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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 His Blue Period
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'Every seasoned player in the mating game claims to have their own type, and the narrator of this story about the uses and abuses of contemporary love and sex wants to tell you about his. But even in the most casual of encounters, it seems, something may be left behind...' (Storycuts abstract)

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    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Stories 2008 Delia Falconer (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 Z1535129 2008 anthology short story (taught in 1 units) 'Australian short fiction is where the action is: outward-looking, exciting, filled with surprises and joyful life. Delia Falconer In The Best Australian Stories 2008, Delia Falconer brings together the year's most exciting short fiction. Featuring established masters as well as fresh new voices, this is a perfect book for summer and an ideal introduction to Australia's best contemporary writing. 'As a reader,' Delia Falconer writes, 'I crave what the short story is most suited to deliver: a glimpse into the unpredictability of life, a quick burst of tone and voice, a bittersweet balance of surprising layers.' By turns global and domestic, subversively funny and wrenchingly sad, this year's Best Australian Stories delivers this, and more.' (Publication summary) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 pg. 1-9
    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2012 .
      Extent: 11p.
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      • Ebook
      • Released: 11 March 2012
      ISBN: 9781742756936
      Series: y separately published work icon Storycuts Random House Australia (publisher), Milsons Point : Random House , 2012 Z1862872 2012 series - publisher short story 'The digital and the short form have always made a good pair - not surprising given that short, simple storytelling and narrative can easily be read on-screen, and fill up the empty hours of a morning or evening commute. With this in mind, Random House have this week decided to launch the Australian branch of Storycuts, a list of the best short fiction and essays by local authors, selected from larger collections and made available as standalone ebooks...' (Source: Publisher's website)
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