15 January 1947 in Yorkshire) is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an aca ...

*"Don't Got No Wings" 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 nomi ...

*"Garden Light" by Shane M. Brown *"The Flatmate From Hell" by

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

*"The Ceremony of Innocence" by Conor Bendle *"Crazy Little Thing" by Stuart Barrow *"Una, the One" by Frankie Seymour *"The Faithless Priest and the Nameless King" by Cory Daniells *"Stella's Transformation" by

Kim Westwood Kim Westwood is an Australian author born in Sydney and currently living in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory. She has won the Aurealis Award twice, a Scarlet Stiletto Award and a Ditmar Award. She was shortlisted for six awards includi ...

*"Boys" by Ben Payne *"Sleeping With Monsters" by Michael Barry *"Remembering Bliss" by Carol Ryles *"Guarding the Mound" by

Kaaron Warren Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels. She is the author of the short story collections ''Through Splintered Walls'', ''The Grinding House'', and ''Dead Sea Fruit''. Her short st ...

*"The Final Battle" by

Scott Robinson Scott Robinson may refer to: * Scott Robinson (jazz musician) (born 1959), American jazz musician * Scott Robinson (ice hockey) (born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League player * Scott Robinson (singer) (born 1979), English singer in the boy ban ...

*"Meltdown my Plutonium Heart" by

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

*"Beggars on the Shore" by Bruce Clark *"The Teller" by Monica Carroll *"Happy Faces For Happy Families" by

Gillian Polack Gillian Polack (born April 1961) is an Australian writer and editor. She is a Medievalist and works with writers on history in fiction, also writing and editing mainly in the field of speculative fiction. She has published ten novels, numerous sh ...

*"The Dove" by

Nigel Read Nigel Read is a retired lightweight rower who competed for Great Britain. Rowing career Read was part of the lightweight eight that secured a bronze medal at the 1975 World Rowing Championships. The following year he was part of the lightweight ...

*"The Glass Flower" by Chris Barnes All stories are illustrated by Les Petersen. *

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