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y separately published work icon Extra-Territorial : Stories and Poems from the Northern Territory Literary Awards anthology   short story   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Extra-Territorial : Stories and Poems from the Northern Territory Literary Awards
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory,:NTU Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Last Menstruationi"You came a few days early,", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
Note: Includes a footnote quoting from James G. Frazer's The Golden Bough
Surgeryi"I have his name tags,", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 56)
On the Way to the Operating Theatrei"How strange it is", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 57)
Note: First line: How strange it is to see the ceiling go
Operating Theatrei"The first thing they do", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 57)
Note: First line: The first thing they do is take your shadow.
Waking Upi"Does the caterpillar know", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 58)
Intravenous Dripi"The thin man is always beside me.", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 59)
The Examination Couchi"This too is a gift of the body,", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 59)
The End of Visiting Houri"Is when all the sets revolve.", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 60)
Note: With title: The End of Visiting Hours
After the Operationi"Some time afterwards", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 61)
The Trail Horse Packagei"[First line removed at the request of Coral Hull]", Coral Hull , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
The Industry Horses, Coral Hull , sequence poetry (p. 62-66)
They Love to Runi"[First line removed at the request of Coral Hull]", Coral Hull , single work poetry (p. 63-64)
The Horses and the Helicopteri"[First line removed at the request of Coral Hull]", Coral Hull , single work poetry (p. 64-65)
The RSCPA Horsei"[First line removed at the request of Coral Hull]", Coral Hull , single work poetry (p. 65-66)
When Devils Call, Alexis Wright , single work short story
Having killed his wife, Anita, in a drunken rage and then served two years in prison, a man finds he is no longer accepted in his community. Venturing timidly into town for a few beers on a stormy night, he is stung by the vitriolic attacks upon him. As he stumbles back to the seaside cave he lives in, accompanied by the voice of his deceased wife, his footsteps falter and he finds himself struggling in the ocean.
 (p. 67-69)
Long Grass Lenny, Peter Wignell , single work short story
Lenny's life of crime comes to an end.
 (p. 70-77)
Buffaloes, Geckoes and Grandpa, Sue Jean Stanton , single work short story
A group of children attempt to hunt a buffalo in secret from their families.
 (p. 78-84)
The Singing Sorrowing Treei"The heart must lift to the red blaze", Carmel Gaffney , single work poetry (p. 85)
World Wordsi"if all the world forgot its words", Karyn Sassella , single work poetry (p. 86)
Unfoundi"At an age when weddings sprout", Duncan Richardson , single work poetry (p. 87)
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