Gastronomicon

Description

This anthology from the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild is full of twisted stories and tasteful recipes, along with tasteful stories and twisted recipes. Spaceships are served with pikelets, werewolves with chocolate, and mermaids with tea. And there’s pixies, spirits, beans, gods, damsels in distress, lots and lots of spices, thousand-year-old eggs and thoroughly modern bubble gum?

Stories and authors

• “The Glass Woman” by Kaaron Warren
• “Quest Soup” by Donna Maree Hanson
• “Li Kao’s Adversity Dumplings” by Zara Baxter
• “Blobs” by Robbie Matthews
• “A Man Needs Meat” by Nicole R Murphy
• “Inquisition” by Mik Bennett
• “Kali Dal” by Stuart and Jenny Barrow
• “The Sisters Of Guilin” by Valerie Y L Toh
• “References” by Geoff Byng
• “Stu’s Stew” by Gillian Polack
• “Not Like It Used To Be” by Barbara Robson
• “Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight?” by Maxine McArthur
• “The Spice Merchant” by Kylie Seluka
• “Killer Pie” by Allan Price
• “The Sacred Marcellan Tart” by T L Miller
• “Yes, Virginia” by Conor Bendle
• “La Fée Vert” by Cameron Hill
• “Made from Real Blue Pixies” by Tessa Kum
• “Dead Gods” by Peter Raftos
• “Skeleton Tea” by Lily Chrywenstrom

The collection contains the following recipes:

• “Cookies: Soft, Fat, Ginger” by Stuart Barrow
• “Prawn and Tomato Soup” by Kaaron Warren
• “Pea Soup” by Donna Maree Hanson
• “Li Kao’s Adversity Dumplings” by Zara Baxter
• “Pikelets” by Robbie Matthews
• “Mushroom Sandwich” by Nicole R Murphy
• “Burritos” by Mik Bennett
• “Kali Dal” by Stuart and Jenny Barrow
• “Precious Eggs in Rice Nest” by Valerie Y L Toh
• “Dragon and Dog Thistle Congee with Preserved Egg” by Geoff Byng
• “Stu’s Stew” by Gillian Polack
• “Damsels in Distress & Fire Spice Paste” by Barbara Robson
• “Bubblegum Icecream” by Maxine McArthur
• “Cinnamon Balls by Kylie Seluka
• “Chocolate Meringue Pie”” by Allan Price
• “Grasshopper Pie” by T L Miller
• “Fairy Bread” by Conor Bendle
• “Absinthe” by Cameron Hill
• “Blue Pixie Margarita” by Tessa Kum
• “Spanish Chocolate” by Peter Raftos
• “Inspiration Tea” by Lily Chrywenstrom

Internal art

• Mik Bennett
• Tony Flowers
• Ian McHugh
• Brian Smith

Cover art by Les Petersen
Layout by Zara Baxter