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Contents
- Dealing With People, single work short story (p. 7-15)
- The Ride Is Over, single work short story (p. 16-20)
- La Fontana, single work short story (p. 21-27)
- Endless Fires, single work short story (p. 28-35)
- Word Count, single work short story (p. 36-41)
- Salome Never Would, single work short story (p. 42-48)
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Acupuncture for Turtles,
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)
-
House-Moving,
single work
short story
(p. 57-63)
Note: As 'House Moving'.
- The Man in the Grey Suit, single work short story (p. 64-68)
- Swan Song, single work short story (p. 69-72)
- Elizabeth, single work short story (p. 73-79)
- Software, Hardware, Underwear, single work short story (p. 80-90)
- Calculations, single work short story (p. 91-95)
- Tumbling Olives, single work short story (p. 96-103)
- Woodcutter, single work short story (p. 104-112)
- Grandma's Bones, single work short story (p. 113-122)
- The Blow In, single work short story (p. 123-131)
- City Girls, single work short story (p. 132-140)
- Spiders, single work short story (p. 141-146)
- Skinned Alive, single work short story (p. 147-154)