The collection contains the following stories:

• The Future Gun by Shane M Brown
• Things of Beauty by Susan Wardle
• Sacrifice for the Nation by Monica Carroll
• Woman Train by Kaaron Warren
• Bakemono by Maxine McArthur
• The Fallen by Mik Bennett
• The Returned Soldier by Siobhan Bailey
• Awakening the Spirit by Kylie Seluka
• Twisted Beliefs by Cory Daniells
• Blue Stars for All Saviors' Day by Cat Sparks
• $ave G@1axy F@$t! by Steven Cavanagh
• Holding Out for a Hero by Tansy Rayner Roberts
• Watcher by Ross Hamilton
• An Offer Too True To Be Good by Andrew Sullivan
• The Mudfish Goddess by A.M. Muffaz
• The Rubbish Witch by Lily Chrywenstrom
• The Little Wooden Flute by Robert Hoge
• On The Way to Habassan by Richard Harland
• Lead Us Out of the Wilderness by David L Kok
• Mine by Martin Livings

All stories are illustrated by Brian Smith. The cover art is by Les Petersen.

ISBN 0-9775192-0-1

• Nor of Human
• Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs
• Elsewhere
• Encounters
• Gastronomicon
• The Grinding House
• Body of Work, a 2023 anthology edited by C. Z. Tacks

• CSFG home page
• Maxine McArthur home page
• Les Petersen home page
• Review of The Outcast at ASif!