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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Stories 2008 anthology   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Best Australian Stories 2008
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
His Blue Period, Deborah Robertson , single work short story

'Every seasoned player in the mating game claims to have their own type, and the narrator of this story about the uses and abuses of contemporary love and sex wants to tell you about his. But even in the most casual of encounters, it seems, something may be left behind...' (Storycuts abstract)

 (p. 1-9)
The Aquarium at Night, Robert Drewe , single work short story (p. 10-24)
The Poetics of Space, Karen Hitchcock , single work short story (p. 25-32)
Natural History (World-Swimming), Patrick West , single work short story (p. 33-38)
Jap Floral, Claire Aman , single work short story (p. 39-45)
On the Splice, Emily Ballou , single work short story (p. 46-58)
The White Hole of Bombay, Nicholas Shakespeare , single work short story (p. 59-72)
Crackers, Rudi Soman , single work autobiography (p. 73-81)
Distracted by Children, Ellen Rodger , single work short story (p. 82-88)
The Valley of Grace : A Novella, Marion Halligan , extract novel (p. 89-111)
Gardening For Pleasure, Tony Birch , single work short story (p. 112-121)
Every Cure, Julie Milland , single work short story (p. 122-129)
Turning off the Lights, Anna Krien , single work short story (p. 130-136)
Music for Airports, Patrick Holland , single work short story (p. 137-148)
The Patient's Letter, Will Elliott , single work short story (p. 149-161)
As Green as Blue, Isabelle Li , single work short story (p. 162-173)
Nine Days, Laura McKay , single work short story (p. 174-183)
Note: Written as Laura Jean McKay
Isnis, Tim Richards , single work short story (p. 184-199)
Two Wrecks, Dorothy Johnston , single work short story (p. 200-209)
All the Things You Couldn't Say, Davina Bell , single work short story

The narrator is a speech and behavioural therapist who works with a young autistic boy, Wilbur. Wilbur seems to point out the narrator's self-harm scars, naming a burn 'hot'. The narrator works with Wilbur for a long time, though with little hope, until one day they find Wilbur having beaten the side of his own head.

 (p. 210-223)
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