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Spider Town single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 Spider Town
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Overland no. 29 Autumn 1964 Z589489 1964 periodical issue 1964 pg. 4-10

Works about this Work

The Chance to Edit Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2017;

'‘Spider Town’, Frank Moorhouse’s first published short story, appeared in Overland #29, autumn 1964.

'We’ve rescued it from the archives, because Frank is keen for it to find new audiences, and also because there is one change he wishes he could make. We’ve given him the opportunity here, by republishing the story below, along with his marked-up correction.

'We’re also giving readers the opportunity to edit the story – to tweak, comment on, alter, transform, to even create new endings and back stories.' (Introduction)

The Chance to Edit Frank Moorhouse Frank Moorhouse , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2017;

'‘Spider Town’, Frank Moorhouse’s first published short story, appeared in Overland #29, autumn 1964.

'We’ve rescued it from the archives, because Frank is keen for it to find new audiences, and also because there is one change he wishes he could make. We’ve given him the opportunity here, by republishing the story below, along with his marked-up correction.

'We’re also giving readers the opportunity to edit the story – to tweak, comment on, alter, transform, to even create new endings and back stories.' (Introduction)

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