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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Spectrum Three : Experimental Short Stories
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Longman Cheshire , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Crabs, Peter Carey , single work short story satire science fiction

'Crabs is very neat in everything he does. His movements are almost fussy, but he has so much fight in his delicate frame that they're not fussy at all. Lately he has been eating. When Frank eats one steak, Crab eats two. When Frank has a pint of mil, Crabs drinks two. He spends a lot of time lying on his bed, groaning, because of the food. But he's building up. At night he runs five miles to Clayton. He always means to run back, but he always ends up on the train, hot and sweating and sticking to the seat. His aim is to increase his weight and get a job driving for Allied Panel and Towing. Already he has his licence but he's too small, not tough enough to beat off the competition at a crash scene.' (Introduction)

(p. 37-46)
The Drover's Wife, Murray Bail , single work short story (p. 53-56)
Access to Ourselves, Frank Moorhouse , single work short story (p. 79-83)
4 Poems on a Theme, Vicki Viidikas , single work short story (p. 91-93)
Form in Wood, Peter Cowan , single work short story (p. 95-103)
The Silence of the Seer, Michael Wilding , single work short story (p. 165-167)
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