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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Michael McGirr Selects
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The finalists for the 2014 Carmel Bird short-story award, published as standalone digital texts by Spineless Wonders.

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y separately published work icon A Tintoretto Of The Soul Erol Engin , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11447434 2014 single work short story

'An author down on his luck is mistaken for a famous poet. He is asked to write a poem so moving that it will win a woman her ex-husband back.

'Does he reveal his true identity or play along? What happens when the real poet turns up?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Adnarchy Mark Vender , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11447517 2014 single work short story

'‘Disenfranchised is what some people would call me, though I still eat plenty of McDonald’s.’

'Mark Vender’s ‘Adnarchy’ tells of Kevin’s struggle to find normalcy in his life. Receding into a world of online gaming and binge eating, he tries to create joy in small amusements – defacing ads and making jokes, in the hope that one day his brother will recover.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Bulldozer Ariella Van Luyn , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11447569 2014 single work short story

'Step into the dysfunctional life of Eunice…

Oblivious to her unhappy marriage, still living in her mother’s house and unable to stop biting her nails, Eunice feels as if she has no control over her own life. When her new husband needs to make a trip for work, Eunice tags along in the caravan without much thought for what it will be like. Left to her own devices, what will she uncover within the deepest recesses of the caravan park… and within herself?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Dancing on Your Bones Rebekah Clarkson , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11447670 2014 single work short story

''This was what you wanted: to have somewhere you were meant to be.'

'Donna is struggling with change. After moving into a new town, seeing her daughter start school and getting a job with the local drop-in centre, she feels more mixed up and out of place than her five-year-old. Life is complicated. There is the seemingly impenetrable kindy mother’s group, the bottles of Grange her husband keeps receiving from property developers and the erotic dreams she is having about her new boss.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Flatrock, 1979 Lukas Jackson , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11447768 2014 single work short story

'Mark has just handed in his final university psychology essay and is looking forward to a weekend away with his girlfriend. As he drives, his mind starts to wander, to the lyrics of a love song he is composing, to how everything seems to be going well with his life and also unsettlingly, his mind wanders to his psychology research – particularly the conflicting views on determinism and freedom.

'These opposing views come to a head when Mark runs into his old school friend Roddy and the mysterious Nicu. You will not be prepared for what happens next.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Flying Foxes Jane Skelton , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11447895 2014 single work short story

'The story follows the narrator’s attempts to deal with the numerous responsibilities that he has, all the while admiring the flying foxes that seem to have followed them throughout their lives.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Love Bites Andy Kissane , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11447958 2014 single work short story

'Emily, a research scientist, is conducting malaria vaccine trials in West Africa when she is visited by her daughter, Anna, who is travelling on her gap year. Anna is nursing a broken heart, and Emily wants nothing more than to support her, but finds herself distracted by her conflicting feelings towards John, a married doctor she meets there.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Remembering Mardion Jessie Mitchell , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11448043 2014 single work short story

''Remembering Mardion' takes us back to Ancient Egypt, to the time of Cleopatra, and invites us to take part in the adventures of Mardion, a mysterious servant who served Cleopatra towards the end of her reign.

'This tale shows us that even the most lowly and seemingly-nondescript servants can have their own secrets, and indeed their own part to play in the great events of history.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon Rent Anthony Lynch , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11448123 2014 single work short story

'Rae, a postgraduate student, lives in a terrace with her dog, Nana. After posting an advertisement seeking a new housemate, she meets Astrid who seems to be the only suitable applicant. And more importantly, she likes dogs. At first, Rae tries to welcome Astrid and her strange habits – such as her addiction to reality television and frozen dinners and her refusal to leave the house beyond walking Nana. Rae slowly realises that the manipulative Astrid isn’t as harmless as she appears to be.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon The Lake Story Ron Elliott , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11448281 2014 single work short story

'Left alone for the day at the lake by their father, four children wander off on adventures which put each of them at risk.

In ‘The Lake Story’ by Ron Elliott, the narrator sifts through his and his adult siblings’ memories to fill the gaps of their life with their erratic, alcoholic father.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014
y separately published work icon We're All Travellers Here Marjorie Lewis-Jones , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 11448375 2014 single work short story

'Eric has been thinking about his life and why he has always lived it on the safe side and with such quiet containment. While on holidays with his elderly but seemingly more life-embracing mother, he begins to explore these thoughts further – of how his extensive travels have given him the chance to experience the power of fate and lost opportunities.

What happens when this inner turmoil reaches a climax?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014

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