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Pat Skinner Pat Skinner i(A32968 works by)
Born: Established: 1960 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 18 Aug 2008
Gender: Female
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1 Q-Fish Pat Skinner , single work short story
1 About to Rain Pat Skinner , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W , no. 19 2008; (p. 47-52)
1 Making Do i "Bedroom schemes are neutral now -", Pat Skinner , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Four W , no. 19 2008; (p. 16)
1 Buffer Zone Pat Skinner , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 2 2008; (p. 11-22)
1 Emerald Cities Pat Skinner , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: We All Need a Witness : UTS Writers' Anthology 2008; (p. 156-168) 40 : Forty Years of the UTS Writers' Anthology 2021; (p. 183-194)
1 Child with a Cockatoo Pat Skinner , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: What You Do and Don't Want : UTS Writers' Anthology 2007 2007; (p. 113-125)
1 The Naming of Cats Pat Skinner , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W , no. 18 2007; (p. 151-156)
1 Weeping Cedar Woman Pat Skinner , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 67 no. 1-2 2007; (p. 90-101)
1 Bookmarks Pat Skinner , 2006 single work prose
— Appears in: Four W , no. 17 2006; (p. 33-35)
1 3 y separately published work icon Brolga Pat Skinner , Charnwood : Ginninderra Press , 2006 Z1297956 2006 single work novel The novel's protagonist, ballet dancer Jared Kahler, is captivated by the image of the brolgas depicted in Sydney Long's painting, The Spirit of the Brolgas. His fascination becomes the motif for his journey into the tropics.
1 I Am a Child Pat Skinner , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 3 2005; (p. 132-139)
1 Drive By Pat Skinner , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W , no. 15 2004; (p. 65-74)
1 Snake Songs Pat Skinner , 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W , no. 14 2003; (p. 92-97)
1 Plastic Pat Skinner , 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 62 no. 1 2003; (p. 52-58)
1 Rock Flour Pat Skinner , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W , no. 13 2002; (p. 64-73)
1 3 y separately published work icon Spirit of the Rose Pat Skinner , Charnwood : Ginninderra Press , 2002 Z1031076 2002 selected work short story
1 Blaming Eucalyptus Pat Skinner , 2002 single work short story
1 Acupuncture for Turtles Pat Skinner , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 103-108) Acupuncture for Turtles : A Selection of Award-Winning Stories from the Katherine [sic] Susannah Prichard Short Fiction Competition 1988-2002 2005; (p. 49-56)

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...

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1 Brave New Bee Pat Skinner , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W , no. 12 2001; (p. 15-20)
1 Suspended Pat Skinner , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W , no. 12 2001; (p. 8-14)
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