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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Laughing Cry : An Anthology of Short Fiction
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Kalamunda, Kalamunda area, Eastern Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Gooseberry Hill Press , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Laughing Cry, Peter Bibby , single work short story (p. 11-16)
The Last Shelter, Shane McCauley , single work short story (p. 17-19)
Fliers, Brian Dibble , single work short story (p. 20-25)
The Ally, Lloyd Davies , single work short story (p. 26-29)
The Denial, Ray Coffey , single work short story (p. 30-36)
The House That Jack Built, Mary Dilworth , single work short story (p. 37-41)
The Second Mile, Francy de Grys , single work short story (p. 42-47)
Burning Christmas, Frances Richardson , single work short story (p. 48-54)
Obit. For Eng. Lit. At New High, Ethel Webb Bundell , single work short story (p. 55-57)
The Lepers, Andrew Lansdown , single work short story

The narrator and his wife, shop owners in the ancient times of the Middle East awaiting the Medes' invasion, realise that a group of lepers have entered their store to buy food. The lepers try to plead for mercy, saying that the Stewards have stopped leaving food outside the city; but the narrator's wife is enraged and calls down the guards. The people of the city gather to stone the lepers to death, and the narrator takes part. He tries to rationalise it by saying they only followed the law, but that night, he wakes up crying out for mercy.

 (p. 58-62)
Pariah and the Boxer, Strephyn Mappin , single work short story (p. 63-67)
It's Cold in Scotland Now, Vera Read , single work short story (p. 68-73)
The Storm, Archie Weller , single work short story (p. 74-78)
A Flight Across the Gulf, Morley Legg , single work short story (p. 78-81)
A Cup of Tea, A. E. Sturges , single work short story (p. 82-86)
Long - Fox, Susan Isle , single work short story (p. 87-90)
Look Homeward, Angel, Anne Partlon , single work short story (p. 91-94)
Jimmy's Bull, Cath Jones , single work short story (p. 95-100)
The Night the House Fell In, Lyn Buttsworth , single work short story (p. 101-103)
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas, Arthur Thomas , single work short story (p. 104-108)
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