This is My Blood, Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction
“Dreaming Again is chock-full of entertaining and thought-provoking short fiction. My favourite story is by new authors Ben Francisco and Chris Lynch: This is My Blood mixes a powerful combination of human religion, alien culture and first contact on an unknown planet in the distant future.” — George Williams, The Australian
The story receives an Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Selection, by Gardner Dozois (ed.), St Martin’s Griffin, 2009
The Pluripotentiary, The Devil in Brisbane
A Brisbane journalist undergoing experimental surgery is propositioned by Satan, a careful student of quantum physics.
The story is listed as recommended reading in The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy, Volume 2, by Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt (ed.), Mirrordanse Books, 2005
Requiem, unperformed. Shortlisted for the International Student Playscript Competition (2001) and the Queensland Premier’s Award for Drama (2001).
Drama. Cast: Two males, two females. A young man with a rapid ageing disease spends his final months living by a remote beach, drawing and collecting. His sister, a geneticist, desperately searches for a cure, unwilling to accept her sibling’s acceptance of his approaching death. About 1 hour 20 minutes.
Threshold, performed by Looking Glass Theatre, South East Queensland One Act festival circuit, 2001.
Gothic horror. Cast: Four females. Two teenagers holidaying in an old house unwittingly unleash the ghosts of two young sisters with very different agendas. About 25 minutes.
Möbius, unperformed. Shortlisted for the International Student Playscript Competition (2000).
Psychological thriller. Cast: Two males, two females. A psychological thriller about a serial killer tormenting his latest victim with philosophy turns ugly when divisions within the cast spill out on stage and the audience become participants in a hostage drama. About 1 hour 20 minutes.
The Grail, performed by Frontier Productions, South East Queensland One Act festival circuit, 1999.
Sci-fi/Fantasy. Cast: Three males, one female. A young man playing a virtual reality computer game set in a genre fantasy world becomes confused about what is real. About 40 minutes.
