Orb Publications is a publisher based in

Ringwood, Victoria Ringwood is an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maroondah A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different mean ...

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. The company currently publishes the

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 ...

magazine ''Orb Speculative Fiction''.

History

Orb Publications began publishing the ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' magazine in 1999.

''Orb Speculative Fiction''

''Orb Speculative Fiction'' (also known simply as ''Orb'') was first released in 1999 and was edited by Sarah Endacott. In 2002 ''Orb'' #2 was a short-list nominee in the Ditmar Awards for best collected work but lost to '' Earth Is But a Star'', edited by

Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (22 April 1944 – 19 April 2025) was an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' credits him with the first usage of the term ''virtual ...

. ''Orb'' again was nominated for best collected work in 2005 and 2008 for the issues six and seven respectively. Two authors have won awards for their stories featured in ''Orb''. Sue Isle's " The Woman of Endor" won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and

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 ...

' " A Lady of Adestan" won the 2008 Ditmar Award for best novella as well as being a finalist in the 2007 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. The magazine has also featured ten other short stories which have been finalists at the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards.

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External links

Official site
Australian speculative fiction publishers Companies based in Melbourne Science fiction publishers