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y separately published work icon The Sleepers Almanac X anthology   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Sleepers Almanac X
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'Every year for the past ten, the Sleepers editors have called for stories from around Australia - any length up to 10,000 words. The result is always a heartbreaking and hilarious combination of tales from established authors alongside emerging and completely new authors. Many Sleepers Almanac stories have gone on to be selected for the Best Australian Stories, a testament to the high quality of the stories in here. As this is the final Sleepers Almanac, this will become a collector’s edition.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Sleepers Publishing , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Pressure Okay, Jennifer Down , single work short story

'He heard the that the MTC was putting on Summer of the Seventeenth Doll . He remembered studying it, and he remembered Kirsten studying thirty years later. He phoned her and asked if she'd like to go. Or it could have been her idea. Maybe she'd sent him one of her text messages. A photo of the advertisement on the side of a tram and a stream of question marks, like one of those puzzles in the paper where you had to make meaning from two oblique images He didn't remember precisely what the play was about. Something about men attracted to strong light, the way the sugarcane grew straight, yearly pilgrimages. he bought the tickets anyway.' (Introduction)

(p. 1-12)
Just Love the Boys, Melissa Howard , single work short story (p. 13-28)
Lessons in Experimental Biology, Leticia Parish , single work short story (p. 29-46)
Space Monkeys Drink Tang, Eric Dando , single work short story (p. 47-62)
A Quiet Day on the Ilha, Daniel Harper , single work short story (p. 63-75)
Good Boy, Fikret Pajalic , single work short story (p. 76-91)
The Fat Girl in History, Julie Koh , single work short story (p. 93-108)
Archie and Nancy, Stephanie Barham , single work short story (p. 109-131)
The Trial of Hugo Moon, single work short story (p. 132-153)
The Most Amazing Thing, Alison Strumberger , single work short story (p. 155-162)
The Arizona Bar, Eleanor Limprecht , single work short story (p. 163-171)
Great Moments in Earth-Moving History, Michelle Wright , single work short story (p. 173-182)
Things That Grow, Melanie Cheng , single work short story (p. 183-188)
Headful of Bees, Chris Womersley , single work short story (p. 189-196)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Gay Lynch , single work short story (p. 197-210)
How to Program an Australian Short Story, Ryan O'Neill , single work short story (p. 211-214)
Undertow, Sophie Overett , single work short story (p. 215-226)
Chaotic Neutral, Jarryd Luke , single work short story (p. 227-250)
Twenty-Eight Steps, Laurie Steed , single work short story (p. 251-254)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Farewell to a Refreshing Source Owen Richardson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9-10 January 2016; (p. 22)

— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story
Review : The Sleepers Almanac X Jenni Kauppi , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 60)

— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story
Review : The Sleepers Almanac X David Sornig , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 429 2015; (p. 32)

— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story
Review : The Sleepers Almanac X David Sornig , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 429 2015; (p. 32)

— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story
Review : The Sleepers Almanac X Jenni Kauppi , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 60)

— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story
Farewell to a Refreshing Source Owen Richardson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9-10 January 2016; (p. 22)

— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story
Last amended 9 Dec 2015 13:53:04
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