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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Best Australian Stories 2009
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'After searching high and low for the year's outstanding short fiction, Delia Falconer has selected masterful stories from some of the country's best-loved authors and exciting work from the up-and-coming. 'Stories don't have the novel's luxury of great swathes of time, its layerings, its wanderings, its counterpoints,' she observes. 'Instead, they must cut to the bone straightaway ... Sometimes they capture a shift in a whole world; at other times they put into words a mood or tone that we might not have seen, until it appears so beautifully before us. ' With their wry humor, quiet intensity and elegant economy, these stories display Australian writing at its diverse, unpredictable best.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Bridge of Sighs, Gail Jones , single work short story (p. 1-10)
The Lap Pool, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 11-29)
A Refreshing Sleep, Kim Scott , single work short story (p. 30-40)
Club Selection, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 41-54)
A Late Netting, Tara June Winch , single work short story (p. 55-59)
The Train Crossed a Bridge, Marion Halligan , single work short story (p. 60-65)
Suddenly Doctor Cox, D. B. C. Pierre , single work short story (p. 66-76)
Integrity, Patrick Holland , single work short story (p. 77-88)
Here Is a Hair from Her Head, Emily Ballou , single work short story (p. 89-99)
In Formation, Karen Hitchcock , single work short story humour (p. 101-109)
The Nun's Story, Peter Goldsworthy , single work short story (p. 110-115)
Natural, Lucy Neave , single work short story (p. 116-131)
Hell Is Other Parents, Jo Case , single work short story (p. 132-144)
The Bodies, Michael Sala , single work short story (p. 145-156)
Quicksilver's Ride, Dorothy Johnston , single work short story

An old man, having lost his ability to speak after a stroke, has retired to a half-built, empty villa at his daughter's urging. He is visited and assaulted regularly by schoolboys, led by one he nicknames Quicksilver; he cannot seek help because of his mutism. Seeking a conclusion to their battles, he hires a car, planning to hit and disable Quicksilver.

 (p. 157-169)
White Spirit, Cate Kennedy , single work short story (p. 170-179)
And after Death the Judgment, Gerard Windsor , single work short story (p. 180-199)
Life Sentence, Eva Sallis , single work short story (p. 200-204)
Mal, Brooke Dunnell , single work short story (p. 205-212)
Picasso Boy, Laura Vitis , single work short story (p. 213-216)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2009 .
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      Extent: xiii, 287p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduced by Delia Falconer.
      ISBN: 9781863954532 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon The Best Australian Stories Black Inc. (publisher), Melbourne : Bookman Press , 1999 Z1845180 1999 series - publisher short story extract

      The second of the three Best of collections, Best Australian Stories was inaugurated in 1999, under the guidance of executive chair Morry Schwartz. In 2004, publisher Chris Feik took over the series. In March 2018, Black Inc. announced the cancellation of all three series, replaced by Best Summer Stories.

             Number in series: 10
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Works about this Work

Picking Their Moment Anthony Lynch , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
From Haunting to Funny, the Short Story Is in Rude Health Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-20 December 2009; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
Words to Conjure up Magic Simon Caterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 December 2009; (p. 33)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2009 2009 anthology essay column prose autobiography criticism ; The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
Assortment for All Tastes, Times Diane Stubbings , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 November 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
Assortment for All Tastes, Times Diane Stubbings , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 November 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
Words to Conjure up Magic Simon Caterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 December 2009; (p. 33)
— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2009 2009 anthology essay column prose autobiography criticism ; The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
From Haunting to Funny, the Short Story Is in Rude Health Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-20 December 2009; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
Picking Their Moment Anthony Lynch , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 318 2010; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Best Australian Stories 2009 2009 anthology short story extract
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