Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• vii • Introduction (Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF) • (1993) • essay by Terry Dowling and Van Ikin
• 1 • Inhabiting the Interspaces • (1979) • short story by Philippa C. Maddern [as by Philippa Maddern]
• 19 • Axiomatic • (1990) • short story by Greg Egan
• 35 • The Colours of the Masters (longer version) • novelette by Sean McMullen (variant of The Colors of the Masters 1988)
• 58 • Report on the Shadow Industry • (1974) • short story by Peter Carey
• 62 • A Way Back • (1983) • short story by Leanne Frahm
• 79 • Shatterwrack at Breaklight • [The Adventures of Tom Rynosseros] • (1985) • short story by Terry Dowling
• 95 • Death of a Thousand Cuts • (1982) • short story by David Ireland
• 102 • Creator • (1978) • novelette by David J. Lake [as by David Lake]
• 133 • Coming Back • (1982) • short story by Damien Broderick
• 157 • Trickster • (1986) • short story by Rosaleen Love
• 163 • The Juronka Validation • (1993) • novelette by Van Ikin
• 187 • All Laced Up • (1961) • short story by A. Bertram Chandler
• 201 • The Ark of James Carlyle • (1974) • short story by Cherry Wilder
• 221 • The Man of Slow Feeling • (1970) • short story by Michael Wilding
• 229 • The Fittest • (1985) • novelette by George Turner
• 263 • Apple • (1967) • short story by John Baxter
• 274 • My Lady Tongue • (1988) • novelette by Lucy Sussex
• 321 • Sources (Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF) • (1993) • essay by Terry Dowling and Van Ikin
• 323 • Notes on Contributors (Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF) • (1993) • essay by Terry Dowling and Van Ikin
• 331 • Recommended Reading (Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF) • (1993) • essay by Terry Dowling and Van Ikin