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Australian Short Stories [#55, 1996] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing, cover by Bronwyn Jones & Cate Mills) This issue was edited by students of the RMIT Diploma of Arts, Professional Writing and Editing course, Department of Creative Media. This issue of Australian Short Stories is dedicated to the victims and the families of the Port Arthur tragedy, and to those Tasmanians killed in the previous massacres in that land. Details taken from AustLit. 7 · Sea Shells and Bottle Tops · Joy Dettman · ss 19 · You Can Fry an Egg on That · Keri-Ann Van Rooy · ss 22 · The Red Earth · M. P. French · ss 27 · Public Notice · Fabienne Bayet · ss 31 · The Release · Greg Bogaerts · ss 45 · Shade · Stuart Luijerink · ss 53 · Papa Montrose · Lachlann Stephens · ss 59 · Bird · Megan Wynne-Jones · ss 65 · Punch Drunk · Martin Lawrence · ss; crime 73 · The Village of Laughter and Tears · Peter Barry · ss 84 · Red Dog Veal Bird · Chas Savage · ss

Australian Short Stories [#56, 1996] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing, cover by Karen Trist & Stephen Grimwade) This issue was edited by students of the RMIT Diploma of Arts, Professional Writing and Editing course, Department of Creative Media. This issue of Australian Short Stories is dedicated to the memory of Lin Onus, to Tjandamurra O’Shane, with wishes for strength and courage in recovery; and to Lyn Harwood and Bruce Pascoe, with heartfelt thanks. Details taken from AustLit. 9 · As Long as a Man · Joy M. Adams · ss 12 · Departures · Anita Kaleb · ss 15 · Diving · Wendy James · ss 20 · Evening at Home · Avril Caney · ss 25 · Family Matters · Colleen Isaac · ss 41 · The Boy, the Moon and the Speed of Light · Bart Alder · ss 51 · Chariot Racing at Woolworths, Dickson · Nick Smith · ss 58 · Parting Wild Horse’s Mane · Anthony Lynch · ss 65 · The Winner · Valentina Hazell · ss 75 · Compassion Fatigue · James Morrison · ss 79 · Fire · Louise D’Arcy · ss 84 · One of the Worst · Ruth Dixon · ss 89 · The Eggs of Poor Men · Bruce Pascoe · ss

Australian Short Stories [#57, 1997] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing, cover by Wayne Ashton) This issue of Australian Short Stories is dedicated to Mick Dodson and John Hanrahan. Details taken from AustLit. 7 · Playing Madame Mao · Lau Siew Mei · ss; illustrated by Judy Dunn 20 · Steam and Mrs Pulsipher · Robin Walton · ss 32 · A Handful of Beans · John Clark · ss 47 · Lust · Janis Spehr · ss 57 · The Corally Queen · Angela Malone · ss; illustrated by Lydia Robertson-Smith 64 · The Affiliated Sheep Dogs and Cattle Worker’s Union · Raymond Penny · ss 68 · Living Life to the Max · Patrick A. T. White · ss 75 · Two Rivers · G. W. Robinson · ss 81 · The Children Came Back · Bruce Pascoe · bg

Australian Short Stories [#58, 1997] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing, cover by Lin Onus) This issue of Australian Short Stories is dedicated to Patrick Dodson and Sir William Deane. Details taken from AustLit. 15 · The Meeting · Peter Oustabasidis · pm 17 · The Electricity Man · Celestine Pitt · ss 21 · Pickers · G. W. Robinson · ss 28 · Old Dogs and Ruckmen · Jim Ewing · ss; illustrated by Leigh Hobbs 38 · The Allotment · Fran Ross · ss 48 · Black Thumb Bert · Jolly Read · ss 50 · Mushrooming · Janis Spehr · ss; illustrated by Mary Newsome 53 · On That Hill · Momo Kapor & Ilona Palmer · ss 57 · Holiday · Bon-Wai Chou · ss 68 · To Kill · Stuart Luijerink · ss 80 · Ants · Alfred Marks · ss

Australian Short Stories [#59, 1997] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing, cover by David Malangi) This issue of Australian Short Stories is dedicated to Kathy Freeman and John Wood-Ingram. Details taken from AustLit. 6 · In a Time Made Simple · David Hutchison · nv 29 · Lockhart People · Ronald Clayton · ss 39 · A Hundred Maybe More · Marian Hookham · ss 42 · Bob Geldof’s Socks · M. J. Hyland · ss 50 · Resting in God’s Car · Jenny Ledgar · ss 56 · Table Talk · Graham Sheil · ss 65 · A Little Old Lady at the End of the World · Renn Barker · ss; illustrated by Judy Dunn 72 · Badessa Madre Antonia · Slobodan Novak & Ilona Palmer · ss 77 · The Singing · G. W. Robinson · ss 83 · The Deep End · Michael McGirr · ss; illustrated by Miles Pigdon 89 · The Cleaner Wrasse and the Moray Eel · Jane Downing · ss

Australian Short Stories [#60, 1997] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing, cover by Pat Shannon) This issue of Australian Short Stories is dedicated to those anonymous young mothers who died in car accidents in 1997 and whose work for the community has gone unacknowledged by the world press. Details taken from AustLit. 6 · Jewish Geography · Charles Edelman · ss 13 · The Ring · Alan Knapp · ts 23 · Totems · Marie-Narelle Sullivan · ss; illustrated by Irena Sibley 31 · Samoa: The Heart of Paradise · Anita Heiss · ss 32 · Leon Carmen · Anita Heiss · pm 33 · The Communist · Miljenko Jergovich & Ilona Palmer · ss 37 · As I Saw It · Ilona Palmer · ss 45 · To Drink the Mountain Waters · David Hutchison · ss 52 · The Procession · Andrew Pritchard · ss 59 · The Bull Story · Raymond Penny · ss 66 · Half-Brothers, Cold Beaches · Matt Zurbo · ss 73 · The Terrible Girls · Janis Spehr · ss 74 · Little Jamie · Brad Gill · ss; illustrated by Jiri Tibor Novak 91 · Autumn Catch · Carolyn McFarlane · ss

Australian Short Stories [#61, 1998] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing, cover by Elizabeth Witham) Youth issue of Australian Short Stories presented in conjunction with LOUD, 1st National Media Festival of Youth Culture and the Arts, January 1998. This issue is dedicated to Youth. Details taken from AustLit. 5 · The Thinker · Craig Ensor · ss 15 · Taxi Driver · Craig Ensor · ss 21 · A Bone-Cage of Butterflies · Andrea Moss · ss; illustrated by Jack Pascoe 30 · A Day on the Mission · Donna Abrahams · ss 39 · Chaotic Attractors · Winnie Salamon · ss 44 · Quartet · Aimee Tse · ss 51 · This Bloke Zippo · Ben Guice · ss 57 · Susannah’s Musical Journey Towards True Love · Claire Thomas · ss 65 · Black Head · Thuy On · ss 70 · Shave · Lisa Gerlach · ss; illustrated by Sarah Wentzki 74 · The Books My Father Wrote · Christine Balint · ss 76 · Budding Wings · Jessie Huon · ss; illustrated by Sara Gross 85 · Damn You Little Man · Anita Pragasam · ss 88 · A Small Hope · Melanie Duckworth · ss

Australian Short Stories [#62, 1998] ed. Bruce Pascoe (Pascoe Publishing) Details taken from AustLit. 1 · Fragment of a Childhood · Judith Lukin-Amundsen · ss 9 · Little Sheilas · Janis Spehr · ss 17 · Bird O Circle · Gillian Mears · ss 31 · Men and Women · Chris Womersley · ss 37 · Reproduction in the Animal World · Michael Richards · ss 47 · Up River · Barbara Flowers · ss 55 · And Gods Have Mercy · Elizabeth Kwan · ss 61 · Athens to Patras · B. W. Shearer · ss 65 · Derek Always Goes Slops · Leonid Storm · ss 73 · Drowned Man at a Bridge · Merle Stewart · ss 85 · The Harbinger · Kim Downs · ss; mystery 98 · Farewell Australian Short Stories · Bruce Pascoe & Lyn Harwood · ed

Australian Short Stories [#63, 1999] (Mooltan Press) This issue is dedicated to Ruth and Barry - tireless supporters of the arts. Details taken from AustLit. 1 · Grace · Jessie Huon · ss 17 · The Sea Eagle and the Toad · Greg Bogaerts · ss 27 · Waiting for Meg · Jo-Ann Simmons · ss 31 · Glass · Josh Gordon · ss 39 · The Nabakov Affair · Paul Collins · ss; science fiction horror 55 · Song of the Southern Sky · Emma Farley · ss 65 · The Grand-Daughter of Kitty Larrikin · Mary Wickham · ss 72 · Simon Says Dave Is · Helen Fry · ss 77 · Everything Is Dripping · Paul McKnight · ss 83 · The Man Who Met Raymond Carver · Ian Wilkinson · ss 93 · The Sad Donkey · Natasha Cho · ss

Australian Short Stories [#64, 1999] (Mooltan Press) Details taken from AustLit. 1 · Drip Drip Drip · Mark O’Flynn · ss 5 · About My Brother · Lyn Meads Wilson · ss 13 · Snowing Wattle · Joy Kilian · nv 35 · Site 17 · Alison Gibbs · ss 45 · The Star of the Sea · Andrew Pippos · ss 53 · Waiting for the Rain · Stephen Reyne · ss 57 · A Bad Taste in the Mouth · Jean Haughton · ss 63 · Dreams Shatter at 45 RPM · Norm Guthartz · ss 69 · Pickers · Ruth Sparrow · ss 75 · Wattlebird Blues · Andrea Mayes · ss 81 · Lady of the Martyrs · David Hutchison · ss 87 · The Young American · Yvette Walker · ss 91 · The Thief · Phil Doyle · ss

Australian Short Stories [#65, 2000] (Mooltan Press) Although this was to be the final publication of Australian Short Stories, there was no indication, in the issue, of the imminent demise of the periodical. Details taken from AustLit. 6 · The Friends of Carl Rigby · Andrew Preston · ss 12 · A Tide of Events · Ann Howard · ss 20 · Professors Nil · Alfred Marks · ss 40 · Blood · Josh Gordon · ss 46 · The Great White Hunt · Anjana Basu · ss 58 · The Sweet Miracle · Joe Cettolin · ss 64 · The Encore · Sander Galle · ss 72 · You’ll Never Leave Here · Greg Bogaerts · ss 82 · Good Stroke Technique · Daniel Donahoo · ss 88 · Hole in the Ground · Pam Baker · ss 96 · Wake on Little Bourke Street · David Meiklejohn · ss

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal    (about) The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal was a monthly journal published in Melbourne between 1882-1884. 15% fiction, 100% Australian content, 100% female authors, most of whom used pseudonyms. Unfortunately, vol 1 (1882) is missing from the Nat Lib. Details supplied by James Doig.

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #1, April 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 391 · A Flinders Lane Romance [Part ? of ?] · Indi · sl 391 · A Phantasy · Anon. · pm 396 · Auster - A Fragment · J. H. · pm 397 · Retribution [Part ? of ?] · Castalia · sl 399 · The Song of the Exiles · Anon. · pm 400 · Those Awful Slippers · Alfra · ss 407 · Better than Gold · Sunflower · vi 411 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #2, June 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 451 · A Letter from the Sea · G. G. M’C. · pm 451 · A Flinders Lane Romance [Part last of ?] · Anon. (by Indi) · sl 455 · The Weir · J. H. · pm 455 · Retribution [Part ? of ?] · Castalia · sl 460 · Harold Dane’s Legacies [Part 1 of 2] · C. H. · sl 463 · The Mysteries of Roselands · Icneoral · ss 469 · The Two Sisters · Anon. · vi 469 · The Squirrels · Agnes · pm 472 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 479 · A Fashionable Bride · Anon. · vi

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #3, July 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 481 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 1 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 481 · Be a Woman · Anon. · pm 485 · Retribution [Part ? of ?] · Castalia · sl 489 · Australian Diamonds · F. G. Holden · pm 489 · Harold Dane’s Legacy [Part 2 of 2] · Vera · sl 493 · Ned’s Wife [Part 1 of 2] · Chloe · sl 494 · The Pleasures of Poetry · F. W. Scrivenor · pm 501 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 507 · The Broken China Figure · Icneoral · ss

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #4, August 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 511 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 2 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 511 · Victoria · Anon. · pm 516 · Retribution [Part ? of ?] · Castalia · sl 520 · Ned’s Wife [Part 2 of 2] · Chloe · sl 520 · Severed · C. H. · pm 523 · Dolly Vincent’s Holiday [Part 1 of 5] · Alcyone · sl 527 · The Two Cities · J. H. · pm 534 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 539 · Ruth’s Funeral [Part 1 of 2] · Icneoral · sl

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #5, September 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 541 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 3 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 541 · In the Moonlight · Wild Wave · pm 545 · Oh, River Sad · F. S. Hunter · pm 545 · Dolly Vincent’s Holiday [Part 2 of 5] · Alcyone · sl 548 · Origin of the Forget-Me-Not · J. H. · pm 549 · Hope Morton [Part 1 of 9] · Ruby · sl 552 · Winsome May · Native · pm 552 · Bessie [Part 1 of 3] · Anon. · sl 561 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 567 · Helen, Duchess of Orleans [Part 1 of 3] · Anon. · sl 569 · Ruth’s Funeral [Part 2 of 2] · Icneoral · sl

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #7, October 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 571 · The Soft Answer · O. · pm 571 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 4 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 575 · Bessie [Part 2 of 3] · Anon. · sl 577 · What Art Though, Love? · F. S. Hunter · pm 578 · Dolly Vincent’s Holiday [Part 3 of 5] · Alcyone · sl 581 · Hope Morton [Part 2 of 9] · Ruby · sl 583 · The Death of the Native Chief · J. Hood · pm 584 · The History of a Pail of Milk [Part 1 of 2] · F. S. Hunter · sl 592 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 599 · Helen, Duchess of Orleans [Part 2 of 3] · Anon. · sl 600 · Like a Fairy Godmother · Icneoral · ss

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #8, November 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 603 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 5 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 607 · Bessie [Part 3 of 3] · Anon. · sl 611 · Hope Morton [Part 3 of 9] · Ruby · sl 611 · Spirit Longings · F. S. Hunter · pm 614 · The History of a Pail of Milk [Part 2 of 2] · F. S. Hunter · sl 614 · Wedding Day · M. J. P. · pm 616 · The Old Bachelor · Anon. · pm 619 · Dolly Vincent’s Holiday [Part 4 of 5] · Alcyone · sl 626 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 630 · Helen, Duchess of Orleans [Part 3 of 3] · Anon. · sl

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #9, December 1, 1883] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 635 · Our Christmas Stockings · Chloe · ss 636 · A Life Sacrifice [Part 1 of 5] · Vera · sl 636 · A Mountain Rose · J. H. · pm 639 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 6 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 642 · Unforgotten · Alcyone · pm 643 · Dolly Vincent’s Holiday [Part 5 of 5] · Alcyone · sl 646 · Hope Morton [Part 4 of 9] · Ruby · sl 653 · A Land of the Fern · J. H. · pm 655 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 661 · Poem in three cantos · Anon. · pm 662 · First Prize · Florence A. Fuller · pm 662 · Second Prize · Audley J. Shiels · pm 663 · Two Christmas Trees · Icneoral · ss

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #10, January 1, 1884] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 667 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 7 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 667 · A Glad New Year · J. H. · pm 671 · A Life Sacrifice [Part 2 of 5] · Vera · sl 674 · The Dog Rocks, Leigh River · J. H. · pm 674 · Hope Morton [Part 5 of 9] · Ruby · sl 677 · The Dawning Year · F. S. Hunter · pm 677 · My Sister Effie · Orita · ss 680 · Happiness · A. T. L. · pm 680 · Our New Year’s Holiday · Chloe · ss 681 · The Old Old Story · A. T. L. · pm 686 · Colonial Sketches [Part ? of ?] · Anon. · sl 692 · Among the Ferns · Icneoral · ss

The Australian Woman’s Magazine and Domestic Journal [v2 #11, February 1, 1884] (quarto, 6d, 32pp) Details supplied by James Doig. 695 · A Wish · A. T. L. · pm 695 · Through the Shadows: An Australian Story [Part 8 of 14] · A. Chesney · sl 699 · A Life Sacrifice [Part 3 of 5] · Vera · sl 703 · Market Day - A Country Girl · J. H. · pm 703 · Hope Morton [Part 6 of 9] · Ruby · sl 704 · Heidelberg · F. S. Hunter · pm 705 · Two Puppies · F. S. Hunter · pm 706 · Naughty Willie · H. B., Sen. · pm 706 · Memories · Anon. · pm (r) 711 · In Our Wards · Australienne · ss 713 · Colonial Sketches: Queen Charlotte · Mallee Milby · ss