y separately published work icon Difficult Love : Twenty-Six Intimate Stories by Contemporary Queensland Writers anthology   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Difficult Love : Twenty-Six Intimate Stories by Contemporary Queensland Writers
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Rockhampton, Rockhampton - Yeppoon area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,:Central Queensland University Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
What the Eyes Have Made Welcome, Venero Armanno , single work short story
A band member relates how he fell in love and reveals that he is going to leave the travelling life for marriage.
 (p. 1 - 9)
Dear Archbishop, Tess Brady , single work short story humour
A woman writes a letter to the Archbishop after her father's eventful funeral.
 (p. 10 - 13)
Perfect Match, Donna Lee Brien , single work short story
Reveals a woman's reactions to her amputated limb.
 (p. 14 - 20)
Blame It on the Shadow, Karen Brooks , single work short story
A child's experience of sexual abuse
 (p. 21 - 23)
The Tunnel of Love, Paul Cadzow , single work short story
A man learns lessons about love and nostalgia
 (p. 24 - 25)
Flight Path, Gary Crew , single work short story
A prominent writer meets a woman at a writers' festival.
 (p. 26 - 36)
Before January Juliet, Nick Earls , single work short story young adult
A teenage boy is fascinated by a fellow actor in a school play.
 (p. 37 - 42)
Good Night Kissing, Rebecca Edwards , single work short story (p. 43 -44)
Sailor, Beware, Silvana Gardner , single work short story
The friendship between two pre-teenage migrant girls is destroyed when one of them meets a sailor.
 (p. 45 - 52)
Midnight's Child, Stuart Glover , single work short story
A journalist meets a girl after falling down a flight of stairs.
 (p. 53-56)
Iconological Observations, Kara Jacob , single work short story
A woman imagines herself and her two lovers in a postmodern version of Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe.
 (p. 57 - 59)
Because, Stephen Kimber , single work short story (p. 60 - 62)
The Husband, The Wife, and the Stalker, Nigel Krauth , single work short story
Explores a troubled marriage from different viewpoints
 (p. 63 - 65)
Leaving Milan, Mary-Rose MacColl , single work short story
A parting at a railway station
 (p. 66 - 67)
Love, Lau Siew Mei , single work short story
A portrayal of family relationships and obligations
 (p. 68 - 71)
Frogs, Tessa Mitchell , single work short story
A woman traces the role of rewards in her life.
 (p. 72 - 73)
The Man Who Couldn't See Oceans, Philip Neilsen , single work short story
A man spends a weekend at a self-help program.
 (p. 74 - 75)
Familiarity, Daniel Pollard , single work short story
A man tries to deal with the end of a relationship.
 (p. 76 - 77)
The Maid's Secret, David P. Reiter , single work short story
A ghostly tale of revenge
 (p. 78 - 91)
The Card, Anne-Maree Rolley , single work short story (p. 92 - 93)
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