The Greater Death of Saito Saku

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"The Greater Death of Saito Saku"
Author Richard Harland
Country Australia
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy short story
Published in Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales
Publication type Anthology
Publisher Agog! Press
Media type Print (hardback)
Publication date 2005

"The Greater Death of Saito Saku" is a 2005 fantasy short story by Richard Harland.

Short story Brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.

Richard Harland Australian writer

Richard Harland is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an academic, performance artist and writer, publishing 15 full-length works of fiction, three academic books, short stories and poems.

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Background

"The Greater Death of Saito Saku" was first published in 2005 in Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales , edited by Robin Pen and Robert Hood and published by Agog! Press. [1] It was published alongside 27 other stories by 26 authors. [2] "The Greater Death of Saito Saku" was a joint-winner for the 2005 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story along with Rosaleen Love's "Once Giants Roamed the Earth" which was also published in the same anthology. [3]

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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.

Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bibliography: The Greater Death of Saito Saku". ISFDB . Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  2. ↑ "Publication Listing". ISFDB . Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  3. ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online . Retrieved 2010-03-03.
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