Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Normal Service Will Resume : Fast Fiction for Any Trip
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Notes

  • Introduction by Toby Litt
  • Contents indexing complete.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Cardigan Press , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
All Her Friends are Gods & All Her Gods are Trying to Give Up Smoking, Sean Whelan , single work short story (p. 17-18)
Phrenology, Rose Mulready , single work short story (p. 19-20)
Hoodwinkin' the Ol' Factory, Jane Ormond , single work short story (p. 21-22)
Either Way, George Dunford , single work short story (p. 23-24)
Some Notes, Simon Hall , single work short story (p. 25-28)
Gag Reflex, Rose Mulready , single work short story (p. 29-30)
Waltzing Matilda, Peter Barrett , single work short story (p. 31-34)
The Bomb, A. Speranza Luca , single work short story (p. 35-39)
A Metaphor for Sex, Sean Whelan , single work short story (p. 40-43)
Orifice, Jennifer Lee , single work short story (p. 44-47)
Opening Lines about a Trip to America, Paula Hunt , single work short story (p. 48-51)
The Man Who Grew Mexican Walking Fish, Carolyn Court , single work short story (p. 56-59)
Almost Just a Flatmate, Sonja Dechian , single work short story (p. 60-63)
The Mansion, Sian Prior , single work short story (p. 64-67)
Dead by Tuesday, Katie Falkiner , single work short story (p. 68-72)
Better Not, Rose Mulready , single work short story (p. 73-78)
Heroes & Civilians, Adam Ford , single work short story (p. 79-84)
Eedjit, Anna Hedigan , single work short story (p. 85-92)
Ninety-nine Cents a Day, Georgina Lyell , single work short story (p. 93-100)
The Gauze Canal, Nova Weetman , single work short story

The protagonist lived through war as a child, spending his early life in underground shelters. One day, he goes deaf from a particularly intense assault, and the doctor pushes gauze into his ears.

His family immigrates to another country, where they, too, become quiet as language barriers make it difficult to communicate. The protagonist has to learn a new written language, but faces less trouble on account of not being expected to communicate.

After his parents die, the protagonist eventually visits the doctor after his eyes and head start to hurt. The doctor inspects him and pulls the long-forgotten gauze out of his ears, and suddenly, he can hear again. The sensation overloads him. When he goes home, he stuffs tissues back into his ears, and returns to silence.

(p. 101-107)

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