4 • Editorial (Aurealis #24) • [Editorial - Aurealis] • essay by Stephen Higgins 7 • The Old God Begins to Reassert Himself • short story by John Ezzy 20 • Voyage to Abydos • short story by Gitte Christensen 29 • The Feast • short story by Kyla Ward 37 • The Love of Beauty • short story by K. J. Bishop [as by Kirsten Bishop] 51 • The Spider • short story by R. G. McCartney 61 • Roses • short story by Danielle Ellis 75 • The Grandmaster's Last Crusade • short story by Robert Cox 87 • Basilisk • short story by Andrew Chapman 95 • Please Check the Number You Have Dialled • short story by A. John Wallace 103 • Rookwood • short story by Rick Kennett and Bryce Stevens 121 • Book Reviews (Aurealis #24) • essay by uncredited 131 • Ask the Professor (Aurealis #24) • [Ask the Professor] • essay by uncredited 138 • Contributors (Aurealis #24) • [Aurealis - miscellaneous] • essay by uncredited
Dirk Strasser has won multiple Australian Publisher Association Awards and a Ditmar for Best Professional Achievement. His mythic fantasy series, The Books of Ascension, has been republished by Macmillan Momentum, this time including Eclipse – The Lost Book of Ascension for the first time in English. His novels and short stories have been translated into a number of languages. He also founded the Aurealis Awards and has co-edited and co-published Aurealis magazine for over twenty years.