The fact that two major publishing houses have produced anthologies of Australian short stories at about the same time suggests that a discernable market has been perceived, that the short story, in this country, survives fit and healthily enough to command considerable interest. The images that the dust-covers of the two books project, however, could hardly differ more and lead to obvious conclusions about the sectors of the market at which the books are aimed. Kerryn Goldsworthy’s Australian Short