She's Fantastical

by Sussex, Lucy; Buckrich, Judith Raphael

• ISBN13: 9780908205127
• ISBN10: 0908205120
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Spinifex Press

Summary

A pregnant spaceman. A witch. A knight-errant princess. The nuns of St Mary Magdalene. A time traveller. Love and lyrebirds. Dreams and poetry. Philosophy. The creation of the universe. Two very different angels. Were-marsupials -- and much more. With contributions from writers who've built reputations for themselves in other genres come an amazing array of fine science fiction stories. From writers born in the nineteenth century Henrietta Dugdale, M. Barnard Eldershaw (the pseudonym of Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw) to young writers such as Sarah Endacott and Sue Isle, it also includes Aboriginal writers, Hyllus Maris and Daisy Uttamorrah as well as those whose reputations have travelled worldwide, Isobelle Carmody, Gabrielle Lord, Nadia Wheatley, Rosaleen Love and Carmel Bird.

Table of Contents

acknowledgements	5	(1)
saint martha according to deborah klein: cover art
DEBORAH KLEIN	6	(1)
foreword
URSULA K. LE GUIN	7	(6)
introduction
LUCY SUSSEX & JUDITH RAPHAEL BUCKRICH	13	(6)
two poems: 'alinta' and 'mandina' from women of the sun
HYLLUS MARIS	19	(2)
the master builder's wife
LISA JACOBSON	21	(10)
the goddess wakes
JANE ROUTLEY	31	(15)
widow wilberforce and the lyrebird
NADIA WHEATLEY	46	(14)
the pumpkin-eater
ISOBELLE CARMODY	60	(17)
aubade from tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
M BARNARD ELDERSHAW	77	(15)
one last picture of ruby-rose (a letter to kevin arnett)
CARMEL BIRD	92	(6)
angel thing
PETRINA SMITH	98	(21)
from the sea people
MAURILIA MEEHAN	119	(3)
entropy
LEANNE FRAHM	122	(8)
science fiction
SARAH CARMELA HELEN ENDACOTT	130	(8)
flight
ANIA WALWICZ
possum lover
YVONNE TOUSSEAU	138	(29)
the blinding of bellevue hearn
ALISON GOODMAN	167	(8)
from SAW
BERNI M JANSSEN	175	(1)
angel jacko
GABRIELLE LORD	176	(9)
a sky full of ravens
SUE ISLE	185	(11)
from a few hours in a far-off age
HENRIETTA DUGDALE	196	(6)
a tour guide in utopia
LUCY SUSSEX	202	(9)
the know-all
ROSALEEN LOVE	211	(12)
not with love
PHILIPPA C MADDERN	223	(17)
the padwan affair
TESS WILLIAMS	240	(11)
our mother land
DAISY UTEMORRAH	251	(2)
biographies	253