Red Spikes

A wide-ranging and often hard-hitting collection, these ten tales stimulate response, contemplation and reaction. Larger-than-life characters, setting and scenarios combined with hihg-impact immediacy of effect and an ability to linger long in mind and imagination make these sure-fire and engaging winners weith even the most sceptical reader -- Jake Hope * The Bookseller *
Margo Lanagan's short stories take place in worlds not quite our own, and yet each one illuminates what it is to be human . . . Within fairly safe confines they do indeed surprise, they certainly intrigue and best of all, they show just exactly what can be done in the short story format -- Phil Hewitt
Hold on tightly and prepare to be amazed at what a brilliant writer can do in just a few short pages * Young Post *
These works demonstrate a powerful sense of the marvellous * Publishers Weekly *