"The Dark Road" (short story)

 
From Legends of Australian Fantasy
First published: June 1 2010
Australia: HarperCollins, 2010
 
Celebrate the legends of Australian fantasy. Extraordinary voices ... extraordinary worlds.
Come to Erith, to a faerie tale with a sting, or to Obernewtyn, long before the Seeker was born. Revisit a dark pocket of history for the Magician′s Guild or get caught up in the confusion of an endlessly repeating day in the Citadel. Cross the wall, where Charter magic is all that lies between you and death. A trip with a graverobber can be gruesome, and it′s hard to share the fear of a woman who must kill her husband if her child is to rule ...
A mysterious tale plays out in Sevenwaters. Catch up with Ros and Adi as they prepare for the greatest change of all. Other twists in these fabulous tales bring us to demonic destiny and an alternate WWII.
 
Reviews:
These eleven short novels will take you on amazing new journeys with favourite characters from the worlds you know and love ... ′this is a book to savour, treasure, re-read′ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD on THE LOCUS AWARDS, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Charles N. Brown
′at once quintessentially Australian and enticingly other. If you read short fiction you′ll want this collection. If you don′t, this is a reason to start′ BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER on DREAMING AGAIN, edited by Jack Dann