Storycuts
Storycuts is a collection of new digital short stories from bestselling Australian authors. They only take about 20 minutes to read, so they are perfect for the commute, or simply to pass the time away. Australian Storycuts are companion stories to the Random House Group’s Storycuts – which house 240 short stories by internationally bestselling authors.
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Miss Arizona (Storycuts)
by Irvine WelshPublished: 17/11/2011
A director investigates the life and death of a famous filmmaker.
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A Fault on the Line / Elspeth’s Boyfriend / Kissing and Making Up (Storycuts)
by Irvine WelshPublished: 17/11/2011
Three short stories: a man hurries his family home for a football match; Christmas is ruined by a violent clash; and a guy gets in trouble at a strip club.
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Computer Seance / Fair Exchange (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellPublished: 17/11/2011
Two short stories: a woman who claims to communicate with the dead makes the mistake of believing herself, and a tragic story of one life exchanged for another.
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Alice and the Brain Guzzler (Storycuts)
by Joseph DelaneyPublished: 17/11/2011
A gruesome tale of rivalry, magic...and brain guzzling.
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Myth / The Astronomical Scarf / Walter's Leg (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellPublished: 17/11/2011
Three short stories: one man is obsessed by a mysterious map - and its sinister influences; an enrapturing object seems to warp the destiny of its posessors; and they say time heals all wounds - but not in this case.
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Piranha to Scurfy (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellPublished: 17/11/2011
A man's twisted obsession with reading results in a morbid blurring of fiction and fact.
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Casino (Storycuts)
by John GrishamPublished: 17/11/2011
A story of high-stakes and revenge following the construction of a casino.
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Raw Material (Storycuts)
by A S ByattPublished: 17/11/2011
A creative writing teacher meets a student who plumbs a murky past for inspiration
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Blood Lines (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellPublished: 17/11/2011
A motive-less murder and several hit-and-runs perplex Detective Wexford.
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The Bear Came Over The Mountain (Storycuts)
by Alice MunroPublished: 17/11/2011
A woman experiences the changing obligations of married life and discovers it's not hard to justify a desired trespass.
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Bactine / Giganthomachy / Pills (Storycuts)
by Donald Ray PollockPublished: 17/11/2011
Three short stories: an evening of solvent abuse; the war fantasies of two children; and all revved up but going nowhere.
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Blood Drive (Storycuts)
by John GrishamPublished: 17/11/2011
The laugh out loud adventure of three men in the Deep South.
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A Little Light Flirtation/A Question of Choice/Flight of Fancy (Storycuts)
by Elvi RhodesPublished: 17/11/2011
Three short stories: a foreign country, a quarrel, and a chance encounter; different paths for different women; and if you love something, let it go.
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The Fate of Thomas P Kanne (Storycuts)
by Brian JacquesPublished: 17/11/2011
A modern scourge is remedied by a mythological nightmare in this terrifying cautionary tale against graffiti.
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Rattlesnakes (Storycuts)
by Irvine WelshPublished: 17/11/2011
Three young Americans have a car crash in the Nevada desert, sparking an unexpected and brutal series of events.
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Fish Files (Storycuts)
by John GrishamPublished: 17/11/2011
A middle-aged lawyer's tangle with the lure of money.
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Post and Beam (Storycuts)
by Alice MunroPublished: 17/11/2011
An acute portrait of a married couple's life and the pressure of external forces on it.
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Any Girl Can Be a CandyKiss Girl!/Tea with the Birds/The G-SUS Gene (Storycuts)
by Joanne HarrisPublished: 17/11/2011
Three short stories: a nasty little tale about the exploitation of dressing up little girls; a poignant story of loneliness; and a dystopian warning about a possible future for mankind.
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Last Train to Dogtown/The Little Mermaid (Storycuts)
by Joanne HarrisPublished: 17/11/2011
Two short stories: the question is not where an author's ideas come from, but where they go afterwards; and a sad and angry fable of unrequited love.
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What Is Remembered (Storycuts)
by Alice MunroPublished: 17/11/2011
A story about the caprices of the mind: when conscious efforts to preserve memories are shown to be unreliable.
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