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The Real Thing

by Danielle de Valera ...

Short story, 17 pages. When Charles Lawson (aka God) is forty and enjoying a career as a troubleshooter for coin fraud, he goes to Maralinga in South Australia to determine the authenticity of a mysterious coin found there after the British atomic explosions of 1960. Here he meets twenty-five-year old Jamie Stanborough, chief archeologist on the coin dig. Jamie sets out to seduce Lawson for his ... Read more

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Short story, 17 pages. When Charles Lawson (aka God) is forty and enjoying a career as a troubleshooter for coin fraud, he goes to Maralinga in South Australia to determine the authenticity of a mysterious coin found there after the British atomic explosions of 1960. Here he meets twenty-five-year old Jamie Stanborough, chief archeologist on the coin dig. Jamie sets out to seduce Lawson for his
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Busting God

by Danielle de Valera ...

Short story, 15 pages. Aging undercover narcotics agent Michael O'Neill is fighting back the years. Pumping iron, practising karate with the best, running miles every day so that he can stay in the field. He is sent to the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, along with his Vietnam buddy Baby Johnson to bust a heroin dealer so big that everyone up there calls him 'God'. Against orders from ... Read more

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Short story, 15 pages. Aging undercover narcotics agent Michael O'Neill is fighting back the years. Pumping iron, practising karate with the best, running miles every day so that he can stay in the field. He is sent to the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, along with his Vietnam buddy Baby Johnson to bust a heroin dealer so big that everyone up there calls him 'God'. Against orders from
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Dropping Out: A Tree Change Novel-in-stories

by Danielle de Valera ...

Short stories. 212 pages. When undercover narcotics agents Michael O'Neill and sidekick Baby Johnson are sent from Sydney to the Northern Rivers of New South Wales to bust a heroin dealer so big everyone up there calls him 'God', they fall in love with the area and decide to drop out. Johnson is pursuing his interest in Star, another urban fugitive on the run from a violent marriage to Wayne, 'God ... Read more

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Short stories. 212 pages. When undercover narcotics agents Michael O'Neill and sidekick Baby Johnson are sent from Sydney to the Northern Rivers of New South Wales to bust a heroin dealer so big everyone up there calls him 'God', they fall in love with the area and decide to drop out. Johnson is pursuing his interest in Star, another urban fugitive on the run from a violent marriage to Wayne, 'God
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Last Train to Parthenia

by Danielle de Valera ...

Short story, 18 pages approximately. One night, while working on the inner-city circle of StateRail, Sydney, Bob Johnson is hit by a train. In the last seven minutes of his life before his brain shuts down, he believes he has finally reached the mythical kingdom of Parthenia. Here, he rescues the young queen L'Etoile from the clutches of the wizard Yogoroth and is all set to become king of ... Read more

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Short story, 18 pages approximately. One night, while working on the inner-city circle of StateRail, Sydney, Bob Johnson is hit by a train. In the last seven minutes of his life before his brain shuts down, he believes he has finally reached the mythical kingdom of Parthenia. Here, he rescues the young queen L'Etoile from the clutches of the wizard Yogoroth and is all set to become king of
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The Cyborg's Story

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Short story, 16 pages approximately. Michael 64, a winged cyborg and security expert, is hired by Thurston, Director-General of Genetic Engineering, to guard Azuria 27, a beautiful and famous cyborg dancer, after her wings have been removed and she has been changed to human form. This procedure is illegal in 2175, and Michael 64 can't understand why Thurston has acceded to Azuria 27's request. ... Read more

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Short story, 16 pages approximately. Michael 64, a winged cyborg and security expert, is hired by Thurston, Director-General of Genetic Engineering, to guard Azuria 27, a beautiful and famous cyborg dancer, after her wings have been removed and she has been changed to human form. This procedure is illegal in 2175, and Michael 64 can't understand why Thurston has acceded to Azuria 27's request.
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Counterculture Blues: a fable

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Claude is a big hearted marmalade cat, who moved to the country to escape city life. He works as a barcat in Tuckaburra, a small country town once a centre of the counterculture movement in Australia. Here, he lives happily with partner Mao, a half-Siamese, Mao's two catlings Wintergreen and Rupert, and Mao's mother Sylvia, a blue Burmese who owns the cottage they all live in.All is rosy until ... Read more

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Claude is a big hearted marmalade cat, who moved to the country to escape city life. He works as a barcat in Tuckaburra, a small country town once a centre of the counterculture movement in Australia. Here, he lives happily with partner Mao, a half-Siamese, Mao's two catlings Wintergreen and Rupert, and Mao's mother Sylvia, a blue Burmese who owns the cottage they all live in.All is rosy until
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Those Brisbane Romantics

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Way back in the day when people wrote letters, a box of Old Gold chocolates had significance and the City Hall at 91 metres was the tallest building in town, everyone's under twenty-five and single, and everyone's trying to get that special someone into bed. But in Brisbane, 1961, that's not so easy. Perils abound: The Pill can't be dispensed to unmarried women, pregnancy terminations are illegal ... Read more

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Way back in the day when people wrote letters, a box of Old Gold chocolates had significance and the City Hall at 91 metres was the tallest building in town, everyone's under twenty-five and single, and everyone's trying to get that special someone into bed. But in Brisbane, 1961, that's not so easy. Perils abound: The Pill can't be dispensed to unmarried women, pregnancy terminations are illegal
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Stella by Starlight

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Short story, 15 pages approx. When Charles Lawson, formerly a notorious heroin dealer known as God, is released from jail after ten years, he lives quietly in a small apartment near the sea, with his two cats. When Lawson's eye specialist diagnoses him with macular degeneration and says he will be totally blind in a few years, Lawson devises an elaborate plan to commit suicide while making it look ... Read more

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Short story, 15 pages approx. When Charles Lawson, formerly a notorious heroin dealer known as God, is released from jail after ten years, he lives quietly in a small apartment near the sea, with his two cats. When Lawson's eye specialist diagnoses him with macular degeneration and says he will be totally blind in a few years, Lawson devises an elaborate plan to commit suicide while making it look
... Read more
Star's Story

by Danielle de Valera ...

Short story, 10 pages. Star, the young woman whom Charles Lawson (aka God) rescued from suicide in the story "Stella by Starlight" came to be in this position because of a series of poor choices. Her early family life was troubled. All the men she chose in the past have turned out to be violent. In choosing Wayne, she thinks she is making a break from her past, but it is clear that nothing has ... Read more

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Short story, 10 pages. Star, the young woman whom Charles Lawson (aka God) rescued from suicide in the story "Stella by Starlight" came to be in this position because of a series of poor choices. Her early family life was troubled. All the men she chose in the past have turned out to be violent. In choosing Wayne, she thinks she is making a break from her past, but it is clear that nothing has
... Read more
Transference

by Danielle de Valera ...

Short story, 14 pages. Michael O'Neill moves to Brisbane, where he opens a karate studio. Suffering from insomnia when partner Azure leaves him, he seeks help from a psychiatrist, expecting to meet "some old git who looks like Sigmund Freud". Dr West turns out to be young and beautiful, and bit by bit he begins to transfer his affections to her. By the time Azure returns, he's become obsessed with ... Read more

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Short story, 14 pages. Michael O'Neill moves to Brisbane, where he opens a karate studio. Suffering from insomnia when partner Azure leaves him, he seeks help from a psychiatrist, expecting to meet "some old git who looks like Sigmund Freud". Dr West turns out to be young and beautiful, and bit by bit he begins to transfer his affections to her. By the time Azure returns, he's become obsessed with
... Read more
Remains to be Seen

by Danielle de Valera ...

Short story, 12 pages approx. Undercover narcotics agents Michael O'Neill and close friend Baby Johnson, still suffering PTSD from the Vietnam War, quit the Australian Bureau of Narcotics and move to the far north coast of New South Wales. Johnson hopes to renew his relationship with Star, whom he met while tracking down the notorious heroin dealer, God. O'Neill thinks settling down with long-time ... Read more

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Short story, 12 pages approx. Undercover narcotics agents Michael O'Neill and close friend Baby Johnson, still suffering PTSD from the Vietnam War, quit the Australian Bureau of Narcotics and move to the far north coast of New South Wales. Johnson hopes to renew his relationship with Star, whom he met while tracking down the notorious heroin dealer, God. O'Neill thinks settling down with long-time
... Read more
Trio: Three award-winning short stories

by Danielle de Valera ...

Three short stories, 14 pages approx.The State of GraceWhen Johnson hears on the small town grapevine that Star intends to return to her abusive husband Wayne for the sake of the children, he gets drunk and threatens to kill her with a shotgun. [1,000 words]A Happily Married ManDavid goes off his schizophrenia medication and believes that an angel of the Lord has told him to eliminate the man for ... Read more

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Three short stories, 14 pages approx.The State of GraceWhen Johnson hears on the small town grapevine that Star intends to return to her abusive husband Wayne for the sake of the children, he gets drunk and threatens to kill her with a shotgun. [1,000 words]A Happily Married ManDavid goes off his schizophrenia medication and believes that an angel of the Lord has told him to eliminate the man for
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