Carol Chandler Carol Chandler i(A114377 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Watched and Other Stories Carol Chandler , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 22525458 2021 selected work short story

'Carol Chandler’s writing subtly compels you into a ‘dark wood’, of her characters’ ‘niggling restlessness’ so you feel you have one foot in ordinary ‘reality’ and one (metaphorical) foot in the dubious illumination of dream/memory/speculation … These are forcefully charged fragments of (dis)connection where glittering surfaces and shadowy, half-accusatory memories and perceptions create a powerful sense of undercurrent. This is rich, liminal prose that keeps you constantly engaged, wanting clarity and resolution in a world of compromised relationships and disturbing self-awareness. Clever, high-tensile paranoia … (David Gilbey, President, Booranga Writers' Centre, Charles Sturt University).'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Dark Wood Carol Chandler , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , January vol. 46 no. 1/2 2020; (p. 85-90)
1 Watching (from a Work-in-progress) Carol Chandler , 2017 extract novel
— Appears in: FourW , no. 28 2017; (p. 24-29)
1 1 y separately published work icon Black Mountain Carol Chandler , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2017 11540349 2017 single work novella

'Determined to uncover the truth behind her brother’s sudden death, a young woman returns to the haunting landscape of her youth to confront the town she thought she’d left behind and the secrets they’d rather stay hidden.' (Publication summary)

1 Labyrinth Carol Chandler , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Polestar , no. 27 2014; (p. 33-35)
1 Cliff Carol Chandler , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Offset , no. 13 2013; (p. 54-57)
1 Excerpt from Black Mountain Carol Chandler , 2013 extract novel
— Appears in: New Writing , no. 24 2013; (p. 21)
1 y separately published work icon Anonymous Caller Carol Chandler , Sydney : Carol Chandler , 2013 6578070 2013 selected work short story
1 The Fire-eater Carol Chandler , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November no. 22 2012; (p. 43-47)
1 Skull Carol Chandler , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Tamba , Autumn-Winter no. 50 2012; (p. 26-29)

'A woman returns to visit a man she had an affair with. She was friends with his wife during the affair and the three of them were involved in a car accident where the wife was killed. The wife was driving and there was some suspicion it was an act of suicide but the narrator also feels guilty that she might have done more to save her during the accident. During her visit to the man she experiences a growing feeling that the man could have saved his wife in the accident but didn't.'

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1 Sphinx Carol Chandler , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: FourW , no. 23 2012; (p. 22-26)

'A young girl’s sexual awakening is contrasted with her parents’ infidelities, jaded sexuality and hypocrisy.'

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1 Reading Carol Chandler , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Offset , no. 12 2012; (p. 96-102)
1 y separately published work icon Bondi Tides : An Anthology from the Bondi Writers' Group Carol Chandler (editor), Sydney : Bondi Writers Group , 2011 6606635 2011 anthology short story poetry

An anthology from the Bondi Writers' Group which is the Eastern Suburbs branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

1 Mother Carol Chandler , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 36 no. 1 & 2 2010; (p. 153-157)
1 The Ring Carol Chandler , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: FourW , no. 21 2010; (p. 33-37) Bondi Tides : An Anthology from the Bondi Writers' Group 2011;
1 The Track Carol Chandler , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Polestar , no. 18 2009; (p. 36-39)
1 Silkworm Carol Chandler , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 29 2009; (p. 115-116)
1 Alpha and Omega Carol Chandler , 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Tamba , Autumn-Winter no. 46 2009; (p. 25-27)
1 Anonymous Caller Carol Chandler , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 37 2008; (p. 106-111)
1 Alas I Desire Too Much Carol Chandler , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 103-106)
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