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Gender: Female
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1 Going Underground Lara Williams , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 149 2017; (p. 103-106)

'This bus is rank,' Hamish kicked the cigarette butts in the aisle and caught a glance at Scaghead, who was clinging to the centre rail. They stared at each other for a second and Hamish's eyes watered. 'I don't even want to be on this bloody bus ', he added.' (Introduction)
1 Caring Lara Williams , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 76 no. 2 2016;

The narrator, who works as a carer, has been stealing pills from their clients regularly. He is drained by the job and no longer sees the point in it as his clients seem to never improve and continue to verbally abuse him. Having stolen enough pills, he commits suicide at a lookout.
1 Losing Cooper Lara Williams , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: New Writing : Twenty Five 2014; (p. 169-173)
1 The Ducklings Lara Williams , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 28 no. 1 2014; (p. 183-192, 257)
1 Samson and Bundi Lara Williams , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 56-60)
1 The Pre-Dentist Not Wearing Red Lara Williams , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Verity La , January 2012;
1 Isa's Last Rodeo Lara Williams , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: LiNQ , December no. 38 2011; (p. 68-76) For young Caradine, riding a bull in her home-town rodeo with her parents in the audience was a proud moment. She'd met her competitor, Byron, just a few minutes before and now, as he held fast on his bull beyond the eight second mark, Caradine realised the significance of his comment to her about hating the bulls.
1 Penny for the Short Step Lara Williams , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: FourW , no. 22 2011; (p. 156-161)
1 Death Gone Unnoticed (Excerpt) i "I wear my mother's honeymoon shirt and now kiss on one cheek", Lara Williams , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 August 2011; (p. 7)
1 A Fugue To Happy Moments In Time Lara Williams , 2010 single work prose
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 8 2010;
1 Dynamiter's Almanac Lara Williams , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 123 2010; (p. 128-133)
1 Are We Relationships? Lara Williams , 2010 single work prose
— Appears in: Page Seventeen , no. 8 2010; (p. 55-56)
1 The Correct Recipe for Bleached Bones Lara Williams , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 12-15)
1 Dead Eroticism and the Zombie Body i "Whoever said that zombies reinvented the spirit of sex appeal holds the key to the future", Lara Williams , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , April no. 32 2010;
1 You Were Lost Within My Sights Lara Williams , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2010;
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