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Novascapes is an anthology of stories from across the speculative fiction range. All the stories are penned by authors who currently live, or were born and raised, in the Hunter, Newcastle and Central Coast regions of New South Wales Australia. It is an indie project showcasing some of the best speculative fiction authors to come out of this region alongside a collection of fantastic emerging talent.

Following on the success of volume one we have gathered another great collection of stories and, for the first time, poems. With some familiar faces and a whole bunch of new talent, this follow up edition promises to be as wonderful as its predecessor.

Appearing in volume 2 are:

Ashes for the Earth – Magdalena Ball
A Deer in the Shunting Yard – Morgan Bell
The Quiet Realm of the Dark Queen – Jenny Blackford
The Name of the Beast was Number – Russell Blackford
Murirrugach – Megan Buxton
The Mosaic – Sheree Christoffersen
On The Stroke of Midnight – Luciana Croci
Flight – Jan Dean
Unnatural – Samantha Fisher
Dancing a Spiral Galaxy – Eve Gray
Get A Life – Moosey
The Mirror of my Soul – Karen Ractliffe
Rocky Haven – Leonie Rogers
Resurrection Shuffle: It’s Been A Hard Day’s Bite – K. M. Ross
A Gift of Butterflies – Julie Simpson
Blake’s Angel – Janeen Webb
Debunking Einstein – Leonie Wellard
Frederic’s Beauty – Lee-Ann Wilson-Smith


The cover art is once again being produced by the wonderful Tallulah Cunningham. Examples of her work can be seen here: http://www.melanippos.com/

International Shipping and Handling

Funding from this campaign will go towards the publication costs for the first print run and the upcoming launch at the Newcastle Writers Festival in April.

Should we over shoot our target proceeds will go towards raising the rate of pay for the contributors.

All authors are already lined up and the stories have all been received. Of course there is a slight possibility of someone pulling out at this stage but should that occur it will not detract from the other great stories in the book.

The biggest concern at this stage would be delays in editing and production. Such delays are always a possibility however my main goal is to provide you with a quality product. All backers will be kept in the loop should such delays arise and you will be told what is being done to resolve them.