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Short Stories
Following on from '100 NZ Short Short Stories' (1997), another competition for mini-fiction (500 words) was held, attracting 800 entries; 100 of them are presented here, including work from young and previously unpublished writers, and from more well known writers.
Contents: Life and times / John McCrystal - Night watches / Wanda Cowley - The last word / Victoria Frame - Acapulco / Andrew M Bell - Dream-baby / Cordelia Lockett - The hay party / Diana Menefy - A mere Mars / Bill Blunt - Guilty rain / Sara Vui-Talitu - Face value / Janet Peters - Pound dog / Ellen Shaw - The winning touch / David Hill - Bartholomew and the bears / Cherie Barford - New tastes / Adrienne Rewi- Airport cafe / Kate Barker & Melissa Cassidy - Thoughts on a lifestyle change somewhere south of Hawera in 1862 / Lloyd Jones - The eyelid / Sheridan Keith - On the cheap / Simon Robinson - Custody / Linda Burgess - Dear diary / Chris McVeigh - Civil obedience / Linda Gill - Sarajevo / Daphne de Jong - The dolls' house / Kevin Ireland - Departure time / Barry Southam - City, coast, man, child / Tina Shaw - Kelly wuz here / Rhonda Bartle - The mural / Graeme Lay - They know how to care / Jenny Jones - In my father's house / Jane McKenzie -Vibrations / Catherine Mair - Now is the hour / Steve Whitehouse - Sea change / Julia Oakley