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Through Splintered Walls comprises three short stories, ''Mountain,' 'Creek,' and 'Road' and the novella Sky. The stories are inspired by the beauty, the danger, the cruelty, emptiness, loneliness and perfection of the Australian landscape.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Yokine,
Stirling area,
Northern Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Twelfth Planet Press
, 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Mountain,
single work
short story
horror
A story about a woman driving across a ghost-haunted mountain. The mountain and its ghosts hold many secrets, which they don't always share with passers by. The woman, however, will see some of them. The reader learns a few more.
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Creek,
single work
short story
horror
'Creek' is about quaking women who drowned in creeks. They claw their way through Australia's shallow creekbeds and call out, demanding to know what happened to their loved-ones. Olivia, the story's protagonist, first encountered them when she was young and has been haunted by them ever since.
[Source: Tsana Dolichva, Good Reads (sighted 11/02/2013] -
Road,
single work
short story
horror
'Road' is a tale about an older couple who live at a black spot on the road (as in, a place where there are many accidents). They're quite used to injured people running up to their house and asking to use their phone (it's a mobile phone black spot too), and they always lay out a wreath for the accident victims. But is that all there is to it?'
[Source: Tsana Dolichva, Good Reads (sighted 11/02/2013] -
Sky,
single work
novella
horror
'Zed has been haunted by the disappearance of a teacher who went missing not long after Zed brought the oddest item for 'show and tell' to school. Now 23, Zed decides to take matters into his own hands and goes out to search for answers. His search takes him to the small town of Sky, somewhere north-west of Sydney. It's known for its 'Cat Food Factory'. It is here that he meets a number of very strange individuals and undergoes experiences that will change him forever... and not for the better.'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Short Stories Initiative Deserves Stellar Success
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 September 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Cracklescape 2012 selected work short story ; Through Splintered Walls : A Twelve Planets Collection 2012 selected work short story ; Salvage 2012 single work novella
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Short Stories Initiative Deserves Stellar Success
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 September 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Cracklescape 2012 selected work short story ; Through Splintered Walls : A Twelve Planets Collection 2012 selected work short story ; Salvage 2012 single work novella
Awards
- 2013 winner ACT Writing and Publishing Awards — Non-fiction — Fiction
- 2013 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Collected Work
- 2012 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Best Collection
- 2012 winner Australian Shadows Award — Collection
- 2012 joint winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Writing
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