"Once Giants Roamed the Earth" is a 2005 fantasy short story

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 by Rosaleen Love

Rosaleen Love

Rosaleen Love is an Australian science journalist and writer. She has a PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Melbourne. She has written works on the Great Barrier Reef and other science or conservation topics. She has also written science fiction, which has been...

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Background

"Once Giants Roamed the Earth" was first published in 2005 in the anthology Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales

Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales

Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales is a 2005 speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen.-Background:Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales was first published in Australia in 2005 by Agog! Press in hardback format. It won the 2006 Ditmar Award for best collected work. Daikaiju! Giant...

and the collection The Traveling Tide. Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales was edited by Robin Pen and Robert Hood

Rob Hood

Robert Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers. He has published five young adult novels, three collections of his short fiction, fifteen children's books and over 100 short stories in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas...

 and published by Agog! Press

Agog! Press

Agog! Press is an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. It was founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks....

. The Traveling Tide is a collection of stories by Rosaleen Love and was first published in May 2005 by Aqueduct Press

Aqueduct Press

Aqueduct Press is a publisher based in Seattle, Washington, United States which publishes material which features a feminist viewpoint.-History:...

. In 2006 it was republished in The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two, edited by Bill Congreve

Bill Congreve

-Biography:Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine. In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by...

 and Michelle Marquardt and published by MirrorDanse Books

MirrorDanse Books

MirrorDanse Books , founded in 1994, is one of Australia's longest running independent book publishers of science fiction and horror.MirrorDanse Books publishes the The Year's Best Australian SF & Fantasy anthology series, edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt...

. "Once Giants Roamed the Earth" was a joint winner for the 2005 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"...

 along with Richard Harland

Richard Harland

Richard Harland Richard Harland Richard Harland (born 15 January 1947 in Yorkshire is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970...

's "The Greater Death of Saito Saku

The Greater Death of Saito Saku

"The Greater Death of Saito Saku" is a 2005 fantasy short story by Richard Harland.-Background:"The Greater Death of Saito Saku" was first published in 2005 in Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales, edited by Robin Pen and Robert Hood and published by Agog! Press. It was published alongside 27 other...

". It was also a short-list nominee for the 2006 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 short story but lost to Kaaron Warren

Kaaron Warren

Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels.She is the author of the short story collections The Grinding House, which won the 2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards and Dead Sea Fruit...

's "Fresh Young Widow".