Chimaera Publications: 77 books

Aurealis #89 opens with a haunting image of ghosts reburying their dead at low tide from David Versace ‘The Lighthouse at Cape Defeat’, then moves through the gentle organic world-building of Adrik Kemp’s ‘Blossom Fall’ and finally onto Heidi Kneale’s intriguing steampunkish ‘How He...

This issue of the Australian magazine of fantasy, science fiction and horror, edited by Michael Pryor, features Sean McMullen, a doyen of Australian SF, and his hard-hitting ‘The First Boat'. In addition to the usual news and reviews, rising star Jason Fischer makes a splash with his slashingly...

Aurealis is the Australian magazine of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Aurealis #50, edited by Michael Pryor, features Patty Jansen’s cracking hard SF ‘Abode’ and a quintessentially piece of Australian SF with Jonathan Robb’s ‘Remembering the Mimi’. On top of this it’s the usual Aurealis interviews, links and reviews. Aurealis #50 is a goldmine.

Aurealis is the Australian magazine of fantasy, science fiction and horror. Aurealis #51 is edited by Michael Pryor and is chock full of Spec Fic goodness. Highlights? What about Richard Harland in fine spooky form? What about Daniel Baker's unsettling otherworldly debut? What about an incisive interview...

Aurealis #111 brings you the exotic and gritty ‘Graft Mage’ by William Broom, the doom laden mystery of ‘The Egg and the Cat’ by Miles Hurt and the subtle and haunting ‘Deserted Lies the City’ by S R Dean. Our top non-fiction includes ‘What Is AfroSF?’ by Eugen Bacon and Mikey Pryvt’s...

Aurealis #65 features Jason Franks' confronting and visceral 'Butcher's Hook', a story you'll never forget, plus the elegant and unnerving 'Poppies' from SF Larner, who says: '‘Poppies’ came about after watching an extremely disturbing incident of violence captured on video and distributed on...

Aurealis #92 features Peter Cooper’s lyrical and poignant ‘The Hush Before Dawn’, LB Spiller’s gripping and tech-savvy ‘Taggant 31’ and Bentley A Reese’s chilling ‘Corpse Eater’. Our top quality non-fiction rollout continues with ‘Early Australian Fantasy: Norman Lindsay’s The...

Aurealis #98 brings you top speculative fiction with the irreverent Wind Farmers from Outer Space by Robert Cox, the eerie When I Tried to go to England by Sarah Hart and the moody Hyter and the House That Stands by Steve Toase. Our non-fiction explores Kafka’s Influence on Spec Fic and a vital...

Aurealis #93 contains features the atmospheric and evocative ‘Always’ by Si Wang, Meryl Stenhouse’s elliptical and allusive exploration of the connection between past times and today in 'Collected Emails from Nicole Hume, Graduate Student, Location Unknown', and Michael Johnston’s...

The first issue in Aurealis' 25th year, Aurealis #77 is a feast of the eerie, the unsettling and the other side of ordinary. 'Like a Boojum' by Simon Petrie takes us to a world where the exotic is familiar and the familiar is not to be trusted. 'The Death of Glinda, the Good Witch' by Rebecca-Anne...

Aurealis #112 has a feast of tasty fiction—Michael Gardner’s juicy piece of Australian Gothic with ‘The Offering,’ Andi C Buchanan’s evocative offworld dream, ‘Under This Strange Sky’ and Russell Hemmell’s powerful yet nuanced ‘The Eobshin Song.’ Our absorbing non-fiction includes...

Aurealis #99 is another gold standard issue with the action-packed ‘Agents of Empire’ from Aaron Emmel, the cool and cinematic ‘Once Was Lost’ from Alan Baxter, the poignant ‘Regulation’ from Michael Earp, the thoughtful exploration of classic Australian genre storytellers in ‘Creating...

Aurealis #117 features Carolyn Hine’s ‘The Moonstone in the Dust’, J. Ashley Smith’s ‘The Moth Tapes’ and Eric Del Carlo’s ‘She Sells Sea-Hells by the C Door’, plus top non-fiction—‘Worldbuilding: How Climate Zone Determines Culture by Amy Laurens and ‘Comedic Science Fiction:...

Aurealis #81 features horrifyingly plausible fiction from Dann Lewis and shiny tech-punk Mathew Russell, an article from Lachlan Walter and an illuminating interview with the writer of the moment, John Scalzi. Plus all of the insightful reviews and news you need to know. Enough quality reading to last all the way through until the release of Issue 82!