Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 1 • Introduction (AustrAlien Absurdities: Comic Tales of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Australian Writers) • essay by Tom Holt
• 3 • Absurd Aliens, or, What is This Thing Called ... ?, or, It's All True, I Swear! • short story by Robin Pen
• 14 • The Truth in Advertising • (1998) • short story by Simon Brown and Sean Williams
• 29 • Delta Void and the Unicorn Soup • [Delta Void] • short story by Tansy Rayner Roberts
• 36 • Mean-Time • short story by Marco Nero
• 39 • Tradition • short story by Allan Price
• 43 • Dragon Omelette • [Johnny Phillips, Werewolf Detective] • short story by Robbie Matthews
• 57 • Working Holiday • short story by Aidan Doyle and Colin Jacobs
• 68 • Once Upon a Contemporary Setting • short story by Kristen Allender
• 72 • What We Want and What We Need • short story by Scot Snow (variant of What We Want & What We Need 1999)
• 76 • Eating Goopa Eggs • [Kafkarene] • short story by Dave Luckett
• 79 • Scrubbed • short story by Robert Hood
• 98 • Abduct Me! • short story by Les Petersen
• 114 • A Thief Is a King in the Halls of the Night • short story by Trent Jamieson
• 121 • Tools of the Trade • short story by Chuck McKenzie
• 133 • My Sweet 286 • [Back of Beyond] • short story by Edwina Harvey
• 145 • Media Blitz • short story by N. E. Doran [as by Niall Doran]
• 155 • Action Accountant • short story by Chris McTrustry
• 163 • Position Vacant: Cobweb Quality Control Tester • short story by Cathy Cupitt
• 170 • Home Among the Stars • short story by Richard Womack
• 173 • A Soldier at the Siege of Troy • short story by Tony Plank
• 176 • Halo • short story by Martin Livings
• 191 • The Pearly Gates of Hell • (1967) • short story by Jack Wodhams
• 201 • 'Bye, Robot • (1988) • short story by Rob Riel
• 206 • The Lure of the Sack • short story by Tom Dullemond
• 225 • A Norwegian Landscape • short story by Ion Newcombe