• Publication: Across the WallPublication Record # 283422
• Author: Garth Nix
• Date: 2005-09-00
• ISBN: 1-74114-701-8 [978-1-74114-701-8]
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Australia)
• Price:
  A$^?A$: Australian dollar
• Pages: xiii+391
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: Across the Wall by Hofstede Design
• Notes:

  • Month from publisher's website.
  • Other data inferred from a copy of the 4th printing.
  • All the stories have their own title page on a right hand page, then nearly all have a page or two of introduction (which starts on a right hand page), then the story. This was taken into account when estimating story "lengths".
  • "Lightning Bringer" is listed as "Lightening Bringer" in the TOC, but is "Lightning Bringer" on the story's title page.

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• ix • Preface (Across the Wall) • (2005) • essay by Garth Nix
• 1 • Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case • juvenile • [The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen • 4] • (2005) • novella by Garth Nix (variant of The Creature in the Case)
• 117 • Under the Lake • (2001) • short story by Garth Nix
• 131 • Charlie Rabbit • (2005) • short story by Garth Nix
• 153 • From the Lighthouse • (1996) • short story by Garth Nix
• 171 • The Hill • (2001) • short story by Garth Nix
• 193 • Lightning Bringer • (2001) • short story by Garth Nix
• 213 • Down to the Scum Quarter: A Farcical Fantasy Solo Adventure • (1987) • novelette by Garth Nix
• 267 • Heart's Desire • (2004) • short story by Garth Nix (variant of Heart's Desire—Nimue's story 2002)
• 285 • Hansel's Eyes • (2000) • short story by Garth Nix
• 305 • Hope Chest • juvenile • (2003) • novelette by Garth Nix
• 349 • My New Really Epic Fantasy Series • (1999) • essay by Garth Nix
• 361 • Three Roses • (2000) • short story by Garth Nix
• 369 • Endings • (2004) • short story by Garth Nix
• 377 • An Extract of the Journal of Idrach the Lesser Necromancer • juvenile • [The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen] • (2005) • short fiction by Garth Nix