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Who put the overalls in Mrs Murphy’s chowder?
EVERY WORK OF fiction, regardless of length or genre, is to some extent a kind of mystery offered to...
Return of the moonbirds
THE WIND OFF the sea blows hard and it is savagely cold, despite it being midsummer. It is 8...
Neglecting the body
"TAKE UP GOLF," they said. Both of them within the space of a week. The acupuncturist and the alternative...
Passing judgement
THE TWO JUDGES sat on an enclosed veranda. The apartment at the end of the peninsula looked over the...
Circles of connection, or blowing in the wind
AUSTRALIA IS OFTEN seen from abroad, and at home, as a land with no clear cultural core – apart...
Icing and salt
AFTER THE INITIAL impact, Eiji's feet slide backwards, carving tracks through the salted clay until his toes grip the...
What makes us tick?
THERE HAVE BEEN valiant attempts over centuries and across continents to try to understand the prevailing mood of the...
Writing, standing on your head
THE WRITER NEEDS a body to perform writing. The body is a text written by thought, experience, genetics, culture,...
Without country
THE RIGGER COILED the line of wet rope around his hand, reeling in the sea crate they were using...
Finding order in art and life
PHYSICISTS, WE ARE often told, dream of formulating a single equation to explain the world. Yet the fundamental law...
The sun rising
'THIS IS HOW it was, when I saw you for the first time.'When Mackenzie Lachlan butted up against the...
Steeplechase
MY SISTER LIKES ponies and showjumping and arenas. Sometimes I jump with her because she wants me to. I...
