'Seven Stories brings together some of the best, most inventive short fiction writers working in Tasmania today. An idyllic walk leaves a city couple at odds with nature. A Czech artist re-maps the world by night. Young men find hope in Ceduna. A young zombie finds love in the outback. Bushwalkers discover absurd propaganda. Apathy in a public library inspires a vindictive fantasy. And an unexpected medical emergency triggers a chain of disastrous events. Both compelling and original, Seven Stories marks the emergence of a new generation of formidable voices.'
(Publication Summary)
Contents:
Maps for the Lost by Susie Greenhill
The Chaos of Life Beyond Death in the Outback by Adam Oustan
The Shy Birds by Emma L. Waters
An Anti-glacier Book by Ben Walters
The Reach by Robbie Arnott
Fast Food Librarian by Ruairi Murphy
Donny and Bucket on the Treeless Plain by Michael Blake
'These two books capture a profound diversity in contemporary Australian short-story writing. Seven Stories is a collection of short stories from Tasmanian writers published by the elusive Dewhurst Jennings Institute. The stories are set around the world, the seven writers connected only by dint of being Tasmanian. In contrast, the slow-burn stories in Melanie Cheng’s Australia Day speak of middle Australia. They are an examination of some quiet lives in contemporary Melbourne.'
'These two books capture a profound diversity in contemporary Australian short-story writing. Seven Stories is a collection of short stories from Tasmanian writers published by the elusive Dewhurst Jennings Institute. The stories are set around the world, the seven writers connected only by dint of being Tasmanian. In contrast, the slow-burn stories in Melanie Cheng’s Australia Day speak of middle Australia. They are an examination of some quiet lives in contemporary Melbourne.'
