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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... vol. 42 no. 4 Summer 1997 of Westerly est. 1956 Westerly
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Loessi"He holds me in his hands", Carole Johnson , single work poetry (p. 14)
Villanellei"Where does innocence end and grief begin?", Jeff Guess , single work poetry (p. 15)
Cape Tribulation, Janette Turner Hospital , single work short story (p. 16-25)
The Man in the Gene, Sara Dowse , single work short story (p. 26-30)
Hauntedi"windblown & determined", Marcella Polain , single work poetry (p. 31)
Aquariumi"in all that rheumy light", Marcella Polain , single work poetry (p. 33)
Nephew's Story, Michael Wilding , single work short story autobiography
'The bed sitting room, the afternoon light streaming through the window, the high-backed easy chair, the dark furniture around the walls, the mementoes, photographs, pot plants, dried flowers, little objects. The little objects I cannot immediately recall. They meant a lot to my aunt, they were the memory theatre of her life, all with their associations. They took her out of the room through space and time. To me they represented the fetishism of objects, they were just clutter. I could afford to reject all that, or thought I could. At the time I felt I had no choice but to reject it, the oppressive weight of the old world, old values, which I had travelled so far to escape. But every time I revisited the objects would all be in place, in still, silent repose.'  (Introduction)   
 (p. 34-38)
The Room, Peter Cowan , single work short story (p. 39-40)
Still Life with Approaching Deathi"Harnessed by the fretwork of her temper,", Anthony Lawrence , single work poetry (p. 41)
For Shanei"Eighteen months, the counsellor said,", Karen Attard , single work poetry (p. 42)
Erratumi"The flashbulbs of guilt.", Anthony Lawrence , single work poetry (p. 44)
Cut and Paste, Leslie Thomas , single work short story (p. 45-48)
Shaped Fillipi"Mein Freund ist", Diane Beckingham , single work poetry (p. 49)
Continuous Corrugationsi"white sheep on green winter grass", Diane Beckingham , single work poetry (p. 51)
Toweli"All night I've plunged across parched mountains,", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 52)
Splinteri"On the first day, squalls sweep across the harbour.", Barbara Brandt , single work poetry (p. 53)
Sojourner, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror science fiction (p. 54-56)
Zeno Sideoni"Wiping up time, the spilt milk of the moon,", Jan Owen , single work poetry

The work of art may represent a towel. Zeno is a pre-Socratic philosopher remembered for philosophical paradoxes of impossibility, such as Achilles and the Tortoise (see modern fractal illustration). The poem suggests several meanings the towel may be intended to convey, and ends in apparent exasperation summed up in the first line in Timedancing and Poems 1980-2008 which paraphrases Gertrude Stein's famous, 'Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.' The symbolic meaning of the art, if any, eludes the poet.

(p. 57)
Housemate, Cyndie Innes , single work short story (p. 58-59)
The Meaning of Wifei"She is a plate", Cyndie Innes , single work poetry (p. 60)
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