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'This edition of Verge (Monash University's annual anthology of creative writing) features the best of Monash University's writers, as well as a selection of other emerging Australian and international wordsmiths. For the first time, Verge features the winning entries of the prestigious Monash Prize awarded as part of the Emerging Writers Festival. Verge 2014: Everything and Nothing represents diversity and offers a wide scope of short fiction and poetry without restraint or classification, other than talent.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Clayton,
Murrumbeena - Oakleigh - Springvale area,
Melbourne South East,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Monash University Publishing
, 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Parlousi"At the farn end of an arc, kneeling", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
-
The Wrong Side of Saturday,
single work
short story
'If this were a movie, there'd be some '70s song playing...'
- Rest Is An Obstructed Falli"you think that motion is only possible by displacement, and", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Eight Short Poemsi"if he doesn't make you feel desperate", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- A Coaster for the Jovial, single work short story (p. 9)
- The Foolish Tower, single work short story (p. 10)
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Black Saturday,
single work
short story
'Land life could not be sustained in such desiccating heat, so we became aquatic for the day...'
- Incidenti"Upright and vivid, your green curve of pluming flesh is shaped", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Small Towni"In this town, death creeps day by day", single work poetry (p. 19-21)
- World of Sentient Beingsi"In rising their spread adjusts.", single work poetry (p. 22-24)
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Gardening With My Business Associate,
single work
short story
'I will save you a lot of guessing and just come out with it now...'
- Deep and Curved Cutsi"Shadows cast from the pine's thin branches", single work poetry (p. 34)
- The Vast, Lit, Juniper Treei"The tree that opens to the sky and wind", single work poetry (p. 35)
- It Changes Shape in Ephemeral Momentsi"A fictitious bird, a bait,", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
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The City of Jasmine,
single work
short story
'Today is my birthday. I am an old man. I have been in this city for a long time...'
- Beautiful Cakesi"Changing his name", single work poetry (p. 44)
- Lifei"The serial number on the machine is now", single work poetry (p. 45-46)
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The Letter,
single work
short story
'Zoe had folded the letter into dozen different shapes, origamied the hell out of it...'
- Helvetica Poemsi"find me in the club", single work poetry (p. 55-56)
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High School,
single work
short story
'Fuck diamonds. Fuck the rich part of the city...'
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