The second annual compilation of the best fantasy and horror, covering work produced by Australian and New Zealand writers in 2011. Over 150,000 words of fiction from some of the genre's best and most awarded writers. Together with an annual genre overview and recommended reading list this is both a book to be read and a valuable reference work. This volume collects 32 stories and poems by Peter M. Ball, Lee Battersby, Deborah Biancotti, Jenny Blackford, Simon Brown, David Conyers, Stephen Dedman, Sara Douglass, Felicity Dowker, Terry Dowling, Jason Fischer, Christopher Green, Paul Haines, Lisa L. Hannett, Richard Harland, John Harwood, Pete Kempshall, David Kernot, Jo Langdon, Maxine McArthur, Ian McHugh, Andrew J. McKiernan, Kirstyn McDermott, Margaret Mahy, Anne Mok, Jason Nahrung, Anthony Panegyres, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Angela Rega, Angela Slatter, Lucy Sussex, Kyla Ward and Kaaron Warren.