We're excited to announce the contents for Bloodlines, the new non-traditional dark urban fantasy anthology edited by the award-winning Amanda Pillar. These 16 incredible stories are:

• Joanne Anderton "Unnamed Children"
• Alan Baxter "Old Promise New Blood"
• Nathan Burrage "The Ties of Blood, Hair and Bone"
• Dirk Flinthart "In The Blood"
• Rebecca Fung "In the Heart of the City"
• Stephanie Gunn "The Flowers That Bloom Where Blood Touches Earth"
• Kelly Hoolihan "The Stone and the Sheath"
• Kathleen Jennings "The Tangled Streets"
• Pete Kempshall "Azimuth"
• Martin Livings "A Red Mist"
• Seanan McGuire "Into the Green"
• Anthony Panegyres "Lady Killer"
• Jane Percival "The Mysterious Mr Montague"
• Paul Starkey "The Tenderness of Monsters"
• Lyn Thorne-Adder "Lifeblood of the City"
• S. Zanne "Seeing Red"

We'll have more details soon, such as information on pre-ordering. Bloodlines will be available in October, in hardcover, tradepaperback and ebook formats.

16 journeys on the dark streets of urban fantasy.

We're thrilled to be able to reveal the cover to our forthcoming original anthology Bloodlines. The artwork is by the awesomely multi-talented and multiple award-winning Kathleen Jennings (who also has a story in the anthology),

Bloodlines, the new non-traditional dark urban fantasy anthology edited by the award-winning Amanda Pillar. These 16 incredible original stories are:

• Joanne Anderton “Unnamed Children”
• Alan Baxter “Old Promise New Blood”
• Nathan Burrage “The Ties of Blood, Hair and Bone”
• Dirk Flinthart “In The Blood”
• Rebecca Fung “In the Heart of the City”
• Stephanie Gunn “The Flowers That Bloom Where Blood Touches Earth”
• Kelly Hoolihan “The Stone and the Sheath”
• Kathleen Jennings “The Tangled Streets”
• Pete Kempshall “Azimuth”
• Martin Livings “A Red Mist”
• Seanan McGuire “Into the Green”
• Anthony Panegyres “Lady Killer”
• Jane Percival “The Mysterious Mr Montague”
• Paul Starkey “The Tenderness of Monsters”
• Lyn Thorne-Adder “Lifeblood of the City”
• S. Zanne “Seeing Red”

Bloodlines will be available in mid-October 2015 and can be pre-ordered at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=bloodlines. Bloodlines will be available in hardcover, tradepaperback, and ebook.

Attendees of Conflux, in Canberra 2-5 October will be treated to the first look at this book, at a launch on 3 October. The rest of the world can experience this fantastic collection at World Fantasy Convention 2015.

The final ballot for the 2015 Aurealis Awards has been announced, and we're very chuffed to be among the nominees!

A huge congratulations to

“Blueblood”, Faith Mudge, in Hear Me Roar - Best Young Adult Short Story, Best Fantasy Short Story

“Broken Glass”, Stephanie Gunn, in Hear Me Roar - Best Fantasy Novella

“The Flowers that Bloom Where Blood Touches the Earth”, Stephanie Gunn in Bloodlines - Best Fantasy Novella

The Finest Ass in the Universe, Anna Tambour - Best Collection

Bloodlines, Amanda Pillar (ed) - Best Anthology

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014, Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (ed) - Best Anthology

Hear Me Roar, Liz Grzyb (ed) - Best Anthology

and good luck! The results will be announced at the end of March at the Australian National Convention.

You can buy these books (at 20% off until the end of February!) at

Hear Me Roar http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/196

Bloodlines http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/204

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2014 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/202

The Finest Ass in the Universe http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/197

You can check out the full list of finalists here https://aurealisawards.org/2016/02/17/announcement-2015-aurealis-awards-shortlists/