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Issue Details:
First known date:
1981...
no.
3
November
1981
of
A Tropical Cocktail
est. 1980
A Tropical Cocktail
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* Contents derived from the 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Bess,
single work
short story
An old man's love for his dog gives him a reason to go on living.
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Nature's Way,
single work
short story
Drought parches the farmland while thunderstorms inconvenience city dwellers.
- A Punter's Lamenti"Oh, T.A.B. of my delight", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Journey Northi"Sitting in a train that's moving", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Ode to the Toadi"You are horny and ugly and rather uncouth", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Farmhouse Gingerbread, single work short story (p. 16-17)
- Child in Shadowsi"Child of mine, oh lovely child I wonder,", single work poetry (p. 18)
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Dave's Dream,
single work
short story
An Australian man meets a beautful American girl on a skiing holiday. The encounter becomes dangerous when he discovers that she is a drug courier.
- On Timei"In a window,", single work poetry (p. 25)
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The Moon Ship,
single work
short story
A teacher is impressed by the imagination of a boy who struggles at school but is obsessed with space flight.
- Changing Directionsi"do you have to filter out the feelings", single work poetry (p. 29)
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Nostalgia,
single work
short story
A picture of his old homestead provokes painful memories for an old man.
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To the Full Moon Risingi"Will you leave me now, so soon?",
Robert Handicott
(translator),
single work
poetry
Translation of the German poem 'Dem Aufgehenden Vollmonde' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Just One Day at a Time,
single work
short story
A teenage girl feels isolated from her friends by her dysfunctional home life.
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I Will See You at the Gates,
single work
short story
A story of the unspoken love of a shy young man and woman.
- Untitledi"Today is not, and yet it is,", single work poetry (p. 41)
- $1000 in My Mail-Box, single work short story (p. 42-43)
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ISSN:
0726-9773
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