Cracklescape

A presence haunts an old dresser in an inner-city share house. Shining sun-people lure children from their carefree beachside lives. Sheela-na-gigs colonise a middle-aged man’s outer and inner worlds. And a girl with a heavy conscience seeks relief in exile on the Treeless Plain.These stories from four-time World Fantasy Award winner Margo Lanagan are all set in Australia, a myth-soaked landscape both stubbornly inscrutable and crisscrossed by interlopers’ dreamings. Explore four littoral and liminal worlds, a-crackle with fears and possibilities..Table of ContentsIntroduction by Jane YolenThe Duchess DresserIsles of the SunBajazzleSignificant DustTwelfth 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 PlanetsBook 1: Nightsiders by Sue IsleBook 2: Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner RobertsBook 3: Thief of Lives by Lucy SussexBook 4: Bad Power by Deborah BiancottiBook 5: Showtime by Narrelle M HarrisBook 6: Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron WarrenBook 7: Cracklescape by Margo LanaganBook 8: Asymmetry by Thoraiya DyerBook 9: Caution Contains Small Parts by Kirstyn McDermott