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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Stories 2010 anthology   short story   extract  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Best Australian Stories 2010
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Neighbour's Photo, Mike Ladd , single work short story (p. 185-187)
Still Here, Anna Krien , single work short story (p. 188-197)
Get Well Soon, Antonia Baldo , single work short story (p. 198-205)
I Forgot My Programme So I Went to Get it Back or 101 Reasons, Joshua Lobb , single work short story (p. 206-212)
Wildlife, Cory Taylor , single work short story
'How to find your inner echidna. When the battle to save a scrappy piece of suburban bushland turns violent, Steph realises a lot more is at stake then law and order'.
(p. 213-219)
The Tower, Meg Mundell , single work short story (p. 220-224)
To the Other Side of the World, Sherryl Clark , single work short story (p. 225-233)
The Wife and Child, Louise D'Arcy , single work short story (p. 234-239)
Can't Take the Country out of the Boy, Joanne Riccioni , single work short story (p. 240-246)
Beckett & Son, A. S. Patrić , single work short story

'Devon was at home with his father when it happened, his father’s heart attack. They were having breakfast and then Roland’s eyes blinked and blinked as his mouth opened wide. He tumbled as he tried to find a hold on the kitchen bench. He hit the ground but he still looked as if he were falling on down through the floor. He lay with his back to the tiles, mouth open, working with soundless air. His legs moved spastically and his arms reached out for something as if still falling. They looked at each other in that moment with every­thing that was part of the complicated sum of Devon plus Roland Beckett.'  (Introduction)

 (p. 247-259)
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