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''Nor of Human: An Anthology of Fantastic Creatures'' is the first short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2001 under ISBN 0-646-41393-7 and edited by Geoffrey Maloney, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors. The anthology was one of the first projects the newly founded CSFG embarked on, as a way to provide a focus for members' activities and as a showcase for their work. The theme of "fantastic creatures" was inspired by a guest speaker at one of the Guild meetings, the Australian cryptozoologist known as "Tim the Yowie Man", and two of the anthology stories feature yowies (a creature roughly comparable to the American Bigfoot). The book was launched by SF writer Jack Dann. The book was shortlisted for four Aurealis Awards: "The Trojan Rocks", "Tales from the True Desert" and "Happy Birthday To Me" were listed for the science fiction, fantasy and horror categories respectively while Geoffrey Maloney was shortlisted for his work in editing the collection. Although the shortlist performance was strong the book did not take out the awards themselves. The collection is "Dedicated to all the creators of speculative fiction, past, present and future; whether or not of human…" All stories in the collection are illustrated by Les Petersen. ==Stories== The collection contains the following stories: *''The Trojan Rocks'' by Michael Barry *''Wyvern's Blood'' by Chris Andrews *''Cacachatol'' by Peter Barrett *''Tales From The True Desert'' by Matthew Farrer *''Playing Possum'' by Maxine McArthur *''Fringe Dwellers'' by Robbie Matthews *''Perfect Parasite'' by Carole Nomarhas *''Sasquatch Winter'' by Les Petersen *''Quacaha'' by Allan Price *''Claw'' by Paul Ryan *''Flap'' by Antony Searle *''Stark Raving Mad'' by Geoff Skellams *''Camp Yowie'' by Krystle and Mark Snitch *''Happy Birthday to Me'' by Alison Venugoban 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nor of Human」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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