Oh-Four-Two-See was to be the prototype unit for a revolutionary new line of Syntech models and the promise of a much needed economic boost for a struggling nation. On the night of the nation's elections, a radical anti-Syntech movement assumes power and Oh-Four-Two-See discovers exactly how closely he resembles his human designers.

15 Stories. 15 Australian authors. One theme: Journeys.What games do the dead play?Can the ambassador negotiate peace with a hostile alien race?Why is Rae so terrified of a letter from the 'Next Chapter' Department of Lebensqualitat?Read about living mannequins, prison ships, pandemics and more in the second anthology from Aussie Speculative Fiction.

An innovative roadmap to facing our past and present selvesHonest, aching, and intimate, self-elegies are unique poems focusing on loss rather than death, mourning versions of the self that are forgotten or that never existed. Within their lyrical frame, multiple selves can coexist—wise and naïve, angry and resigned—along with multiple timelines, each possible path stemming from one small choice that both creates new selves and negates potential selves. Giving voi...