Contents

Isobelle Carmody

Introduction

Adventure

Justin D'Ath

Wild Africa

Sally Odgers

Blowhole

Crime

Robert Hood

Abandoned

Deborah Abela

Trust Me!

Lucy Sussex

The Fortress

Contemporary

Bill Condon

The Cost of Air

Dianne Bates

DG Loves AR. True!

Hazel Edwards

Two Left Sneakers

Fantasy

Allan Baillie

The Fog

Keith Taylor

The Firedrake

Jenny Blackford

Andromeda

Science Fiction

Michael Pryor

Backup

Sean McMullen

Striking Fear

George Ivanoff

Game Plan

Romance

Carol Jones

Under/Over

David Rish

The Leather Jacket

Thriller

Jim Schembri

The Knock-Down Girl

Meredith Costain

The Thrill-Seekers Club

Simon Higgins

Relic

Horror

Kerry Greenwood

Heat

Richard Harland

The Thing in the Suitcase

Sophie Masson

Ghost

Lili Wilkinson

The Babysitter

Twilight Zone

Sally Rippin

The Red Shoes

Scot Gardner

Answers

Jenny Mounfield

Out of Time

Kate Forsyth

The Key

Historical

Sue Bursztynski

Countdown to Apollo II

Gary Crew

The Returning Tree

Marc McBride

Articles

Humour

Andy Griffiths & Mitch Vane

The True History of Sir Donald BADMAN

Phillip Gwynne

Humble Pie

Poetry

David Metzenthen & David Miller

Inert Earth

Steven Herrick & Mitch Vane

The Country School

Doug MacLeod & Louise Prout

Smarty

James Roy

Tom in the Storm

Sherryl Clark

Two Tribes

Leaving Home

Janet Findlay & Louise Prout

My American Underpants

Michael Wagner

Nothing is Going

The Problem with Self-help

Sofie Laguna & Mitch Vane

Annabelle in the Airwaves

Catherine Bateson

How to Go Fishing

Catherine Bateson & Mitch Vane

The Whippet Blues

Meme McDonald

Farewell Song

Graphics

Shaun Tan

Illustrations

Leigh Hobbs
     The Joy of Being an Author

Coral Tulloch
      The Uncertain Future of Len Bean

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