A gruesome goat-fish carcass washes up on a beach. A colony mission to the Gamma Capricorni system goes horribly wrong. Friends compete in a race to survive the first Zodiac trial. CAPRICORN is a collection of twisted poems and dark stories inspired by this enigmatic Zodiac sign, as well as retellings of the myths behind the sign. The tales span multiple genres, including science fiction, horror, fantasy, dystopian and urban fantasy, and are told by some award-winning authors and new stars of the Australian and New Zealand speculative fiction scene.
LORD OF THE DEEP, by Marcus Turner
Magnus is a man besieged. A loser with no job and few aspirations, he has nonetheless caught the attention of a frightening and malevolent presence: a water-dwelling goat-like entity that torments Magnus with nightly visions of death and ruin. Following a sudden death in the family (that he himself predicted), Magnus discovers he has been gifted – or cursed – with a growing omniscience and other potent supernatural abilities: he is becoming a god. But how, and why?
As the visions and presence of the goat-creature grow more threatening, Magnus is drawn into the watery abyss between worlds – where he learns there are still so many secrets he does not know or understand, about the foundation of the universe and his new place within the cosmos. A battle between gods and even older primordial evils is about to begin, and the outcome won’t just determine the fate of Magnus’s soul – it will echo across eternity and reshape everything.
Marcus Turner 