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y separately published work icon Cracking the Spine : Ten Short Stories and How They Were Written anthology   short story   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Cracking the Spine : Ten Short Stories and How They Were Written
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Spineless Wonders , 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
An Australian Short Story, Ryan O'Neill , single work short story (p. 3-9)
How to Read an Australian Short Story, Ryan O'Neill , single work essay (p. 16-26)
Three Sisters, Maria Takolander , single work short story (p. 29-39)
Doubling Up : Finding Inspiration in Life and Literature, Maria Takolander , single work essay (p. 40-47)
What I Didn't Put in My Speech, Claire Aman , single work short story (p. 49-55)
Daydreaming is Never a Waste of Time, Claire Aman , single work essay (p. 56-62)
Cartography, Tony Birch , single work short story (p. 65-73)
A Hand of Friendship : Writing 'Cartography', Tony Birch , single work essay (p. 74-78)
My Abbr.d Life, Michael Giacometti , single work short story (p. 81-83)
The Madness or the Method, Michael Giacometti , single work essay (p. 84-92)
Good Rubbish, Andy Kissane , single work short story (p. 95-109)
Writing What You Do Not Know, Andy Kissane , single work essay (p. 110-115)
Wedlock, Marion Halligan , single work short story (p. 117-121)
Browsing Around in My Own Head, Marion Halligan , single work essay (p. 122-125)
Twilight in Caeli-Amur, Rjurik Davidson , single work short story science fiction
A man goes to gather some books from a powerful theorist’s wife, and finds out who really wrote those books.
 (p. 127-137)
In Defence of Slow Fantasy, Rjurik Davidson , single work essay (p. 138-143)
Nhill, Patrick West , single work short story (p. 145-153)
Writing 'Nhill' : The Short Story as Still Life, Patrick West , single work essay (p. 154-162)
Architecture, Jennifer Mills , single work short story (p. 165-174)
Surreal Privilege, Jennifer Mills , single work essay (p. 176-181)
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