The debut collection by multi-award-winning writer Cat Sparks. Inside are 13 stories, including the Ditmar-winning A Lady of Adestan, Seventeen and All the Love in the World and the Aurealis Award-winning Hollywood Roadkill and Sammarynda Deep. "A vigorous and versatile writer with a keen eye and a wide and varied palette" Gardner Dozois "These stories will hook you with one weird world after another, and propel you to the end with typical Sparks-y energy." Margo Lanagan "Cat Sparks is a talented writer with an artist's sensibility. From fantasy lands of her own creation to far out in worlds in space and all places in between, there is never a dull moment in her stories." Ann Vandermeer "Read this book because you have surprises and treats and satisfaction in store if you do. Then recommend it to your friends." David G. Hartwell

The debut collection by multi-award-winning writer Cat Sparks. Inside are 13 stories, including the Ditmar-winning A Lady of Adestan, Seventeen and All the Love in the World and the Aurealis Award-winning Hollywood Roadkill and Sammarynda Deep. "A vigorous and versatile writer with a keen eye and a wide and varied palette" Gardner Dozois "These stories will hook you with one weird world after another, and propel you to the end with typical Sparks-y energy." Margo Lanagan "Cat Sparks is a talented writer with an artist's sensibility. From fantasy lands of her own creation to far out in worlds in space and all places in between, there is never a dull moment in her stories." Ann Vandermeer "Read this book because you have surprises and treats and satisfaction in store if you do. Then recommend it to your friends." David G. Hartwell

This novella collection is powerful, sexy and very, very deadly. 'The Five Loves of Ishtar': Kaaron Warren Follow the path that the goddess Ishtar takes through the eyes of her most devoted worshippers, her washerwomen. Sharokin, Atur, Ninlil, Shamiran, Ninevah and Ashurina share in their goddess' loves, losses and triumphs, as kingdoms rise and fall in the Land of Rivers. 'And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living': Deborah Biancotti In modern-day Sydney, male prostitutes are dying. Their bones have turned to paste and their bodies are jelly. As Detective Adrienne Garner investigates the deaths, she finds rumours of strange cults and old gods whose powers threaten her city and, ultimately, her world. 'The Sleeping and the Dead': Cat Sparks Dr. Anna remembers little of her life before the war, merely traces of the man she used to love. When three desperate travellers rekindle slumbering memories, she begins a search that takes her to Hell and beyond. A search for love and, ultimately, enlightenment.

The latest volume in the Agog! anthology series, with stories by Australian contributors: Lee Battersby, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Simon Brown, Adam Browne, Jack Dann, Marianne de Pierres, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Robert Hood, Sue Isle, Chris Lawson, Martin Livings, Kate Orman, Tracey Rolfe, Lucy Sussex, Kyla Ward, Kaaron Warren, Janeen Webb, Scott Westerfeld, and Sean Williams.

Agog! Ripping Reads is the sixth anthology of speculative fiction to be published by Agog! Press, and the fourth to be edited by Cat Sparks.

Twenty-nine new tales of fantasy, imagination and wonder, edited by Cat Sparks, including contributions by Michael Barry, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Damien Broderick, Simon Brown, David Carroll, Marianne de Pierres, Terry Dowling, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Paul Haines, Richard Harland, Robert Hood, Trent Jamieson, Rick Kennett, Geoffrey Maloney, Claire McKenna, Chuck Mckenzie, Chris Mowbray, Kate Orman, Ben Peek, Robin Pen, Tony Plank, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tracey Rolfe, Keith Stevenson, Jessica Vivien, and Kyla Ward.

The latest volume in the Agog! anthology series, with stories by Australian contributors: Lee Battersby, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Simon Brown, Adam Browne, Jack Dann, Marianne de Pierres, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Robert Hood, Sue Isle, Chris Lawson, Martin Livings, Kate Orman, Tracey Rolfe, Lucy Sussex, Kyla Ward, Kaaron Warren, Janeen Webb, Scott Westerfeld, and Sean Williams.

The third volume in the Agog! anthology series, with stories by Australian contributors: Deborah Biancotti, Simon Brown, Marianne de Pierres, Brendan Duffy, Grace Dugan, Dirk FlinthartPaul Haines, Richard Harland, Robert Hood, Trent Jamieson, Louise Katz, Justine Larbalestier, Martin Livings, Claire McKenna, Sean McMullen, Ben Peek, Jeremy Shaw, Bryn Sparks, Iain Triffitt, and Kim Westwood.

Twenty-nine new tales of fantasy, imagination and wonder, edited by Cat Sparks, including contributions by Michael Barry, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Damien Broderick, Simon Brown, David Carroll, Marianne de Pierres, Terry Dowling, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Paul Haines, Richard Harland, Robert Hood, Trent Jamieson, Rick Kennett, Geoffrey Maloney, Claire McKenna, Chuck Mckenzie, Chris Mowbray, Kate Orman, Ben Peek, Robin Pen, Tony Plank, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tracey Rolfe, Keith Stevenson, Jessica Vivien, and Kyla Ward.

Agog! Ripping Reads is the sixth anthology of speculative fiction to be published by Agog! Press, and the fourth to be edited by Cat Sparks.

The third volume in the Agog! anthology series, with stories by Australian contributors: Deborah Biancotti, Simon Brown, Marianne de Pierres, Brendan Duffy, Grace Dugan, Dirk FlinthartPaul Haines, Richard Harland, Robert Hood, Trent Jamieson, Louise Katz, Justine Larbalestier, Martin Livings, Claire McKenna, Sean McMullen, Ben Peek, Jeremy Shaw, Bryn Sparks, Iain Triffitt, and Kim Westwood.