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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Acupuncture for Turtles : A Selection of Award-Winning Stories from the Katherine [sic] Susannah Prichard Short Fiction Competition 1988-2002
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Perth, Western Australia,:Black Swan Press , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dealing With People, Kevin Osborne , single work short story (p. 7-15)
The Ride Is Over, Kelly Pattison , single work short story (p. 16-20)
La Fontana, Rose van Son , single work short story (p. 21-27)
Endless Fires, Richard Pitchforth , single work short story (p. 28-35)
Word Count, Susan Laura Sullivan , single work short story (p. 36-41)
Salome Never Would, Jean Versace , single work short story (p. 42-48)
Acupuncture for Turtles, Pat Skinner , single work short story

I miss his arms the most. I miss being inside the magic turtle-shape Massi would make to protect me, a golden-armed green-jumpered turtle. I was safe then, his little rabbit sister, and now I will climb up the headland with Ruby and ask Gamera the Mighty to bring Massi back. I wrap Ruby in a silk scarf and tuck her tenderly in my backpack, look briefly around my bedroom, my burrow. There are no posters on my walls, no silverchair, Thorpedo or Johnny Depp, whom I secretly adore, no idols hanging on my walls, where they would have to squirm and try not to grimace at the sight of my twisted smile. Every week I send Johnny Depp a bouquet of silver invisible roses, tied with a frothy organza ribbon, but if Massi suspects that I do this, he has never said anything; he has kept my secret, as he keeps all my secrets and sorrows, safe beneath his shell. I close the door, go downstairs...

(Source: Informit)

(p. 49-56)
House-Moving, Patrick West , single work short story (p. 57-63)
Note: As 'House Moving'.
The Man in the Grey Suit, Kevin Gillam , single work short story (p. 64-68)
Swan Song, Anna Gibbs , single work short story (p. 69-72)
Elizabeth, Tanya Dalziell , single work short story (p. 73-79)
Software, Hardware, Underwear, Jo Buckle , single work short story (p. 80-90)
Calculations, Darrell Pitt , single work short story (p. 91-95)
Tumbling Olives, Joy Kilian , single work short story (p. 96-103)
Woodcutter, David Cohen , single work short story (p. 104-112)
Grandma's Bones, Patricia L. O'Neill , single work short story (p. 113-122)
The Blow In, Frances G. Overheu , single work short story (p. 123-131)
City Girls, Carole Johnson , single work short story (p. 132-140)
Spiders, Carolyn Bell , single work short story (p. 141-146)
Skinned Alive, Christine Owen , single work short story (p. 147-154)

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