Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fictionshort story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. Agog! Press shut down in 2008 after publishing its final anthology, Canterbury 2100: Pilgrimages in a new world, because Cat Sparks and Rob Hood intended to focus more on their own writing.
In 2006 Agog! Press forged a collaboration with United States publisher Prime Books, which has led to international (US) distribution of Agog! titles in both hard and soft cover.
Scary Food: A Compendium of Gastronomic Atrocity (2008) ed. Cat Sparks, ISBN978-0-9580567-5-5. A charity anthology to raise money for the treatment of Paul Haines, who had been diagnosed with cancer. All authors donated their stories.
Adam Stemple is a Celtic-influenced American folk rock musician, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also the author of several fantasy short stories and novels, including two series of novels co-written with his mother, writer Jane Yolen.
Sean Llewellyn Williams is an Australian author of science fiction who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Several of his books have been New York Times best-sellers.
The Ditmar Award is Australia's oldest and best-known science fiction, fantasy and horror award, presented annually since 1969, usually at the Australian "Natcon". The historical nominations and results of the Award follow.
Robert Maxwell Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers, although his work frequently crosses genre boundaries into science fiction, fantasy and crime.
Alex Isle is an Australian author. He writes both novels and short stories in the science fiction/fantasy genre, as well as books and articles of nonfiction, for both adult and young adult (YA) audiences.
Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels.
Martin Livings is an Australian author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He has been writing short stories since 1990 and has been nominated for both the Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award. Livings resides in Perth, Western Australia.
Catriona (Cat) Sparks is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher.
Leigh (David) Blackmore is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the second President of the Australian Horror Writers Association (2010–2011). His work has been nominated four times for the Ditmar Award, once for fiction and three times for the William Atheling Jr. Award for criticism. He has been a Finalist in both the Poetry and Criticism categories of the Australian Shadows Awards. He has contributed entries to such encyclopedias as S.T. Joshi and Stefan J. Dziemianowicz (eds) Supernatural Literature of the World and June Pulliam and Tony Fonseca (eds), Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend.
Tansy Rayner Roberts is an Australian fantasy writer. Her short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and Aurealis. She also writes crime fiction as Livia Day.
Rosaleen Love is an Australian science journalist and writer. She has a PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Melbourne. She has written works on the Great Barrier Reef and other science or conservation topics. She has also written science fiction, which has been noted for her use of irony and feminism. She has been nominated for the Ditmar Award six times, and won the Chandler Award in 2009.
Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction.
Geoffrey Maloney is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction.
"The Greater Death of Saito Saku" is a 2005 fantasy short story by Richard Harland.
"Once Giants Roamed the Earth" is a 2005 fantasy short story by Rosaleen Love.
Agog! Smashing Stories is a 2004 Australian speculative fiction anthology edited by Cat Sparks.
Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen.
Kyla (Lee) Ward is an Australian writer of speculative fiction, poet and actor. Her work has been nominated multiple times for the Ditmar Award, the Aurealis Award, the Australian Shadows Award, the Bram Stoker Award and the Rhysling Award. She won the Aurealis Award in 2006 for her collaborative novel Prismatic.
Chuck McKenzie is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.
Trent Jamieson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction.
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