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Fiona M. Carroll Fiona M. Carroll i(A32255 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: English
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1 Steps Fiona M. Carroll , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , September no. 11 (English) 2002; (p. 86-92)
1 As Sweet As You i "Sweet, this fruit,", Fiona M. Carroll , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , September no. 11 (English) 2002; (p. 65)
1 Dragonfly i "Late afternoon lapses into silence", Fiona M. Carroll , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Kalimat : An Australian-Arabic Literary Quarterly , September no. 3 (English) 2000; (p. 114)
1 Migration i "He will be older now", Fiona M. Carroll , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Kalimat : An Australian-Arabic Literary Quarterly , September no. 3 (English) 2000; (p. 113)
2 The Inheritance Fiona M. Carroll , 2000 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin : Fine Writing and Provocative Ideas , vol. 59 no. 2 2000; (p. 130-136)
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , December no. 8 2001; (p. 80-83)
1 Lydia Fiona M. Carroll , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 6 no. 2 1996; (p. 90-92) Westerly , Autumn vol. 42 no. 1 1997; (p. 46-50)

The narrator prepares her home at a shelter for the arrival of her new baby, Lydia, who was born with Down syndrome. She has two sons and an ex-husband who abused them and who continues to send threatening, pleading letters. The narrator recalls her childhood with her German family, who she was taken away from to a child home.
1 Graffiti Fiona M. Carroll , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 23 1996; (p. 55-59)
2 Scaling the Wall i "One day you will surprise me", Fiona M. Carroll , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Redoubt , no. 21 1995; (p. 72)
— Appears in: Kalimat : An Australian-Arabic Literary Quarterly , December no. 4 2000; (p. 92-93)
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