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'Thirty years of silver blades, scarlet stains and the most elegant of heels.
'Thirty years of slipping in the knife, tightening the noose, measuring out the poison.
'Thirty years of whispered threats and tangled plots, of murder and mayhem.
For thirty years, the annual Scarlet Stiletto women's crime and mystery short story competition - run by Sisters in Crime Australia - has uncovered dreadful deeds, righteous revenge, deadly high-jinks and wicked shenanigans, all while shining a light on the emerging and seasoned talent of Australian women who've taken to a life writing crime.
'Celebrate this great competition's 30th anniversary with the gorgeous pearls that are the Scarlet Stiletto's First Prize winners, from 1994 to 2023, and discover why it's criminal what a girl has to do, to get a good read.' (Publication summary)
Contents
- In the Beginning, single work essay
- Everything $2 on This Rack, single work short story
- Habit, single work short story
- Luisa, single work short story crime
- Floating in a Live Circuit, single work short story
- Thursday Night at the Opera, single work short story
- Vermin, single work short story
- Dead Woman in the Water, single work short story crime
- Birthing the Demons, single work short story
- Pecking Order, single work short story crime
- Slasher's Return, single work short story crime
- Brought to Book, single work short story
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Dust Devils,
single work
short story
crime
A humorous story where dust is the weapon of choice.
- Mrs Wilcox's Milk Saucepan, single work short story crime
- Kill-Dead-Garten, single work short story crime
- Undeceive, single work short story
- Persia Bloom, single work short story crime
- Tallow, single work short story
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The Teardrop Tattoos,
single work
short story
crime
'In this award-winning short story set in Melbourne, Australia, an anonymous narrator is released from prison into public housing near a child care centre. When she receives a complaint about her dog, a restricted breed, she blames a mother whose infant attends the centre. Acquiring disguises from the local op shop, she stalks the mother and sets about plotting a terrible revenge for the loss of her dog.' (Publication summary)
- Shadows, single work short story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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In the Beginning
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Scarlet Stiletto : 30 Years of Mystery, Murder and Malice 2023;
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In the Beginning
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Scarlet Stiletto : 30 Years of Mystery, Murder and Malice 2023;
