Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places

Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild Anthologies #3

by Michael Barry (Editor), Maxine McArthur (Contributor), Nicole R. Murphy (Contributor)

Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places is the third short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2003 and edited by Michael Barry, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors.

The tagline is: "Warning: Product may contain traces of spiders, elves, clowns, railways, Masonic rituals, and flagpoles."

The collection contains the following stories:

* "One rainy Sunday in a circus far away" by Craig Cormick
* "Devil in the text" by Richard Harland
* "Orion's womb" by Carol Ryles
* "Web of reality" by Alison Venugoban
* "Widdershins" by Stuart Barrow
* "The surge" by Cory Daniells
* "Kidnapping" by Euan Bowen
* "617 instances of Eleanor and rising" by Robert Hoge
* "Merrie dawn" by Chris Andrews
* "The recipe" by Ben Peek
* "City, seen by lightning" by Dave Luckett
* "Armageddon café" by Mik Bennett
* "State of oblivion" by Stephen Thompson
* "Heritage planet" by David Walker
* "Night watch" by Jay d'Argo
* "The birdcage" by Cat Sparks
* "Chance meetings" by Robbie Matthews
* "Impossible railways" by Zara Baxter
* "Sword of liberation" by Maxine McArthur
* "Run the program" by Nicole R. Murphy
* "Alien space nazis must die!" by Chuck McKenzie
* "The hero and the swordsmith" by Tessa Kum
* "Oilcan sam" by Scott Hopkins
* "The mind of the almighty" by Anna Key
* "Other" by Donna Maree Hanson
* "A stone to mark my passing" by Lee Battersby

All stories are illustrated by Les Petersen.

Genres: Fantasy

218 pages

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

***THIS IS A MULTI-AUTHOR LISTING***

- Michael Bukht: (1941–2011), British radio executive who (as a chef and television personality) used the pseudonym Michael Barry.

- Michael Barry: (born 1975), Canadian professional racing cyclist.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's a few really nice stories in there, but mostly I'm not into short stories. But I'm keeping this for the memory of meeting Tessa at a meeting in New Orleans.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

A diverse range of short stories, in every sense of the word.

[Rowena Daniells · Rating 4 out of 5]

This anthology contains one of my Shallow Sea stories - The Surge.