Lock the doors and switch the power off at the mains!Tales of deadly machinery have long fascinated us, from Edgar Allan Poe's classic pendulum to the Terminator films.Murder and Machinery pays homage to this tradition, offering you gripping tales following this theme but set in different times and places, from colonial America and London during the First World War to dystopian futures on this planet and beyond. Never before has an anthology brought tales of science fiction and suspense together in such a terrifying way, showcasing the nightmarish imagination of authors who know how to play on the reader's fears and who share those fears of uncontrollable machines, or perhaps even more frightening, of fellow humans mastering technology for their own evil purposes. A word of advice before you start. By all means, settle down in your living room and let this anthology of technological terror and mechanical madness enthral you, but first, you might want to lock your doors and switch the power off at the mains. Best keep it low-tech tonight. Trust me. I hope you have candles?? Crime ? Sci-fi / Steampunk ? Horror ? Suspense ? HistoricalThe Secret Zeppelin - Duncan Richardson#Selfie - Linda Brucesmith Fargan's Termination - Paul WilliamsA Little Kindness Goes a Long Way - Chisto Healy The Box - Sarah Jane Justice The Wheel - Michael Picco The Wedge - Kurt NewtonTenterhooks - Cameron TrostLeonora - Danielle BirchVanitas - James DorrDon - Steve DuBoisFoul Beasts - Karen BaylyA Whole New World - KG McAbeeSuicide Blonde - Paulene TurnerDriverless - Robert BagnallThe Screen in the Sky - Kerilee S. Nickles

Where the Weird Things Are is an Australian Speculative Fiction travel guide to the freaky and fantastic of Australia and Aotearoa. Let our fourteen authors take you to their hometowns, to places they know like the back of their hand, and listen to their tales of ghosts, local legends and monsters. The tour will take you from Mandurah to Mount Buffalo, from Cairns to The Bay of Plenty, and we hope that you survive unscathed. This anthology features original stories by Clare Rhoden, Madeleine D'Este, Casey Campbell, Austin P. Sheehan, Faran Silverton, E. H. Alger, Emily Wrayburn, Eva Leppard, Chris Mason, Sarah Jane Justice, M. R. Mortimer, Lucy Fox, Geraldine Borella and Emma Louise Gill.