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The Fallen Woman

Jane Saville's gasp conveyed her shock as her mother's words landed like small blows.

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Live for Me

Dead bodies are being found around town again.

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Back to Birdsville

Phoebe McFadden, seventeen and wise to her dad’s fondness for the horses, tilted her head to watch her only parent straighten the new sign on the front entrance of the racetrack.

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In a Place of Darkness

God’s sake, why did everything have to be such a sodding . . . trial?

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Slow Dance

The wedding invitation came, and Shiloh said yes, of course she’d be there.

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This Kingdom of Dust

Woman is born free, and everywhere she is caged.

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Love Unleashed

‘To Brynn Wallace: the future managing editor of The Paris Review!’

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Eruption

Rachel Sherrill, thirty years old in a few days, master’s degree from Stanford in conservation biology, rising star in her world, still thought of herself as the smartest kid in the class.

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Yarn Quest

I suppose I should start at the very beginning.

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Ten things I wish you knew about your child's mental health

The one universal truth of childhood is that there is always hope.

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The Venice Hotel

She stood above him while the air left his body in a low, final exhale.

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Cactus Pear For My Beloved

I park my father's old Camry in the last remaining disabled spot outside the Logan Shopping Centre.

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The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir

Hannah stood in the wings, waiting for the actor on stage to finish his soliloquy.

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The Forever War

American democracy has become so diseased because for most of the country’s history it has never been that healthy.

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A Refiner's Fire

The first few times, the messages on Instagram gave no certainty of their numbers,

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Jade and Emerald

Angela Nu was the richest girl at my school.

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Fool Me Twice

Every object has a ghost.

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Psykhe

I was born blue, strangled by my own cord.

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Lies and Weddings

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.”

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Money Diaries with She’s on the Money

This money diarist recently quit a toxic but well-paying tech job to run a small property business with her dad.

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Winter of the Wolf

The day Sidonie Montot buried her uncle was never going to be a good day.

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Translations

They became uncitizens.

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