Aurealis #40

Contents1 • Editorial (Aurealis #40) • [Editorial - Aurealis] • essay by Stuart Mayne2 • Never Grow Old • interior artwork by Adam Duncan3 • Never Grow Old • short story by Lee Battersby8 • Adaption • interior artwork by Matt Bissett-Johnson9 • Adaption • short story by Stephen Dedman20 • The Festival of Colour • interior artwork by John Banitsiotis21 • The Festival of Colour • (2008) • short story by Paul Haines38 • The Final Writings of Baron Sir Heinrich Proteus von Zuse, Botanist • interior artwork by Donna Kendrigan39 • The Final Writings of Baron Sir Heinrich Proteus von Zuse, Botanist • short story by Adam Browne46 • Sacrifice • interior artwork by Peter Allert47 • Sacrifice • short story by Pamela Freeman56 • Spirals in the Sky • interior artwork by Andrew J. McKiernan [as by Andrew McKiernan]57 • Spirals in the Sky • short story by Nathan Burrage78 • The Gift • interior artwork by Adam Katsaros79 • The Gift • short story by K. S. Nikakis [as by Karen Simpson Nikakis]85 • Grumpy Old Future • [Xtreme Science] • essay by Patricia L. O'Neill95 • Review: Saturn Returns by Sean Williams • review by Keith Stevenson97 • Review: Dark Space by Marianne de Pierres • review by Keith Stevenson98 • Review: Daikaiju! 2 Revenge of the Giant Monsters by Robert Hood and Robin Pen • review by Keith Stevenson99 • Review: The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski • review by Keith Stevenson101 • Review: The Separation by Christopher Priest • review by Keith Stevenson101 • Review: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick • review by Keith Stevenson102 • Review: The New Space Opera by Jonathan Strahan and Gardner Dozois • review by Keith Stevenson103 • Orion 'Future Classics' Series • essay by Keith Stevenson104 • Review: New Ceres, #2 by Alisa Krasnostein • review by Keith Stevenson104 • Review: In Bad Dreams, Volume One: Where Real Life Awaits by Mark S. Deniz and Sharyn Lilley • review by Keith Stevenson106 • Review: The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy: (Third Annual Volume) by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt • review by Keith Stevenson107 • Sci Phi the Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy • essay by Keith Stevenson107 • Review: Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror - 2007 by Angela Challis • review by Keith Stevenson108 • Australian Independent Publishers Round-Up • essay by Keith Stevenson109 • Review: The Spiraling Worm by David Conyers and John Sunseri • review by Brett Harrison112 • Cecilia Dart-Thornton and The Crowthistle Chronicles • essay by Kate Forsyth115 • Review: Blaze of Glory by Michael Pryor • review by Kate Forsyth115 • Review: Heart of Gold by Michael Pryor • review by Kate Forsyth116 • Review: [several titles] by Sophie Masson • essay by Kate Forsyth117 • Review: The Shadow Thief by Alexandra Adornetto • review by Kate Forsyth119 • Review: The Snowy Tower by Belinda Murrell • review by Kate Forsyth and Ben Forsyth120 • Fantasy News (Aurealis #40) • essay by Kate Forsyth