Notes

A small light / Briar Grace-Smith -- Delirium tremors / Terence Rissetto -- Fast / Albert Wendt -- Three princesses / Paula Morris -- Killing ginger / Alice Tawhai -- Moontide / James George -- Time / Jacquie McRae -- May board / Era J Hart -- The apology / Helen Waaka -- Hey dude / Patricia Grace -- The tree house / Toni Pivac -- That last summer / K-t Harrison -- Byron and the bastard blues / Anya Ngawhare -- This day was different / Renee -- Neighbours / Albert Wendt -- Pointing the bone / Ann French -- Frau Amsel's cupboard / Tina Makereti -- Late antiquity / Piripi Evans -- Trust / Mark Sweet -- Morningslide for life / Terence Rissetto.
Summary: There are twenty short stories from eighteen of New Zealand's accomplished writers. They explore the dark and dangerous milieu of our comfortable existence. There is humour, tenderness, surprise, anger, sorrow and abject desperation in these stories from the four winds. Authors include Patricia Grace, Albert Wendt, Alice Tawhai, Paula Morris, James George, Renee and several new storytellers you will want to read more of. (Back cover)