Short Stories

A man treads water in the Swan River, hoping to bring his friend back to shore. Three siblings gaze skyward seeking a comet among the stars. A mother and daughter...

A long-deserted drive-in, waiting for a rerun of the one story that might give it life; a child who discovers his identity in a photograph hidden in his parents' room...

A young woman suddenly confronts the life she walked away from. A loving husband must make a pact with the devil to keep his wife. A passionate collector must choose...

Super-fun stories specially chosen for 6-year-olds! Super-fun stories specially chosen for 6-year-olds! A very old ghost, an accident-prone cousin, a pirate in search of a ship, fish fingers for breakfast,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE 'Dazzling' GUARDIAN 'Blistering' THE TIMES 'A delight' DIANA EVANS 'Fiction written at the highest level' ANN PATCHETT 'Hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES An electrifying, hilarious...

"Midalia's skill at presenting big ideas through everyday experience demonstrates how powerful good writing can be" - The West Australian Feet to the Stars, Susan Midalia's third collection of short...

Susan Midalia's second collection of short stories offers us a compelling variety of characters,all of them 'travellers' in search of connection and belonging. Tourists in Moscow and Vienna confronted by...

From medieval Europe to outback Queensland, from war-torn Bosnia to China and on to the shores of the Aral Sea, The Source of the Sound traces the journeys of exiles...

A marvellously accomplished debut collection from QLA Writers Fellowship winner Amanda O'Callaghan. The balance of power in a marriage shifts, with shocking consequences. An elderly woman recounts a chilling childhood...

A man turns up at his daughter's birthday party with a goldfish in an ice-cream container. On the way to collect firewood, a woman and her teenaged neighbour crash in...

The past, famously, is a foreign country - but in the twenty-first century, it's one in which we increasingly seek solace. No matter the relentless pace of technological innovation and...

'What you staring at?' he said, looking quickly into the rearview and touching the place his eyebrow might have been. 'You're not exactly Marilyn Monroe yerself.' Short stories from Goldie...

From the beloved award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a spectacular collection of unique stories, each confronting themes of identity, belonging, and the collision of cultures across countries and centuries. Winner...

These accomplished, gothic-infused stories impress in terms of their range and unexpected twists - this is an exceptional debut collection that includes the title novella, 'The Gorgon Flower'. A young...

This is Natalie Scott's sequel to her first collection, 'Eating Out' which in 1997 won the National Library Australian Book award. Natalie is back with twenty more stories for readers...

This is a wonderful collection of short stories, sparkling with wit, passion and the Australian ethos, yet revealing the shadowy side of human interactions. These captivating stories take you into...

Between Two Worlds brings us thirty of the best short stories chosen from the thousands of entries in the SBS Emerging Writers' Competition. Offering a snapshot of contemporary Australia, this...

A boy searches for his father, a prison guard on Sakhalin Island. In Barcelona, a woman is tasked with spying on a prizefighter who may or may not be her...

A property developer fears that a burgeoning ibis population will prevent the construction of a high rise apartment complex; a bus stop outside a dementia care facility in Dsseldorf suffers...

The Dark Wet is the first collection of short stories by Jess Huon. Rich, lyrical and deeply felt, it explores the struggle towards a sense of self and belonging, expressed...

Every year, Sleepers assembles a motley crue of new and established (but mostly new - mostly never heard of) writers for their critically acclaimed collection of short fiction (with occasional...

The 2016 Margaret River Short Story Competition anthology presents the finest emerging and established voices in Australian literature. These are stories to be felt, read and remembered. They cover births,...

We'll Stand in That Place and Other Stories is the latest anthology in the annual Margaret River Short Story Competition. In this latest collection, contemporary concerns, such as climate change,...

'Brinkley's sentences are daggers' RAVEN LEILANI 'Extraordinary ... moving, compelling and virtuosic' OBSERVER 'A triumph' COLIN BARRETT An electric collection of stories set in contemporary New York, from the award-winning...

A pregnant mother of two finds herself increasingly in thrall to her help, Nat. For Joad, the discovery of a haunting typewritten document in an old desk in need of...

A range of simple stories for new readers, with beautiful colour illustrations. With a shrill whistle the Night Train is off, delivering its passengers to children's dreams. The yeti, the...

These twelve short stories vividly bring to life the daily dramas of Chinese men and women who are starting to feel the influence of the West while still immersed in...

In her latest collection of stories, Janice Galloway turns her unflinching gaze on relationships: the struggle to love against the odds, the overpowering yearning to communicate, and the extraordinary epiphanies...

The book titled Little Deaths by the author Peter Goldsworthy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Cousins Yasmin and Ruby have always been rivals, but both sides of the story are exposed in this cleverly composed clean-teen novella from Karen McCombie. Ruby can't stand her "perfect"...

The tales and stories of John MacPherson - The Coddy - were an instant success on their 1st publication, and they have been in demand ever since. A renowned character,...

Intelligent, evocative and darkly comic, Naama Goldstein's collection introduces a remarkable talent. In these sharply focused stories, the line between nation and self is as elusive as the distinction between...

The book titled Love Among the Haystacks by the author D. H. Lawrence. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

With his elegant prose, distinctive imagination, and deep empathy, the bestselling author of The Crimson Petal and the White once again dazzles us in three novellas. "The Courage Consort" tells...

Eight short works of fiction by one of Britain's greatest and most original writers. Extraordinary and diverse people inhabit this rich, ripe, occasionally raucous collection of short stories. Some are...

Five close friends in their 90s meet - as they have for decades - for their monthly 'ladies lunch', to puzzle, and laugh at, the enigmas and affronts of ageing....

Number One for Fiendish Fun! Join Horrid Henry in another bumper book of mischief. Horrid Henry loves the summer, but even the balmiest of summer days have a way of...

'These early stories showcase Gay's prowess as one of the voices of our age' National Post , Canada From New York Times -bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, Ayiti is a powerful...

An absentee father, a former dissident from communist-era Prague, needles his adult daughter for details about her newly commissioned play when he fears it will cast him in an unflattering...

Deepak Chopra has written the foreword, and the collection spans a wide range of spiritual aspects of love: the power of intention, lost love regained, prophetic dreams of love, destiny...

A collection of short Easter stories perfect for children from the world's best-loved storyteller! An egg-cellent addition to any Easter basket. Go on Easter adventures to imagine the biggest chocolate...

For fans of Scandinavian crime, Intrigo is the gripping collection of Hakan Nesser's best novellas and short stories, three of which have been adapted into major motion pictures. Set in...

'A trailblazer in the world of short-form prose' New Yorker Lydia Davis is a virtuoso at detecting the seemingly casual, inconsequential surprises of daily life and pinning them for inspection....