Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy, Volume 2

The critically acclaimed anthology series returns.

The independent press SF movement is one of the most dynamic literary scenes in Australia. This book captures the best of that movement, from Australia's best SF, fantasy and horror writers: both newcomers and those with established reputations. You'll find the traditional, the street-smart, the amusing and the adventurous. From urban fantasy to the myths, dreams, and search for meaning in the future; stories that explore mankind in a moment on the edge. This anthology series documents the best of the speculative genres in Australian writing. The joy of the written word as it was meant to be: inventive and challenging.

Supplementing the fiction is the editors' insightful summation of the field in Australia, and a list of recommended reading, making this volume a valuable resource as well as a one-stop, definitive volume of the best in Australian speculative fiction today.

7 • Introduction (The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Volume Two)) • (2006) • essay by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt
• 13 • Running • (2005) • shortstory by Martin Livings
• 35 • Matricide • (2005) • shortstory by Lucy Sussex
• 56 • The Passing of the Minotaurs • [Caeli-Amur] • (2005) • novelette by Rjurik Davidson (variant of Passing of the Minotaurs)
• 82 • Dreaming With the Angels • (2005) • shortstory by Jack Dann
• 97 • Johnny Cash • (2005) • shortstory by Ben Peek
• 102 • The Red Priest's Homecoming • (2005) • novelette by Dirk Flinthart
• 153 • Once Giants Roamed the Earth • (2005) • shortstory by Rosaleen Love
• 161 • Fresh Young Widow • (2005) • shortstory by Kaaron Warren
• 181 • Watch • (2005) • shortstory by Stephen Dedman
• 188 • Riding the Crocodile • (2005) • novella by Greg Egan
• 248 • Skein Dogs • (2005) • shortstory by Leanne Frahm
• 260 • Leviathan • (2005) • shortstory by Simon Brown
• 281 • Acknowledgements (The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Volume Two)) • (2006) • essay by uncredited
• 284 • Recommended Reading: 2005 (The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Volume Two)) • (2006) • essay by uncredited