"Verge", the short fiction anthology of Monash University, was first published in 2005, creating a space for emerging writers of Monash to showcase their best creative works in both short fiction and poetry. Edited by Monash English post-graduates Rosalind McFarlane and Samantha Clifford, this edition has opened submissions up to the wider literary community and will include new genres such as creative non-fiction, photography, comic and other visual arts. The theme for the anthology is inverse and is explored through diverse works focussing on ideas such as Australia's position in the world as the supposed upside-down country, the image of oneself in the mirror and the implied opposites / doubles, or things that are not usually considered poetic in verse. The anthology will be launched at the Melbourne Writers Festival in August.