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1 The Lake Inside Jane Skelton , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Any Saturday, 2021, Running Westward 2021;
1 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.
1 2 y separately published work icon Lives of the Dead Jane Skelton , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2013 6029288 2013 selected work short story

'In this short story collection, travellers on highways and trains are preoccupied with the lives of the dead, with lost children or with parents. A woman searches a suburban deadland for her missing mother. A rural family struggles on a land that fails to sustain them. A young man’s attempt to leave the strictures of family life ends in violence.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 The Stones Jane Skelton , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Things That Are Found in Trees & Other Stories 2012; (p. 125-140)
1 The Cradle Arm of Strangers Jane Skelton , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 32 no. 2 2006; (p. 133-140)
1 Before the Wave Jane Skelton , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 184 2006; (p. 28-34)
1 Looking After Cecily Jane Skelton , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 31 no. 1 2005; (p. 120-124)
1 Menace Jane Skelton , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 22 2004; (p. 113-119)
1 Wild Cattle Jane Skelton , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: Literature and Aesthetics , November vol. 11 no. 2001; (p. 37-39)
1 The Lives of the Dead Jane Skelton , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland Express : An Online Journal of Australian Writing , no. 1 1999;
1 Out of Beef City i "up hot breathe highway / jewel cars / pig-dogs on utes taste", Jane Skelton , 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: HOBO Poetry Magazine , March no. 8 1996; (p. 50-51)
1 Under the House Jane Skelton , 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November vol. 8 no. 1 1995; (p. 66)
1 Empty Rooms Jane Skelton , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Telling Ways : Australian Women's Experimental Writing 1988; (p. 89-90)
1 The Fool Jane Skelton , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Short Stories , no. 23 1988; (p. 68-76)
1 At the Fence Jane Skelton , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Summer/Autumn no. 25/26 1986; (p. 92-96)
1 Beer Guts and High Round Bellies Jane Skelton , 1985 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 11 no. 1 1985; (p. 121-125)
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