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y separately published work icon South of the Sun : Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century anthology   single work   short story   poetry  
Alternative title: South of the Sun: Australian Fairy Tales for the Twenty-First Century
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 South of the Sun : Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Waikiki, Rockingham area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Serenity Press , 2021 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Yes, My Darling Daughter, Carmel Bird , short story (p. 4-7)
GPS, Cate Kennedy , short story (p. 8-15)
The Wild Moon Call, Melinda Min Harvey , short story (p. 16-19)
Scribble Sands, Cindy-Lee Harper , short story (p. 20-23)
The Red Dress, Patsy Poppenbeek , short story (p. 24-32)
If Cinderella Lived in Melbournei"If Cinderella lived in Melbourne", Nola Wernicke , poetry (p. 33)
North Coburg to Flinders Street Station, K. Z. Barton , short story (p. 34-40)
The Deal, Gabi Brown , short story (p. 41-48)
The Lyrebird, Clare Testoni , short story (p. 49-50)
Jack, the Beanstalk and the NBN, Lindy Mitchell-Nilsson , short story (p. 51-54)
The Origami Mother, Danielle Mcgee , short story (p. 55-62)
The Young Prince, Eugen Bacon , short story (p. 63-64)
Refugee Wolf, T. D. Luong , single work novella humour science fiction

'In this twisted allegory set in 2500 AD, Big Bad Ben, a knockabout, larrikin refugee wolf, is on the run from the humans. Why? Because he’s eaten too many pigs. Big Bad Ben works for the humans and he has to kill and eat mutant pigs from outta space. But the humans turn on him and set him up and throw him in jail.

'Then, there’s trouble and discrimination. When he escapes from Earth on a rusty space shuttle to the Planet of Sticks, the Planet of Straw and the Planet of … you guessed it — McSpaceMansions! — he encounters rejection at every turn by a money-hungry gang of pigs that holds all the power. WE THE PIGGERRY INC., design a pill called Excess and mix it into the drinking water. Every pig on these planets is a glut and is on a constant high of warm and fuzzy thoughts. The irony is that even if Big Bad Ben is granted refugee status, the last planet which he travels to is broke and disconnected. ' (Publication summary)

 (p. 65-70)
The Timbers of a Chicken, Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario , short story (p. 71-77)
Beforei"When the fire sang", Jaquim Duggan , short story (p. 78-79)
Afteri"The fire wails,", Jaquim Duggan , poetry (p. 79)
The Snow Gum Maiden, Anezka Sero , short story (p. 80-85)
Pomelina the Pomegranate Fairy, Louisa John-Krol , short story (p. 86-93)
As a Princessi"As a princess, I grew up in a palace", Reilly McCarron , lyric/song (p. 94-95)
The Silver Apples of the Moon, Sophie Masson , short story (p. 96-102)
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