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1 y separately published work icon Slinkies 2023 : New Writers under 30 Emma Wortley (editor), Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2023 26845943 2023 anthology short story

'Do Millennials deal with relationship break-ups any differently to the deities from Greek mythology? What would the natural world actually say if it were given a voice? Can grief really drive us crazy?

'Welcome to this diverse collection of contemporary stories from exciting new writers under 30 years of age. These stories play with genre, form and reader expectations, riffing on classic texts and popular culture to bring fresh insights into universal experiences.

'Contributors include Leo Alder, Alex Chan, Stephanie Downing, Alexandra Stephens, Jack Webster' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Slinkies 2022 Ch'aska Cuba de Reed (editor), Emma Wortley (editor), Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2022 24960797 2022 anthology short story

'A child discovers the terrible secret of the garden shed. New housing estates become battlefields. A werewolf returns to the loving arms of their family. Australia’s colonial history is recast with zombie penguins and contemporary life is haunted by prehistoric skulls and doppelgangers.

'The anthology includes bizarre, speculative and dystopic fiction by Brianna Bullen, Freyja Catron, Maz Howard, Patrick Taylor, Svetlana Sterlin and Nick van Buuren'  (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Slinkies Under 30 Emma Wortley (editor), Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014- 11449694 2014 series - publisher short story

A series of short prose works by Australian authors who were under thirty years of age at the time of publication.
1 Emma Wortley on S. D. Gentill, Chasing Odysseus Emma Wortley , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 72 no. 1 2012;
— Review of Chasing Odysseus Sulari Gentill , 2011 single work novel
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