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The Prince of Darkness is a Gentleman

Janette Turner ...

On one night, the worst one, and the last one before Katie ran away, there were eighteen of those calls. They were not all the same. If our...

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Jet Lag

Catherine Ford

Martha Solburn, an American woman, plump and unaccustomed to vacations, eased herself out of a taxi into the late-August morning. Her...

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Normie's Father

Roger McDonald

The dominating men of Normie Powell’s childhood lived on winding dirt roads following the Trout River upstream to its source. Each was a...

The True Daughter

Danielle Wood

“Kate,” says Faye, “is a mezzo soprano. For which I am grateful, actually.” There is opera playing and it seems, to Tamsin, to occupy Faye’...

The Intervention

Nicholas Shakespeare

W. made his slow way up the steps into Am Sandwerder and accustomed his eyes to the light, uncertain whether the streaks in the sky...

Blind Date

Janette Turner ...

Though Peter, who is Lachlan’s best friend, is incensed by the special arrangements for the wedding, Lachlan himself does not care. All...

WORLD

Wild Dog

Julienne van Loon

The stray animal rounded the corner of Rose-dale Road and Thomas Street at a slow trot, his bony hips tilted slightly to give the effect of...

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