In the State of Excitement by Paul J. Laverty
$27.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Surrounded by this much sand and sea, in a place where stifling 40-degree days are considered the norm — with an economy, infrastructure and political system which rests largely upon the whims of Eastern states bureaucrats over 3,000 kilometres away, many of whom have never bothered to make the four-ho ...Show more
The True Colour of the Sea by Robert Drewe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
An artist marooned on a remote island in the Arafura Sea contemplates his survival chances. He understands his desperate plight and the ocean's unrelenting power. But what is its true colour?A beguiling young woman nurses a baby by a lake while hiding brutal scars. Uneasy descendants of a cannibal victi ...Show more
Their Brilliant Careers: The Lives of Sixteen Remarkable Australian Writers by Ryan O'Neill
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Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Shortlisted for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award Absurd, original and highly addictive . . . In Their Brilliant Careers, Ryan O'Neill has written a hilarious novel in the guise of sixteen biographies of (invented) Australian writers. Meet Rachel Deverall, who discovered the secret source of th ...Show more
Povo by Adam Novaldy Anderson (Editor)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Thirty-seven writers from First Nations, migrant and refugee backgrounds reveal the true wealth and beauty of Australia’s cultural melting pots.Australia is often referred to as The Lucky Country — a land of economic opportunity and vast natural resources. But how does this myth square up against the tr ...Show more
Stories: The Collected Short Fiction by Helen Garner
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Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
This stylish paperback edition of Helen Garner's collected short fiction celebrates the work of one of Australia's most loved authors. These stories-that delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life-are all told with her characteristic sharpness of observation, ...Show more
Smokehouse by Melissa Manning
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A man watches a boy in a playground and pictures him in the grey wooden shed he's turned into a home. A woman's adopted mother dies, reawakening childhood memories and grief. A couple's decision to move to an isolated location may just be their undoing. A young woman forms an unexpected connection at a ...Show more
Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls by Anne Casey-Hardy
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Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Excitable girls rush out to meet life; what could go wrong? A masterful debut about the terrifying thrills of innocence from a voice of experience. Two fourteen year-old girls steal a baby from a shopping centre to play single mothers for the day. A gangster’s girlfriend wonders what to do with the pa ...Show more
Night Side of the River (Short Stories) by Jeanette Winterson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A modern and masterful collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson 'Always passionate and provocative' NEW STATESMAN 'A master of her material' VANITY FAIR 'The best living writer in this language' EVENING STANDARD Our lives are digital, exposed and always-on. ...Show more
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
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Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Global phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things, which includes a never-before published American Gods story, BLACK DOG. In this new volume, Nei ...Show more
Peripheral Vision by Paddy O’Reilly
$19.95 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
An outstanding new collection of stories from ‘a significant Australian talent’ (Australian) A teenager on the tram meets an old man claiming to be Jesus Christ. Six young women band together on a night prowl. A Filipino immigrant clashes with his eldest sister, who has brought him to Australia for a be ...Show more
An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw it: A John Murray Original by Jessie Greengrass
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Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
JM Originals is a new list for fresh and distinctive new writing; for books that provoke and entertain. The twelve stories in this startling collection range over centuries and across the world. There are stories about those who are lonely, or estranged, or out of time. There are hauntings, both literal ...Show more
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
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Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Meet the women of American Housewife... They smoke their eyes and paint their lips. They channel Beyoncé while doing household chores. They drown their sorrows with Chanel No. 5 and host book clubs where chardonnay trumps Charles Dickens. They redecorate. And they are quietly capable of kidnapping, brea ...Show more