Nine Science Fiction Stories edited by Lucy Sussex
The settings for the stories in 'The Lottery' whirl dizzyingly from deep space to the city of Adelaide under snow, from the bizarre dreamworld of the HyperCoric universe to rural Australia under a blazing summer sun. And the actors, real and surreal, who play their parts on these different stages? Imagine multicoloured, fashion-engineered humans with genetically enhanced body parts; weird, tiny creatures living in a prehistoric sea; monsters made of stone; fairies - and even a ghost.
Here is everything from humour to tragedy, fantasy to horror: a brilliant mix from nine Australian writers.