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The city circle I LIVE IN a suburb where no politician lives and therefore the trams run infrequently, often late and without... By Paddy O’Reilly
Blue people Selected for Best Australian Stories 2014I’M BACK WORKING with the Dragon Lady after we both went overseas, again, and... By Adam Narnst
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Ticket-holder number 5 FOR AS LONG as she could remember, Tania had carried a canister of capsicum spray in her workbag. She’d... By Melanie Cheng
The teacher MICK FELT EXCITED coming down on the train but got cornered in the carriage by a tall heavy-boned old... By Gregory Day
Aesthetic suicide My daughter, who loves Andy Warhol, was horrifiedby your Super-8 re-enactment of his attempted executionby Valerie Solanas, who wrapped... By Justin Clemens