Nikki Wilkinson Nikki Wilkinson i(A150876 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Motherhood Is a Shipping Container Nikki Wilkinson , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Feral 2023;
1 Toe Sandwich Nikki Wilkinson , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Autumn no. 107 2017; (p. 71-74)

'Mum bought the empty boxes from the Reject Shop after Dad's funeral, and left us to our own devices. It was one of her better ideas; adopting a crazed Jack Russell from the pound that same week was not. The dog ran through the legs of distant cousins and great aunts at the wake, humping pillows and snarling at plump, gooey-faced toddlers. We didn't mind - she was trying to salvage the normality in our lives at a time when the familiar had caved in around us.'  (Publication abstract)

1 Dust Pools Nikki Wilkinson , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 106 2016-2017; (p. 92-94)

'The year of no rain we bathed in buckets while the tub rusted over. Your rough hands clasped our blistered shoulders, scrubbing until we glistened like hams. My feet rooted to the sagging verandah, careful not to waste a drop, riches rolling down my knobbly spine...'  (Publication abstract)

1 Loose Change Nikki Wilkinson , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Verandah , no. 29 2014; (p. 78) Award Winning Australian Writing 2015 2015; (p. 310-311)
1 Turning Tides i "We followed the dingo tracks down to the shore", Nikki Wilkinson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 99 2014; (p. 13)
1 Sydney Nikki Wilkinson , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Verandah , no. 27 2012; (p. 75-76)
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