An anthology of stories about the edge of civilisation, the fringe of reason, the border of reality, by writers from the edge of the Earth.
Edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray
Winner, Best Collected Work, 2017 Sir Julius Vogel Awards
Finalist, Best Edited Work, 2017 Australian Shadows Awards
Step up, as close as you dare…
…to a place at the edge of sanity, where cicadas scritch across balmy summer nights,
at the edge of town, where the cellphone coverage is decidedly dodgy,
at the edge of space, where a Mimbinus argut bounds among snowy rocks,
at the edge of the page, where demon princes prance in the shadows,
at the edge of despair, where 10 darushas will get you a vodka lime and a ring-side seat,
at the edge of the universe, where time stops but space goes on…
From the brink of civilisation, the fringe of reason, and the border of reality, come 23 stories infused with the bloody-minded spirit of the Antipodes, tales told by the children of warriors and whalers, convicts and miners: people unafraid to strike out for new territories and find meaning in the expanses at the edge of the world.
Compiled by award-winning editing team Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, and including a story by Arthur C. Clarke finalist Phillip Mann and foreword by World Fantasy Award winner Angela Slatter, At the Edge is a dark and dystopic collection from some of Australia and New Zealand’s best speculative writers.
At the Edge is available to order from your favourite NZ or Australian bookstore, or online at Amazon, Kobo and iBooks.
Table of Contents:
Click on linked titles to read an excerpt from the story
Angela Slatter Introduction
Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray Editors’ Note
Jodi Cleghorn The Leaves no Longer Fall
Carlington Black The Urge
Martin Livings Boxing Day
Phillip Mann The Architect
Debbie Cowens Hood of Bone
Anthony Panegyres Crossing
EG Wilson 12-36
David Stevens Crop Rotation
Michelle Child Narco
Richard Barnes The Great and True Journey
AJ Ponder BlindSight
Keira McKenzie In Sacrifice We Hope
Jan Goldie Little Thunder
Joanne Anderton Street Furniture
Eileen Mueller Call of the Sea
Octavia Cade Responsibility
JC Hart Hope Lies North
David Versace Seven Excerpts from Season One
Paul Mannering The Island at the End of the World
Summer Wigmore Back When the River had No Name
AJ Fitzwater Splintr
Tom Dullemond One Life, No Respawns
AC Buchanan And Still the Forests Grow though we are Gone
