Fiction
- "A Sure Thing" by David Clancy
- Technology is no substitute for knowledge and experience, finds Richard in his quest to catch the fabled pescone. The only way to catch them leads to a sure thing …
- "Blood Debt" by Brendan Carson
- A debt of blood. A dying woman. He never knew what saving her life would lead to. She owed him, and now he was coming to get his dues.
- "Cancer" by Dirk Flinthart
- On an idyllic island in the Pacific, he came to fetch his wife from her recuperation from cancer. The untreatable cancer that had been treated …
- "Funeral Rights" by Alison Venugoban
- In a scorched world, one must do what one must. Being a funeral director is no longer what it once was, and the details of one does is something else yet again … [ nominated for Aurealis Award ]
- "Greenslade's Egg" by Chris Cheetah
- When an egg-shaped object came to Earth, they came as a collective to the landing site. The Second Coming some said. The hum that it emanated was significant … but would they see it in time?
- "Unconfirmed Sightings" by Kain Massin
- A sighting … usual stuff. A UFO passing over and the Scientific Detective Agency comes around to determine its significance. Shrouded in mystery and cover-up, one woman decides to tell the truth …
- "War Horse" by John Walters
- In the midst of war, one woman survives. Against all odds, she tries to get to a camp, then is halted by a skirmish around her. Then, mysteriously, a riderless horse comes along … the War Horse.
Non-Fiction
Writer Bios
Steven C. Raine says: I am a 25 year old aspiring writer and university student from Belair in the Adelaide Hills. I am currently studying Japanese and North East Asia for a BA (International Studies) at Magill campus of the University of South Australia. Astronomy has been my particular interest and hobby especially since the Voyager flyby of Neptune in 1989. I have written a series of non-fiction articles for the Astronomical Society Of South Australia, and two of these astronomical articles ("Altair" & "Sirius") have appeared in Altair magazine.
Edwina Harvey spends her spare time writing and creating ceramic art.
Chris Cheetah is freelance historian/writer, who started writing science fiction for fun (and to relieve the deadly tedium of report writing), and is now trying to get some of it published. Other SF publications include "The Dragon Fu-ts'ang lung, the Wind Dancer and the Pearl of Potentiality", DragonSoup, "A Matter of Time" (Jackhammer), "Fish Hooks" and "File No: AA626/913" (Antipodean SF)
Kain Massin says: Having migrated to Australia when I was seven, I had the handicap of learning a new language and a new culture. I was pleased to find that I could compete in English, as I felt compelled to write fiction. Although high school, University studies and factory work interrupted my writing, I came back to it when I purchased my first computer. I am a secondary school teacher (Maths and Science) in Adelaide, and I write whenever I find spare time (which is almost never!). I live with my wife and teenage daughter, along with two cats and one beleaguered dog.
Dirk Flinthart is ten feet tall and six feet wide. His hobbies include illegal drugs, alligator-wrestling, cordon bleu cooking and sex. He was educated at the University of Queensland, where he took a BSC despite the best efforts of the Science faculty to stop him. He writes anything and everything that might turn a buck…
Alison Venugoban says: I was born under the star sign Leo with Cancer Rising, making me a shy extrovert. I live in Ngunnawal, Gungahlin, in the A.C.T.; that address in combination with my unusual surname means I need to spell it a lot for people, particularly whenever we order pizza delivered. I share a house with my husband, daughter and our benevolent dictator, Karla the Kat. I've had two science fiction novels plus a number of short stories in various genres published, and now write full-time. I enjoy illustrating and having deep, meaningful discussions with the cat, a fellow Leo.
Brendan Carson has led quite an unexciting life. Two of the most interesting times of his life are when he was in prison for four hours after a demonstration, and when a police officer told him to put on some clothes and go back inside. He is currently trying to avoid doing work in medicine, and to do so keeps on studying to go directly from Austudy to the pension. He lives with four cats, two horses and his wife Katy. His interests are kung fu, writing, listening to the blues and talking to his friends.
John Walters is an American writer, current living in Greece with his wife.
David Clancy lives in N.S.W., and his stories have been published in various Australian publications.
Artist Bios
Cover Artist
R&D Studios, a Brisbane team composed of Rowena and Daryl Lindquist, designed the cover art.
Internal Artists
Alison Venugoban. [Funeral Rights]
Vincent Watego is an artist from Logan and is studying forestry with James Cook University. He regularly does work for Harbinger. [Unconfirmed Sighting]
Garen Krumins is a nineteen year-old student studying first-year Communication Design at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. His preferred artistic mediums include graphite drawing and digital airbrushing. The most common themes of his drawings are fantasy or science fiction, all with a hint of horror. He also participates in the art community as a critic and freelance designer or illustrator. [Cancer, Greenslade's Egg]
Andrew Mayocchi was born in Queensland in 1978. He is currently studying Zoology at the University of Queensland. He has been an amateur artist for many years. This is his first undertaking as a professional artist and he is interested in branching into various areas of illustration. [Blood Debt]