Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Writing Violence, Arousing Curiosity
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'Borne out of a manuscript longlisted for the 2017 KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award, Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s My Name Is Revenge is out this month with Spineless Wonders. In December 1980, two men shot a Turkish diplomat near his home in Sydney, and vanished. From this assassination in Australia, one of a series of international terrorist attacks, Kalagian Blunt’s novella traces back to the streets of 1920s Berlin and the Armenian genocide of World War I. The following is an extract from one of three companion essays.' (Publication abstract) 

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    y separately published work icon My Name Is Revenge Ashley Kalagian Blunt , Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2018 14975907 2018 selected work essay novella

    'Sydney, 1980: The Turkish consul-general is assassinated by two gunmen, and an international terrorist group claim responsibility. Vrezh, an Armenian-Australian, longs to be involved, believing the attacks are justice for the Armenian genocide.

    'Through his brother, Vrezh meets Softie, a shadowy Armenian. Softie forces him to build a bomb by threatening to turn his brother in to the police for the assassination.

    'Desperate to save his brother, Vrezh uses the bomb to murder Softie, risking his own life. His brother arrives in time to save him, but Vrezh’s injuries and the resulting rift with his family leave him disillusioned.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2018
    pg. 65-88
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    y separately published work icon Kill Your Darlings [Online] June 2019 16841066 2019 periodical issue 2019
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