Dream Weavers is a 1996 fantasy anthology

Anthology

An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...

 edited by Paul Collins

Paul Collins (fantasy writer)

Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...

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Background

Dream Weavers was first published in September 1996 by Penguin Books

Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...

 in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for the 1997 Ditmar Award

Ditmar Award

The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...

 for best long fiction but lost to Lucy Sussex

Lucy Sussex

Lucy Sussex is a fantasy and science fiction author, editor, academic and teacher currently residing in Melbourne, Australia.She is often associated with feminist science fiction.-Personal life:...

' The Scarlet Rider. Dream Weavers features 13 stories from 13 authors. One of the stories, "The Sword of God

The Sword of God (novelette)

-Background:"The Sword of God" was first published in Australia in 1996 in Paul Collins' Dream Weavers by Penguin Books. It was published alongside 12 other stories by the authors Tony Shillitoe, Melinda Ross, Sean McMullen, Jane Routley, Cadmus Evans, Shannah Jay, Howard Goldsmith, Paul Collins,...

" by Russell Blackford

Russell Blackford

Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, based for many years in Melbourne, Victoria. He was born in Sydney, and grew up in Lake Macquarie district, near Newcastle, NSW. He moved to Melbourne in 1979, but returned to Newcastle to live and work in 2009.-Writing career:As a...

 won both the 1996 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story

Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...

 and the 1997 Ditmar Award

Ditmar Award

The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...

 for best Australian short fiction. Another story "At the Edge of the Sea" by Keith Taylor

Keith Taylor (author)

Keith John Taylor is an Australian science fiction and fantasy writer.-Biography:Born in Tasmania, Taylor now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Getting his start in Ted White's Fantastic magazine, Taylor went on to collaborate with Andrew J. Offutt on two novels based upon the Robert E. Howard...

 was a short-list nominee for the 1996 Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story but lost to Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Jane Carmody is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature.-Biography:Carmody began work on the highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles at the age of fourteen...

's "Green Monkey Dreams

Green Monkey Dreams

"Green Monkey Dreams" is a 1996 fantasy short story by Isobelle Carmody.-Background:"Green Monkey Dreams" was first published in 1996 in a collection of Isobelle Carmody's short stories entitled Green Monkey Dreams by Penguin Books under their Viking Press imprint. It was featured alongside 13...

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Contents

• Introduction by Paul Collins
  Paul Collins (fantasy writer)
  Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...
  
  
• "The Innkeeper", novelette by Tony Shillitoe
  Tony Shillitoe
  Tony Shillitoe started writing professionally in 1992 when Pan Macmillan published the novel Guardians, the first of the successful Andrakis fantasy series, recently republished by Altair Books Pty Ltd under new titles with some minor editorial alterations...
  
  
• "The Scribe of a Hundred Lies", short story by Melinda Ross
• "Lucky Jonglar", short story by Sean McMullen
  Sean McMullen
  Sean Christopher McMullen is an Australian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:McMullen has a degree in physics and history from Melbourne University , a postgraduate degree in library and information science, and a PhD in Medieval Literature...
  
  
• "The Empty Quarter", short story by Jane Routley
  Jane Routley
  Jane Routley is an Australian writer of fantasy fiction.-Biography:Routley was born in Melbourne, Australia. In 1996 Routley's first book was released in the U.S., entitled Mage Heart which is the first book in the Mage Heart series. She has since released two more novels in the series. In 2000 all...
  
  
• "The Weakest Link", short story by Sean McMullen (as Roger Wilcox)
• "Sunchosen", short story by Cadmus Evans
• "Walk the Wildwoods", novelette by Shannah Jay
• "Dream Weaver", short story by Howard Goldsmith and Paul Collins
• "The Keystone", novelette by Isobelle Carmody
  Isobelle Carmody
  Isobelle Jane Carmody is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature.-Biography:Carmody began work on the highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles at the age of fourteen...
  
  
• "Princess Melodia and the White Catherine", novelette by Beverley MacDonald
• "The Sword of God
  The Sword of God (novelette)
  -Background:"The Sword of God" was first published in Australia in 1996 in Paul Collins' Dream Weavers by Penguin Books. It was published alongside 12 other stories by the authors Tony Shillitoe, Melinda Ross, Sean McMullen, Jane Routley, Cadmus Evans, Shannah Jay, Howard Goldsmith, Paul Collins,...
  
  ", novelette by Russell Blackford
  Russell Blackford
  Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, based for many years in Melbourne, Victoria. He was born in Sydney, and grew up in Lake Macquarie district, near Newcastle, NSW. He moved to Melbourne in 1979, but returned to Newcastle to live and work in 2009.-Writing career:As a...
  
  
• "The Crypt of Fleeting Hope", novelette by Ian Hayward Robinson
• "At the Edge of the Sea", novelette by Keith Taylor
  Keith Taylor (author)
  Keith John Taylor is an Australian science fiction and fantasy writer.-Biography:Born in Tasmania, Taylor now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Getting his start in Ted White's Fantastic magazine, Taylor went on to collaborate with Andrew J. Offutt on two novels based upon the Robert E. Howard...