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1 Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bluff? Melissa Howard , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2016;
1 Now No-One Here Is Alone : Two Days in the Court of Family Violence Melissa Howard , 2016 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 75 no. 3 2016; (p. 57-63) Meanjin Online 2016; The Best Australian Essays 2017 2017; (p. 186-196)

'Everyone here in the waiting area of the Family Violence Court Division of the Magistrates Court is playing a game. It's called Bad Guy or Victim? Women are curled on chairs, glassy-eyed and stunned, their family and friends dozing beside them, while men pace up and down in righteous indignation, or sit texting furiously.' (Introduction)
1 Just Love the Boys Melissa Howard , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sleepers Almanac X 2015; (p. 13-28)
1 Other People’s Daughters Melissa Howard , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , 11 July no. 211.5 2013;
1 The Beginner’s Guide to Travelling with Children Melissa Howard , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 33 2012; (p. 153-164)
1 Fences Melissa Howard , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 32 2011; (p. 129-133)
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