The Umbrella's Shade and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Short Story Awards
By: Edited by David Vernon
Publisher: Stringybark Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Canberra, Australia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780987092205
Copyright date: 2010
Description: This unique anthology brings together 27 short  stories from established and first-time writers.  The themes are many and varied.  They are united by a common passion and curiosity for exploring the Australian character and how Australia’s big, broad land affects those who live here.  Dip your toe in and sample the very best entries in the Stringybark Short Story Award 2010 as selected by David Vernon, Gina Meyers and Andrew Perry.
Table of contents: title: Letting Go —Paula Wilson —3; title: Same Old —Jess Clarence—6; title: The Masked Transformer —Kurt Ulmer — 10; title: The Footsnake Story—Gayle Beveridge—16; title: Gastropodia (A Tale of Horror) —Athol Henry —20; title: Cy—Ted Witham—23; title: Running Out of Time—Rebecca Raisin —27; title: Long Road — Mavis Stucci— 30; title: Swollen— Camilla Walker —33; title: Last Post—Joanna Capelle—37; title: Crocodile Creek—Meg Mundell—41; title: The Umbrella’s Shade — Jane Delahey — 45; title: Violet and the Opera — Jeanette Fegan —50; title: A Stolen Childhood —Kurt Ulmer —54; title: Passing —Steven Ross —59; title: Reading the Water —Beverley Lello —63; title: Black and White—Kerry Cameron —67; title: Mrs White—Pamela Tatt—71; title: Sheila — Carol Price—76; title: The Datsun —Dominic Counahan —81; title: Cockatoo Gran — Karen Crofts —85; title: Ted —Julian Howard —88; title: Monsoon 1962 —Jack Sturgess — 93; title: Rainbow Letter — Robyn Sykes — 97; title: The Draft — Sarah Fraser —101; title: That’s Fair — MJ Cope—105; title: The End is Nigh — Raymond Southall—110