The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories | Series: Everyman's Library Classics
The Tsar of Love and Techno begins in 1930s Leningrad, where a failed portrait artist is tasked by Soviet censors to erase political dissenters from official images and artworks. One day, he receives an antique painting of a dacha inside a box of images meant to be altered. The mystery behind this paint ...Show more
Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
Atwood entices us to flip through the photo album of a Canadian woman who closely resembles herself. Come here, sit beside me, she seems to say. Then she takes us on an emotional journey through loneliness, love, loss and old age' Sarah Emily Miano, THE TIMES Short stories that trace the course of a lif ...Show more
Beneath the Bonfire by Nickolas Butler
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Young couples gather to participate in an annual 'chainsaw party', cutting down trees for firewood in anticipation of the winter. A group of men spend a weekend in the wilderness where they grew up, and where some still find themselves trapped. An ageing environmentalist takes out his frustration and an ...Show more
Award Winning Australian Writing 2016 by Chloe Brien
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
The ninth edition of Award Winning Australian Writing (AWAW) continues its commitment to showcasing the best short stories and poems that have won competitions around the country. The collection features over fifty writers and competitions, and includes a foreword by Sam Cooney, writer, editor, lecturer ...Show more
A Wild Swan - And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham
$24.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Fairy tales for our times from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours A poisoned apple and a monkey's paw with the power to change fate; a girl whose extraordinarily long hair causes catastrophe; a man with one human arm and one swan's wing; and a house deep in the forest, constructed of gumdrop ...Show more
Deception: Soon to be a major Netflix film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Sir Ben Kingsley and more! by Roald Dahl
$22.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
VENGEANCE IS MINE INC. will undertake, on your behalf and in absolute confidence, to administer suitable punishment and in this regard we respectfully submit to you a choice of methods (together with prices) for your consideration'Enter the dark and deceiving world of Roald Dahl's stories for adults. Am ...Show more
A First Place by David Malouf
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A collection of personal essays and writing from David Malouf to celebrate his 80th birthday. Topography, geography, history. Multiculturalism, referendums, the constitution and national occasions. Parental and grandparental romances, the sensual and bountiful beauty of Brisbane, the mysterious offering ...Show more
The Local Wildlife by Robert Drewe
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Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
Welcome to northern New South Wales, where the 'local wildlife' doesn't just mean the native fauna, but the people as well. When Robert Drewe moved to this small community, he was expecting a few eccentrics and interesting animals -- and he got them.
Swimming to the Moon by Robert Drewe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
From a floury encounter on a baker's work table to the art of sitting backwards on chairs, from budgie training to spontaneous human combustion, this collection showcases the non-fiction writing of one of Australia's best-loved authors. These pieces encompass suburban portraits and coastal living, affec ...Show more
Vancouver : Wisdom Tree 3 by Nick Earls
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Vancouver is the story Paul would tell if he were living in plague times-a story that comforts, a story that wards of evil. His story is about the giant that influenced his life, it's about the day the world changed, and it's about what happens when our giants come tumbling down. Think, any one of Giova ...Show more
Venice : Wisdom Tree 2 by Nick Earls
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Venice is the second novella in a set of five by Nick Earls. It is part of the box set called Wisdom Tree