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Short Story
'Year of the Panda', a new story by Jonathan Tel
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Jonathan Tel
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'Butterfly as Metaphor' a new story by Heather Tucker
by
Heather Tucker
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'A Body of Water' a new story by Else Fitzgerald
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Else Fitzgerald
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'Slut Trouble', a new story by Beejay Silcox
by
Beejay Silcox
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'Help Me Harden My Heart' a new story by Dominic Amerena
by
Dominic Amerena
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'The Man I Should Have Married', a new story by Catherine Chidgey
by
Catherine Chidgey
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'The Fog Harvester' a new story by Marie Gethins
by
Marie Gethins
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'Contributory Negligence', a new story by Stevi-Lee Alver
by
Stevi-Lee Alver
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'Clear Midnight', a new story by Michael Caleb Tasker
by
Michael Caleb Tasker
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'What This Is', a new story by Allee Richards
by
Allee Richards
ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Jolley Prize 2010: 'Sleepers' by Cate Kennedy
by
Cate Kennedy
Fiction
'Hardflip', a new story by Mirandi Riwoe
by
Mirandi Riwoe
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'Joan Mercer's Fertile Head', a new story by S.J. Finn
by
SJ Finn
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'Break Character', a new story by Chloe Wilson
by
Chloe Wilson
Story of the Month
'Anything Remarkable', a new story by Josephine Rowe
by
Josephine Rowe
Fiction
'Supermarket Love'
by
Elleke Boehmer
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