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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 My Lady Tongue and Other Tales
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Heinemann , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Man Hanged Upside Down, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 1-37)
Quartet in D Minor Quartet in Death Minor, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 39-52)
Montage, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction (p. 53-73)
My Lady Tongue, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction (p. 75-133)
Red Ochre, Lucy Sussex , single work short story science fiction

Fogarty's Animal Show, mistaken for carriers of the DNA plague that turned humans and animals into 'Muties', runs into prejudice that has Murri employee Ian Limrock hospitalised in the Mutie reserve. Drawing analogs between lepers, Aboriginal persecution, and the Muties, Ian finds - or redefines - his roots.

 (p. 135-165)
The Parish and Mrs Brown, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 167-178)
Go-To, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 179-211)
The Lipton Village Society, Lucy Sussex , single work short story (p. 213-236)
God and Her Black Sense of Humour, Lucy Sussex , single work short story horror

'A feminist reporter finds two heroines in the form of vampire sisters who thrive on the creative juices of men (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.54).

 (p. 237-280)
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