Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract
Published on 15. April 2021
119 pages
978-1-925956-73-3 (ISBN)
Description
A surfer who becomes horrifyingly one with the sea. A new mother's devastating search for belonging. A stone gargoyle with a violent history. A fisher boy who discovers the real cost of forbidden love. A farmer whose delight at drought-breaking rain quickly turns to terror. A hedonistic rock star who manifests double trouble. A young girl's chilling sacrifice for justice. A dirty ex-cop with a dirtier secret. An unscrupulous mayor's solution to rid her city of the homeless...These are just some of the characters you'll meet in this collection of dark offerings.From the harsh terrain of the Outback, to the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the wilds of Tasmania, dystopian futures, enchanted lands, and the familiarity of suburbia, Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract takes readers on a journey into unsettling, unforgiving, and unforgettable territory.
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Rebecca Fraser
Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract
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08/2021
IFWG Publishing Australia
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Content
- Intro
- Foreword by Steven Paulsen
- Coralesque
- Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Beautiful
- The Pedlar
- William's Mummy
- 48 Jefferson Lane
- Uncle Alec's Gargoyle
- Never Falls Far
- Cycle
- Casting Nets
- Hermit 2.0
- The Little One
- Clarrie's Dam
- The Carol Singer at the Back
- The Roo Men of Salt Scrub Flats
- Peroxide and the Doppelganger
- Just Another City Night, 2086
- Knock Knock
- The Middle of the Night
- Once Upon a Moonlit Clearing
- The AVM Initiative
- The Skylar Solution
- Local Knowledge
- What the Sheoaks Saw
- In the Shadow of Oedipus
- Keep Walking
- Acknowledgements
- Story Publishing History
