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Issue Details:
First known date:
1985...
no.
9
May
1985
of
A Tropical Cocktail
est. 1980
Writers in Townsville : A Short Story Magazine
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* Contents derived from the 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- On Writing Poetryi"Why? Why do I pen these lines?", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Writer at Worki"At seven a.m.", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Chinaman's Beachi"The dune's white breast curve", single work poetry (p. 4)
-
The Photograph,
single work
short story
A young widow believes that her dead husband has been reincarnated as a frog.
- To My Four Daughtersi"Four roses grew in my garden,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Eveningi"When blue mist hangs in the air,", single work poetry (p. 9)
-
Double Vision,
single work
short story
A woman literally confronts her dark self after she accidentally kills her husband's plants.
- Welcome Aussie Matei"From the Old Country you came", single work poetry (p. 12)
-
Operation Pig,
single work
short story
A group of university students plans to release a pig during a rugby match to protest about apartheid.
- Suicidei"On the edge, one more step and I'm off the ledge", single work poetry (p. 14)
-
Folk Medicine?,
single work
essay
Clark remembers the home remedies of his youth.
- Shamrock and Thistlei"Oh, that I had a magic power", single work poetry (p. 16)
-
The Happy Sixteenth of Chrissie Thompson,
single work
short story
An adolescent girl pretends to be pregnant to get her estranged parents together on her birthday.
- The Bo Bo River Codi"On the flat beneath the mountain", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Red Cedar Chairi"Master of my own thoughts? ...", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Hibiscusi"Days of farewell dawn", single work poetry (p. 22)
-
The Turnkey,
single work
short story
A woman recalls her brother's anger at his mother for her affair with an Aboriginal man.
- Preptiei"Parents are too bold in asking,", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Middle Paddock Musteri"Early morning rising", single work poetry (p. 29)
-
Cassowary Joe,
single work
short story
A suspicious young policeman wrongfully accuses an old prospector of hiding an escaped prisoner.
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