Only the Astronauts by Ceridwen Dovey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A transformative new collection from the award-winning author of Only the Animals. Starman, a lovelorn mannequin orbiting the Sun in his cherry-red car, pines for his creator. The first sculpture ever taken to the Moon is possessed by the spirit of Neil Armstrong. The International Space Station, await ...Show more
We All Lived in Bondi Then by Georgia Blain
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
From the author of the multi-award-winning bestseller Between a Wolf and a Dog, a powerful collection of previously unpublished stories. A sister is haunted by the consequences of a simple mistake. A daughter searches for certainty as her mother's memory degrades. An encounter at a house party changes ...Show more
Gunflower (Short Stories) by Laura Jean McKay
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of The Animals in That Country. A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship plows through the patriarchy. A support group finds sola ...Show more
Born for You by Magdalena McGuire
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Filled with humour and heart, Born for You charts the lives of women as they transition from self to mother, from child to adult, from certainty to uncertainty. In twelve distinct but spiritually interwoven stories, we meet women at the crossroads of change. A new mother learns about love in a pandemic ...Show more
Lengthening Shadows (Short Stories) by Bob Franklin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
The master of creeping unease and unrelenting consequences is back. The vain and the cruel, the indifferent and the excessive, across ten tales of cut corners and grubby compromise, Bob Franklin turns his fairground mirror on contemporary Australia, with a cast of characters navigating modern life and ...Show more
Night Side of the River (Short Stories) by Jeanette Winterson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A modern and masterful collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson 'Always passionate and provocative' NEW STATESMAN 'A master of her material' VANITY FAIR 'The best living writer in this language' EVENING STANDARD Our lives are digital, exposed and always-on. ...Show more
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan is the critically acclaimed second collection from the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These. A long-haired woman moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture.That Christmas, the electricity goes out.A forester mortgages his land and ...Show more
Everything Feels Like the End of the World by Else Fitzgerald
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: near fine
Grief, loss, pain, love, and the future - an achingly human debut short story collection, from the winner of the 2019 Richell Prize. 'Thrilling, prescient, and deeply moving ... an electrifying new voice in Australian fiction.' Emily Bitto 'clear eyes, sharp intellect and deep sorrow - both lament and p ...Show more
The Long Weekend by Judy Nunn
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A captivating collection of six stories from Australia's master storyteller Judy Nunn.The Long Weekend Tracy, Eve, Jet, Mel and Danielle are looking forward - if a little nervously - to their upcoming digital detox. No phones, no laptops - just a quiet weekend in a remote mountain shack. What could go w ...Show more
The Wine Dark Sea by Leonardo Sciascia
$24.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Here are some of Sciascia's greatest stories - brief and haunting, the realist tradition at its best. In one tale a couple of men talk, cynically yet earnestly, about the etymology of the word 'mafia' - who they are, and why their interest is so piqued by the word, becomes apparent with frightening clar ...Show more
My Hearts are Your Hearts by Carmel Bird
$27.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
What are the hares getting up to among the sunflowers? Who is paying $6000 for a raincoat? The priest is good, kind, adored, believed - but can the schoolgirl trust him? Who kills his wife and dumps the body in the pool? What if you find your death was listed long ago online? With lightness in the telli ...Show more