In this issue of Australia's iconic Aurealis magazine, Nick Marone explores the themes longevity, self-determination, and the issue of disposable commodities in his poignant 'The House of Time'. Chris Catlin's does a clever science fictional rewrite of the classic Sisyphus myth in 'CSFS', while Grant Longstaff creeps us all out with the granddaddy of haunted forest stories, 'The Forest Abyss'.