Encounters (anthology)

Encounters is the fourth short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2004 and edited by Maxine McArthur and Donna Maree Hanson, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors.

Encounters (cover by Les Petersen)

Stories

The collection contains the following stories:

• "Vortle" by Lee Battersby
• "Davey's Gift" by Kate Eltham
• "The Souvenir" by Richard Harland
• "Don't Got No Wings" by Trent Jamieson
• "Garden Light" by Shane M. Brown
• "The Flatmate From Hell" by Dirk Flinthart
• "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
• "Boys" by Ben Payne
• "Sleeping With Monsters" by Michael Barry
• "Remembering Bliss" by Carol Ryles
• "Guarding the Mound" by Kaaron Warren
• "The Final Battle" by Scott Robinson
• "Meltdown my Plutonium Heart" by Cat Sparks
• "Beggars on the Shore" by Bruce Clark
• "The Teller" by Monica Carroll
• "Happy Faces For Happy Families" by Gillian Polack
• "The Dove" by Nigel Read
• "The Glass Flower" by Chris Barnes

All stories are illustrated by Les Petersen.

• ISBN 0-9581390-2-4

See also

• Nor of Human
• Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs
• Elsewhere
• The Outcast
• Gastronomicon
• The Grinding House
• Body of Work, a 2023 anthology edited by C. Z. Tacks

External links

• CSFG home page
• Maxine McArthur home page
• Les Petersen home page