Edited by Angela Challis

The best and darkest Australian short stories of 2006 in one book!
Each of these tales explore the darkness of the human condition. Ghosts, monsters, alien gods, sadists, the forsaken, and the deranged all lie within. Australia's best dark fiction writers will scare the hell out of you.

Featuring:
“Surrender 1: Rope Artist” by Deborah Biancotti
“Tarans” by Simon Brown
“The Sidpa Bardo” by Nathan Burrage
“Empties” by Jay Caselberg
“Finding the Words” by Steven Cavanagh
“The Garden Shed Pact” by Shane Jiraiya Cummings
“Dead of Winter” by Stephen Dedman
“Cheat Light” by Terry Dowling
“The Red Priest's Vigil” by Dirk Flinthart
“Father Father” by Paul Haines
“In the Service of the Flesh” by Robert Hood
“Under Hell, Over Heaven” by Margo Lanagan
“Hieronymus Boche” by Chris Lawson
“Cold” by Kirstyn McDermott
“Pain Threshold” by Jason Nahrung
“The Bat's Boudoir” by Kyla Ward
“Iron Shirt” by Susan Wardle
“Ache” by David Witteveen