Ken Leask Ken Leask i(A12935 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Venus and Adonis in the Bush Ken Leask , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 19 no. 1 1992; (p. 84-91)
1 The City Store Ken Leask , 1983 single work short story
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 11 no. 3 1983; (p. 71-76)
1 Poetry Night Ken Leask , 1983-1984 single work short story
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 11 no. 2 1983-1984; (p. 84-92)
1 Heatherbell Ken Leask , 1983 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , August vol. 27 no. 8 1983; (p. 70-72)
1 God Bless All Policemen Ken Leask , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 10 no. 2 1982; (p. 27-32)
1 The Clergyman Ken Leask , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 42 no. 2 1982; (p. 151-163)
1 The Lake Ken Leask , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 26 no. 7 1982; (p. 67-70)
1 Beloved Husband of the Above Ken Leask , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 24 no. 1-2 1980; (p. 101-104)

George Tully opened his eyes. He thought, not dead yet, and remained perfectly still in order not to wake up his arms and shoulders to the morning's arthritic pains. He remembered it was his birthday. Eighty-one today. Not twenty-one with the key of the door, never been twenty-one before, but eighty-one. It was a kind of anti-climax. When he turned seventy-nine he decided he would try to survive until eighty, then die. Should he now decide on ninety? No. He wished he had died in the night. Or he said to himself that he wished he had died in the night. Later in the day he would probably be glad he was alive, but not now. This was the bad time every day when he woke in the double bed and felt old and useless...

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1 Games My Parents Played Ken Leask , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 40 no. 1 1980; (p. 109-117) The State of the Art : The Mood of Contemporary Australia in Short Stories 1983; (p. 41-49)
1 The Undiscovered Country Ken Leask , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 24 no. 10 1980; (p. 61-62)
1 God and Emily Have a Sense of Humour Ken Leask , 1979 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 39 no. 2 1979; (p. 146-151)
1 The Peach Ken Leask , 1977 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 37 no. 3 1977; (p. 302-315)
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