An Australian Air Force base patrolled by werewolves. A planet where wages are paid in luck. A future where copies are made of criminals to interpret their dark dreams. A medieval cavalry of mothers who are only permitted to take as many lives as they have created. In every world, an imbalance of power. Something terribly askew between women and men, humans and wolves, citizens and constructs, light and dark. In every world, asymmetry.
‘The combination of strange and familiar gives Dyer's fiction the power wielded by the best SF. The stories unerringly find the human inside the bizarre. These are unsettling, poignant, marvellous. Read them. You will be glad you did.' - Nancy Kress
Table of Contents
Introduction
After Hours Zadie, Scythe of the West Wish Me Luck Seven Days in Paris
Twelfth Planet Press is an independent publishing house challenging the status quo with books that interrogate, commentate, inspire.
The Twelve Planets are twelve boutique collections by some of Australia's finest short story writers. Varied across genre and style, each collection offers four short stories and a unique glimpse into worlds fashioned by some of our favourite storytellers. Each author has taken the brief of 4 stories and up to 40 000 words in their own direction. Some are quartet suites of linked stories. Others are tasters of the range and style of the writer. Each release is a standalone and brings something unexpected.
The Twelve Planets Book 1: Nightsiders by Sue Isle Book 2: Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts Book 3: Thief of Lives by Lucy Sussex Book 4: Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti Book 5: Showtime by Narrelle M Harris Book 6: Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron Warren Book 7: Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan Book 8: Asymmetry by Thoraiya Dyer Book 9: Caution Contains Small Parts by Kirstyn McDermott