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Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear is a speculative fiction short story anthology edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie, and published by Peggy Bright Books in 2012. It contains thirteen original short stories, mostly by Australian writers. The anthology accrued Ditmar Award nominations for Best Collected Work, for Best Short Story ("The Bone Chime Song", by Joanne Anderton) and for Best Artwork (cover art by Les Petersen), two Chronos Award nominations for Best Short Story (for "Five Ways To Start A War", by Sue Bursztynski and "The D—d", by Adam Browne), [1] and won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Professional Artwork (cover art by Les Petersen). [2]

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  1. "2012 Chronos Award Nominees and Ballot". continuum.org.au. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. "SJV Award Nominations 2013". www.sffanz.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-03-26.