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Nemesis

Tommy Stojack.

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Half Truth

My grave is open.

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Three Days in June

People don’t tap their watches anymore; have you noticed?

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The Sex Lives of Married Women

He’s got to want it more than I do.

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Unveiled

In 2019 I was invited to appear on ABC TV’s Australian Story to talk about my life.

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The Mix-Up

Ammy’s fingers curl around the bottle in her blazer pocket.

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When The Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole

New Zealand was greener than Emilia could ever have imagined.

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Our Infinite Fates

The dining table was set for a feast, but all the carving knives had been hidden.

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What's Your Dream?

When I met Caitlin, there was no question that she had a dream.

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The Limestone Road

Lampana, South Australia, January 1944

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The Homemade God

That was the summer they wore flip-flops.

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This Stays Between Us

Mack jogged back to the main track following the sound, which seemed to be coming from a stand of bushes to the left of the path where a second track speared into the scrub.

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We Need Your Art

We need your art.

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The Deadly Dispute

Hazel Bates arrives on the docks to the sight of a dead body being hauled out of the water.

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The Favourites

Today is the tenth anniversary of the worst day of my life.

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Cruel is the Light

God created man and demon.

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Becoming Magnetic

Am I cursed? Or just messed up? What is wrong with me? Why do bad things always happen to me? Am I unlucky or just damaged goods? Who will ever want me . . . an uneducated, broken, Latina from the ’hood?

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