"Weavers of Twilight" is a 2004 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 Louise Katz

Louise Katz

Louise Katz is an Australian writer of fantasy and young-adult fiction.-Biography:Katz was born in Canberra, Australia and attended art school in Adelaide. In 1996 Katz' first book was released in Australia, entitled Myfanwy's Demon. In 2001 she released her second novel entitled The Other Face of...

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Background

"Weavers of Twilight" was first published in 2004 in Agog! Smashing Stories

Agog! Smashing Stories

Agog! Smashing Stories is a 2004 speculative fiction anthology edited by Cat Sparks.-Background:Agog! Smashing Stories was first published in Australia in 2004 by Agog! Press in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best collected work at the 2005 Ditmar Awards but lost to Black...

, edited by Cat Sparks 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....

. It was published alongside 19 other stories by the authors 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...

, Paul Haines, Claire McKenna, Jeremy Shaw, Deborah Biancotti

Deborah Biancotti

-Biography:Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in Altair and won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. In 2001 she won the Ditmar Award for best new talent...

, Dirk Flinthart, 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...

, Bryn Sparks, Justine Larbalestier

Justine Larbalestier

Justine Larbalestier is an Australian young-adult fiction author. She is best known for the Magic or Madness trilogy: Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and Magic's Child...

, Kim Westwood

Kim Westwood

Kim Westwood is an Australian author born in Sydney and currently living in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory.She is an Aurealis Award winner and twice finalist for her short stories, a number of which have appeared in Years Best anthologies in Australia and the USA, as well as broadcast...

, Martin Livings

Martin Livings

Martin Livings is an Australian author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He has been writing short stories since 1990 and has been nominated for both the Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award...

, Grace Dugan, Ben Peek

Ben Peek

Ben Peek is an Australian author. His middle name is Michael.Peek's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Fantasy Magazine and Aurealis. His fiction has been reprinted in various Year's Best volumes...

, Marianne de Pierres

Marianne de Pierres

Marianne de Pierres is an Australian science fiction author. Born in Western Australia, she did her undergraduate studies at Curtin University in Perth and later studied a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of Queensland...

, 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...

, Simon Brown, Trent Jamieson

Trent Jamieson

-Biography:Jamieson was first published in 1994 with the short story "Threnody " which was published in the winter edition Eidolon. In 2003 Jamieson was nominated for the Ditmar Award for best professional achievement but lost to Jonathan Strahan. In 2005 Jamieson won the Aurealis Award for best...

, Brendan Duffy and Iain Triffitt. "Weavers of Twilight" joint-won the 2004 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 "Catabolic Magic

Catabolic Magic

"Catabolic Magic" is a 2004 fantasy short story by Richard Harland.-Background:"Catabolic Magic" was first published in April 2004 in Aurealis #32, edited by Keith Stevenson and published by Chimaera Publications. It was published alongside five other stories by the authors Paul Haines, Stephen...

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