Authors: Short fiction
CULTURE
At the Condamine Crossroads Motel
Janette Turner ...
Meg parks right between the goal posts of the Welcome to Condamine sign. Small print below Condamine, white against green, announces:...
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CULTURE
This Helplessness
Steven Amsterdam
I’m afraid we don’t have a lot of choices for treatment here.” “You mean I don’t have a lot of choices?” “Yes.” “Then I’m the one who’s...
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CULTURE
Three Boys
Sonya Hartnett
He straightens from the grass and sees them immediately, already close, already seeing him, and he’s stunned he didn’t hear the danger...
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CULTURE
The Orange-bellied Parrot
Nicholas Shakespeare
Alison had never liked her grandmother, who lived alone in a big overheated apartment in Zurich, and so when Helen went into hospital after...
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CULTURE
Whirlpool
Cate Kennedy
“Mum says you better get inside right now.” Louise is already getting ready for the photo: she has one big hot-roller pinned to the top of...
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SOCIETY
'The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis' by Lydia Davis
Michelle de Kretser
In the United States, Lydia Davis has long been acclaimed for her experiments in short fiction. Elsewhere, she is best known as a...
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‘The Sleepers Almanac No. 4’ edited by Zoe Dattner & Louise Swinn
Zora Simic
Melbourne-based Sleepers Publishing has been steadily creating a well-deserved buzz around its annual collection of short fiction. Almanac...
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