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'Every year for the past ten, the Sleepers editors have called for stories from around Australia - any length up to 10,000 words. The result is always a heartbreaking and hilarious combination of tales from established authors alongside emerging and completely new authors. Many Sleepers Almanac stories have gone on to be selected for the Best Australian Stories, a testament to the high quality of the stories in here. As this is the final Sleepers Almanac, this will become a collector’s edition.' (Publication summary)
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Pressure Okay,
single work
short story
'He heard the that the MTC was putting on Summer of the Seventeenth Doll . He remembered studying it, and he remembered Kirsten studying thirty years later. He phoned her and asked if she'd like to go. Or it could have been her idea. Maybe she'd sent him one of her text messages. A photo of the advertisement on the side of a tram and a stream of question marks, like one of those puzzles in the paper where you had to make meaning from two oblique images He didn't remember precisely what the play was about. Something about men attracted to strong light, the way the sugarcane grew straight, yearly pilgrimages. he bought the tickets anyway.' (Introduction)
- Just Love the Boys, single work short story (p. 13-28)
- Lessons in Experimental Biology, single work short story (p. 29-46)
- Space Monkeys Drink Tang, single work short story (p. 47-62)
- A Quiet Day on the Ilha, single work short story (p. 63-75)
- Good Boy, single work short story (p. 76-91)
- The Fat Girl in History, single work short story (p. 93-108)
- Archie and Nancy, single work short story (p. 109-131)
- The Trial of Hugo Moon, single work short story (p. 132-153)
- The Most Amazing Thing, single work short story (p. 155-162)
- The Arizona Bar, single work short story (p. 163-171)
- Great Moments in Earth-Moving History, single work short story (p. 173-182)
- Things That Grow, single work short story (p. 183-188)
- Headful of Bees, single work short story (p. 189-196)
- A Good Man Is Hard to Find, single work short story (p. 197-210)
- How to Program an Australian Short Story, single work short story (p. 211-214)
- Undertow, single work short story (p. 215-226)
- Chaotic Neutral, single work short story (p. 227-250)
- Twenty-Eight Steps, single work short story (p. 251-254)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Farewell to a Refreshing Source
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9-10 January 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story -
Review : The Sleepers Almanac X
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 60)
— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story -
Review : The Sleepers Almanac X
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 429 2015; (p. 32)
— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story
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Review : The Sleepers Almanac X
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 429 2015; (p. 32)
— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story -
Review : The Sleepers Almanac X
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 377 2015; (p. 60)
— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story -
Farewell to a Refreshing Source
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9-10 January 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of The Sleepers Almanac X 2015 anthology short story