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Julie E. Czerneda is an award-winning science fiction author. Among her works are In the Company of Others, winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel, and To Trade the Stars, Julie also edited the Wonder Zone series, science fiction anthologies that teach science concepts to younger readers.

Genevieve Kierans has never done things half-way, with multiple careers as a ballerina, actress, journalist and theatre critic. For almost 17 years she ran her own PR firm, specializing in publicity for film and TV. Kierans is a graduate of the Clarion Workshop and is the author of the award-winning "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Lady of Land's End." Her continuing battle with ALS limits her to typing with only one finger. Despite that, Genevieve was happy to take time from her writing Mythspring.

Aurora Award - Best Work in English (Other), Nominee 2007

Aurora Award - Best Short-Form Work in English finalist for:

A Special Introduction
By Julie E. Czerneda

Mirror, Mirror
By Genevieve Kierans
A modern tale based on song lyrics and a mirror that may just be magic.

Windigo
By Mark Ladouceur
A "Windigo" is what lies behind this particular story.

All the Cool Monsters at Once
By James Alan Gardener
Begins at Lake Okanagan and features an appearance by Ogopogo.

Over Lunar White
By Lorne Kates
This tale leads us astray in the depths of the Toronto subway system.

Under Summons
By Tanya Huff
Go on a marine expedition in the St. Lawrence Islands National Park, where one of the explorers is a cat.

Walking With Wolves
By Alison Baird
This story is based on a French Canadian folk tale and revolves around the Loup Garou, otherwise known as a werewolf.

This is the Ice Age
By Claude Lalumière
A tale inspired by a Martha and the Muffins song.

Family Trees
By Fiona Patton
The setting is Lake Ontario and the "Marysburgh Vortex," Canada's version of the "Bermuda Triangle."

Over the Darkened Landscape
By Derryl Murphy
The story was inspired by the death and art of the Group of Seven artist, Tom Thomson.

After November
By Roben Goodfellow
This is a tale based on the ghost of a stone mason in Toronto.

The Harpy
By Lynda Williams
A tale of a siren and is inspired by a poem by Robert Service.

The Ghost of Watson's Mill is Online
By Daniel Archambault
A story about a popular Ontario ghost and computers.

This Ink Feels LikeSorrow
By Karin Lowachee
An Inuit tale.

Safe Passage
By Karina Somner-Smith
Another ghost story, this time set on the shores of Lake Huron

The Universal Soldier
By Charles de Lint

Another song-based tale set on a different lakeshore.

The Lady of Land's End
By Genevieve Kierans
Set in Gaspe Quebec.

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