Trapped with the Dead single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Trapped with the Dead
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The narrator has a friend, Gerard, who learned to sign for their deafness. In return, the narrator keeps Gerard's secret: that he likes killing animals and stuffing them, a self-taught taxidermist. The RSPCA comes knocking, and Gerard and the narrator cannot fend them off. Gerard is led away and the narrator is left with the dead animals.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Profound deafness.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Scope vol. 58 no. 7 August 2012 Z1882386 2012 periodical issue 2012 pg. 8
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