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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... no. 38 2017 of Going Down Swinging est. 1980-1994 Going Down Swinging
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Mushrooms, Nicci Pearson , single work short story (p. 16-21)
The Beei"did it hurt when you discovered the bee had travelled", Isabella G. Mead , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
The Most Spectacular Trick, Jane Flett , single work short story (p. 24-37)
Horizonsi"This is what I remember of my childhood", Andy Connor , single work poetry (p. 38-45)
Sadvertising : The State of Feeling or Showing Sorrow while Trying to Make Your Way in Advertising, Ennis Cehic , single work essay

'We'd had enough of being called copywriters. At lunchtime we got together to discuss our plan. We decided to make a formal announcement at the end of the day and invited the rest of the agency to come into the reception area after 5 p.m. We let Jamie speak on our behalf because he was the most poetic of us all. We asked for our briefs to be called distillations. Lunches to be poetry readings. Meeting rooms to be named after our favourite wordsmiths. Brainstorms to be held in parks. Most of all, we wanted to stop writing calls to action. We wanted our audiences to contemplate and ruminate on the ideas we wrote about....' (Publication abstract)

 

 (p. 46-54)
Explaining Modern Dating to My Asian Mother, Sue-Ann Chan , single work prose (p. 56-59)
The Runner-up, Jared Shaffer , single work short story (p. 60-65)
Ungrounded, Radha O'Meara , single work prose
'When I woke, I was woozy and confused. The news reported a 5.5 rolling quake, centred deep below Cook Strait. I recalled a strange dream of the bed jumping, the lamp jumping, the walls jumping. My house was on a trampoline. Had it had actually happened?...' (Publication abstract)
 (p. 66-71)
Just until It's Readyi"'For as long as it needs'", Michael Louis Kennedy , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
Dance of the Nocturnals, Harry Goddard , single work short story (p. 74-83)
On the Guard's Decision to Shoot before She Rose Once Morei"He only really loved golf. Spent his life", Rafael S. W. , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
How to Build a Mountain, Ellen Coates , single work short story (p. 86-99)
Clickbait, Sheree Strange , single work short story (p. 100-108)
The Scheme, Belinda Hermawan , single work short story (p. 110-115)
When They Legalise Gay Marriagei"when they legalise gay marriage i will push scrolls of poetic manifestoes", 'Fury' , single work poetry (p. 116-119)
Hypatia, Adalya Nash Hussein , single work essay

'Hypatia is remembered first and foremost for her blood and her beauty. She was a philosopher and perhaps the greatest mathematician of her time in the late third and early fourth century CE. She was a prominent figure at the Library of Alexandria. She was the daughter of another mathematician, Theon, who's remembered through his annotations and commentaries on the key mathematical and astronomical texts coming to us from Euclid and Ptolemy...' (Publication abstract)

 

 (p. 120-125)
Bees, Ben Volchok , single work short story (p. 126-129)
Hello from Ekphrasis, Jake Davies , single work short story (p. 132-137)
The Yowie's Visit, Wayne Marshall , single work short story (p. 138-152)
Watching Six Seasons of The Nanny while My Long-term Relationship Slowly Fell Aparti"Watching six seasons of The Nanny while my long-term", Hera Lindsay Bird , Rachel Ang , single work poetry (p. 154-168)
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