Author(s): Kat Carr; Anna McEvoy; Bianca Millroy (Editor); Lea Scott; Sharyn Swanepoel; Lane Thornton; Jodie Woodward; Carleton Chinner; Jo Edgar-Baker (Cover Design by); Sophia Evans; Kylie Fennell; Chris Foley (Introduction by); Kelly Lyonns; Alyssa Mackay; Brooke Maggs

Short Stories

A grieving woman is drawn to a land-locked lighthouse where she meets a party of lost souls in need of a guide. She must face death in order to start a new life.

The temporary caretaker of a lighthouse finds the perfect hideaway for safeguarding her secret, never expecting to encounter a murder and an unlikely partner in crime.

While visiting a deep space navigational beacon to conduct routine maintenance, two space adventurers encounter a self-aware AI computer that has her own plans.

Queensland, 1887. A lighthouse keeper's daughter is missing, presumed dead. Is she another victim of the Spectre or something even more terrifying?

A voice from one woman's past echoes a secret up the lighthouse stairs. The only person who can give her the answers, is the last person she ever wants to see again.

The estranged daughter of a lightkeeper returns home to South Solitary Island as WWII looms and finds her world upended by her father's dying request: marry his successor.

Lighthouses: beautiful, mysterious, dangerous, remote. They spark the imagination and sense of adventure in us all. And they are the perfect setting for this genre fiction anthology - a collection of fantasy, sci-fi, romance, crime, historical fiction, dystopian and paranormal short stories from established and emerging Australian authors.

Authors: Kat Carr, Carleton Chinner, Jo Edgar-Baker, Sophia Evans, Kylie Fennell, Chris Foley, Kelly Lyonns, Alyssa Mackay, Brooke Maggs, Anna McEvoy, Bianca Millroy, Lea Scott, Sharyn Swanepoel, Lane Thornton, Jodie Woodward

Book cover design: Jo Edgar-Baker