The geometry lesson THERE WERE THREE things I knew then that time has never erased.We made a triangle, back when we lived... By Jewelene Barrile
Imperfect bodies of the poor POOR PEOPLE'S BODIES have always told stories about poverty's origins and remedies. In their own accounts, poor people say... By Mark Peel
Cedric abroad CEDRIC MARCHANT LEFT England for the first time at the age of forty-one. He travelled to France by train... By Peter Temple
The inexact science of Fredericka MY NAME IS Fredericka. Every night, I find myself in the same room. Thankfully, it is coloured to my... By Alice Tawhai
Scene from a window FRIDAY MORNING. GREENWICH Village.The industrial dumbwaiter, jam-packed with a two-day accumulation of tenants′ rubbish, made three trips from the... By Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo
Republic of Outer Barcoo JODIE'S DESK IN the Capitol building in Wirranbandi is a scratched and gouged door resting across two wooden saw-horses... By Janette Turner Hospital
Chewing the fat I HAVE BEEN fascinated by fat ever since I was a pre-teen anorexic. My fascination may have preceded the... By Elspeth Probyn
Panther WALKING ON TRAIN tracks is unnatural. The distance between the wooden sleepers is just longer than a normal footstep,... By Chris Flynn
The infernal wood THE FOOTFALL OF the horse was muted in soft ground and leaf litter. The path ahead glimmered with an... By Eva Hornung
The circle line THE COME CLATTERING down the stairwells and surge onto the platform around her: revoltingly young, for the most part,... By Linda Jaivin
A grove of olives ONCE I HAD to bury a cat. She was a beautiful cat, lithe of limb, delicate, a great leaper.... By Marion Halligan
Skylights GORDON NEVER RUNS his own errands but he banged on my door at 4 am and ordered me to... By Patrick Allington