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Absolutely Revolting

Short Stories

'Brunswick Budgie'

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May 1993, no. 150

The daily special at the Great Northern Hotel that blustery late-November day was chicken schnitzel, mashed spuds, peas and a free pot for four bucks, but Marie’s spelling had struck again. Schitzel would not be passed up by anyone.

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Ducks

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December 1992, no. 147
'Ducks' a short story by Julian Davies

Have you ever looked at a duck? There is more to it, to use that peculiar cliché, than meets the eye. Watching ducks has been my labour for some time, but, of course, it will be so only for a limited period. Still, I expect I will always retain the interest now that I have come to know ducks better.

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The Two Necklaces by Shen Zulian

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December 1992, no. 147

This woman was so happy she couldn’t think of anything else.

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'The Woman Who Hammered Melon Seeds'

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December 1992, no. 147

While most people were looking forward to the Mid-autumn Festival, she was hoping it wouldn’t come quite so quickly. However, it didn’t really matter what anybody thought, mid-autumn gradually loomed closer and closer.

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'On Hearing Samuel Beckett Refute His Birth Date' a short story by Graham Harper

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December 1992, no. 147

On hearing Samuel Beckett refute his birth date my mother, who was pregnant with me, was thrown into a whirl.

‘He cannot’, she said to a gathering of friends who shared her view that he would praise their new club motto which, they had just decided, would be:

Seek disorder, Live for enigma. Beware of fools and false causes.

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Scission by Tim Winton & Midwinter Spring by John Webb

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June 1985, no. 71
Scission

Tim Winton writes on the dedication page of Scission, “this one is for Gonzo”, and his youth and astonishing rate of publication suggest that he may produce one for each of his friends and relatives. After bursting on the Australian literary world with An Open Swimmer Winton has published another novel, Shallows and this new collection of short stories.

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Springtime In Taranaki: An Autobiography of Youth by Douglas Stewart

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February–March 1984, no. 58
Springtime In Taranaki: An Autobiography of Youth

Douglas Stewart is one of the great all-rounders, perhaps the greatest, of our literature; one recalls that Nancy Keesing once described him as probably t

Foremost as a poet, the subject matter of his poetry is astonishingly wide-ranging from ballads and narrative poems to the most delicate and delightful of nature and love lyrics. He has been a notable and inspiring literary editor; in a period that has now passed into history he so exploited the creative potentialities of radio to communicate culturally that he achieved an international reputation as a verse playwright; and his literary criticism down the years has been consistently respected by his peers.

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