'In this provocative and haunting collection of short stories, edited by two masters of the form, a diverse group of contemporary writers probes the nature and connection between two of the most powerful, exhilarating, and terrifying forces that define and shape the human experience.
'“What else is there?”—Alice Munro, on why so much of her work deals with the twin themes of sex and death.' (Publication summary)
Author's note:
For Clare Conville,
brilliant and fierce,
and
for Deborah Rogers,
in loving memory.
Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
The Postcard by Wells Tower
Evie by Sarah Hall
The Days After Love by Yiyun Li
Where Hast Thou Been by Jon McGregor
10-Item Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale by Claire Vaye Watking
Reversible by Courttia Newland
The News of Her Death by Petina Gappah
Frank's Last Days by Guadalupe Nettel - translated by Rosalind Harvey
Porto Baso Scale Modellers by Alan Warner
Fin by Lynn Coady
In the Reactor by Peter Hobbs
Brunhilda in Love by Taiye Selasi
The Closing Date by Alexander MacLeod
The Fortune Fish by Clare Wigfall
Toronto and the State of Grace by Kevin Barry
Metaphysical by Ali Smith
