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7 00 NZ Short Short Stories Edited by Graeme Lay 7 00 NZ Short Short Stories edited by Graeme Lay TANDEM PRESS Contents Acknowledgements 8 Introduction 9 THE HAT Judy Parker 11 THE LEARNING WEB Waiata Dawn Davies 12 LOVE AFFAIR Tina Shaw 15 ANOTHER GOOD REASON NOTTO READT. P. McLEAN SteveWhitehouse 17 CATASTROPHE Joan Rosier-Jones 19 THE WHITE TOP A. K. Grant 21 ATASTE OF PARIS JaneWestaway 23 STUART Ian Williams 25 THE LEATHER BOOTS Barbara Grigor 27 NOBODY WANTED TO BE INDIANS Witi Ihimaera 29 PLEASURE Vivienne Plumb 31 A PIECE OFYELLOW SOAP Frank Sargeson 33 TANIWHA GOLD Joy MacKenzie 35 THE FLOE RIDERS Britta Stabenow 37 FRIDAY NIGHTS BenYong 39 KING OFTHETARSEAL Patricia Murphy 41 CARNIVORE Rowan Metcalfe 43 TWO DOWN Chris Else 45 TON-UP Bernard Brown 47 AUBADE Owen Marshall 49 COALS OF FIRE Mary Stuart 52 BUTTERFLIES Patricia Grace 53 JUST ANOTHER WEDNESDAY ON THE WEST COAST WAITING FOR THE MUSE TO STRIKE Sarah Quigley 55 FAX John Connor 57 IS RAINING SOON Michael Morrissey 59 JOCK Rachael King 61 USELESS FLESH Roger Hall 63 PUSHING UP DAISIES Noel Simpson 65 ROSES Sarah Gaitanos 67 AN EXPATRIATE PARCEL OF NOSTALGIA Jonathan Owen 69 THE LASSIE FROM LANCASHIRE Frances Cherry 71 WARMTH Tomzin Blair 7 3 THE BIG GAME Jenni-Lynne Harris 7 5 SOLID MATTER Kath Beattie 7 7 DOUBLEVISION Toni Quinlan 79 DEPRIVATION Valerie Matuku 81 HAPPY JACK David Somerset 8 3 PERSONALLY SEEKING Norman Bilbrough 85 DEMPSEY P. A. Armstrong 8 7 THE CHRISTENING Graeme lay 8 9 JURY DUTY Aiita Seccombe 91 THE DAY . Sue McCauley 93 BROKEN CHINA Richard Brooke 95 ASH Virainia Were 98 SIBYL'S PSYCHIC HOTLINE Jon Thomas 99 THE BACH Patricia Donnelly . 101 COCKTAIL CONVERSATION Diane Brown 103 SKIN ROOM FEMALE Elizabeth Smyth 10 5 SALVATION LouiseWrightson 107 JINX Tina Shaw 109 WINDOW DRESSING Thomas Mitchell 111 CHAIN OF EVENTS Patricia Grace 113 THE MARQUESAS MAYBE Graeme lay 115 THE SEVENTIES JaneWestaway 117 THETHINGSTHAT CAN'T BE NAMED DianneTaylor 119 THE OPTICIAN Judith White 121 GO AND CATCH A FALLING STAR Lauris Edmond 123 THE SECRET DESIRE OF MERVYN SMITH Sarah Quigley 125 REDECORATING Janette Sinclair 12 7 A FAMILY FUNERAL Kevin Ireland 129 THE BATTERY HENS Graeme Foster 131 THE LOOMING Pauline Humphries 13 3 ONCE Fiona Farrell 135 ANNUAL LIES (MINCEY PIES) Marie Duncan 137 A CHANCE ENCOUNTER Tim Higham 139 THE FALLING GAME Gwenyth Perry 141 GHOSTS INTHE GARDEN Victoria Feltham 143 SLEEPING WITH THE PHONE Diane Brown 145 MATERNITY Rhonda Bartle 147 GROWING PAIN Dawn Sheppard 149 THE BANK JOB John CRoss 151 THERE'S A MONKEY IN MY KITCHEN Maggie Bartlett 15 3 THE OLD WOMAN AND THE BEAR Elspeth Sandys 15 5 BOUNCING Richard Brooke 157 VAMPIRE DANCES Jan Farr 15 9 THE OLD MAN IN THE HAT Peter Edmonds 161 DRAGGING IT Frances Cherry 163 THE FEAR Rose Omar 165 BOB MARLEY IN RED Ross Lay 167 SAM, A STUDY Martha Morseth 169 BONDI Simon Robinson . 171 THE DUST OF MY PASSAGE Garry P. Sommerville 173 ACCEPTANCE Margaret Bruens 175 THE TOPIARY ENTHUSIAST Jan Rooke 177 THE DEAD PAST Helen Mulgan 179 SACRIFICE TO THE VOLCANO GOD Witi Ihimaera . 181 MAORI BREAD Kelly Morey 18 3 KAHA Linda Chatterton 185 THE FINANCE MINISTER Arthur King 187 DISSOCIATION Denis Baker . 189 TRAINS AND THINGS Kerry Dalton 191 THE TALKING LILY Iain Sharp 193 PLACE OF WORK Rosemary Tearle 195 IT RAINED IN THE NIGHT Idoya Munn 197 BREAKING UP Janette Sinclair 19 9 TELESA Cherie Barford 201 ALMOST A PERFECT DAY Bill Gruar 203 ACQUAINTING THE M'COL COL Bernard Brown 205 END GAME Gordon Stevens 207 JUSTICE DENIED Chris McVeigh 209 Notes on Contributors 212.
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