agog! press is pleased to announce a second anthology of new fantastic fiction planned for launching at the National SF Convention in 2003. The aim of agog! Fantastic Fiction 2 is, as it was for the first anthology, to bring together exciting, compulsively readable stories in the fantastic genres of SF, horror and general fantasy. The central criteria are quality, excitement and fun. We want stories which engage the imagination, maintain a thrilling pace, and rocket the reader into an astounding world of speculative imagination. Think of the sort of excitement once generated by the pulp SF magazines! No bottom-drawer duds, please. agog! wants quality. The stories we're looking for might be newly created for the anthology, or may be languishing in your filing cabinet for want of a sympathetic editor. But either way, they must be well-written and pacey, with an imaginative compulsion that leaves us thoroughly agog! See the first anthology if you want to get an idea of what we're after. It will be launched at Convergence, the National SF convention, to be held in Melbourne in June 2002. Reading period: from March 2002 through to the end of September 2002. The second agog! anthology is open to all Australian residents, but there is a strictly limited reading period. Stories received outside this period (except by prior arrangement) will not be considered. Manuscript submission: must be by mail and include either SSAE, or an email address (if you're happy to get an electronic response). We will assume that manuscripts are disposable. Please use standard layout for your manuscript (single-sided, double-spaced, reasonable margins, clear type). Response time: we undertake to get back to you within eight weeks of receiving your manuscript. You will receive either a polite and respectful rejection or notification that your story is on the shortlist. Final decision on the contents of the anthology will be made by the end of the year. Word length: up to about 10,000 words. Your chances are maximised with stories below 6000 words, but we will be after quality and if you can keep us agog! through to the maximum length, then you'll be in. At least one big story grabbed us for inclusion in the first anthology. Payment: at least $20. We hope to be able to increase this in future. You will also receive one contributor's copy of the finished anthology, with an option of purchase further copies at a special contributor's rate. Rights assigned: first Australian rights. We require that subsequent publication of stories will not take place until one year after the agog! publication date, and that agog! be acknowledged.