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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... no. 9 1985 of Australian Short Stories est. 1982 Australian Short Stories
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Year of the White Knight : A Collection of Omens and Sub-News and a Memorandum of Feelings, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story (p. 1-11)
Note: With an illustration by Stephen Pascoe
Sandra, Max Dann , single work short story (p. 20-25)
Note: With an illustration by Mandy Brown
Market Day, Beverley Farmer , single work short story

In "Market Day" a blind woman discovers accidentally that she is now grey and old, but this woman transcends her tragic past and self-interest to serve the cause of her niece's love. This little brown Aunt who has patiently endured physical and emotional suffering is almost deified because of her capacity to love a world she cannot see. She accommodates the loss of her own youth, and by the end of the story her hair is no longer the focus of her despair but, appropriately, has the appearance of a bronze crown. This narrative is also interesting in that Farmer recreates the particular textures and sounds of Elpida's environment as the reader shares the blind woman's dependence upon aural or mnemonic experience.

(Source: 'Against the Grain: Beverley Farmer's Writing')

(p. 26-32)
Note: With an illustration by Annie Irish
Immortal, Glen Dower , single work short story (p. 33-37)
Note: With an illustration by Mark Wilson
Thylacine, Bruce Pascoe , single work short story (p. 38-43)
Note: With an illustration by Waldemar Buczynski
The Dancing Tree, C. C. Catt , single work short story (p. 44-52)
Note: With an illustration by Sue Hainsworth
Sweet and Sour Story, Peter Goldsworthy , single work short story (p. 53-61)
Note: With an illustration by Mary Leunig
The Service of the Bishop, John Hanrahan , extract novel (p. 62-70)
Note: With an illustration by Lin Tobias
Talks with My Uncle Moro, Geoffrey Field Dean , single work short story (p. 71-77)
Parsley, Cod and Old Lace, Lynne Williams , single work short story (p. 78-82)
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