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Outback
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When you travel by road in the west you travel with a cohort of dust which streams up from your tyres and rolls away in a disintegrating funnel, defining the currents of air your vehicle sets in motion … And the heat is unthinkable, no matter how widely the windows are open, and the sweat streams off your body and into your socks, and if there are a number of people in the car their body stenches mingle disagreeably
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― Wake in Fright
― Wake in Fright
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Then Jordan asked, very softly, “Do you love me?”
Tommy blinked.
The mother didn’t answer him.
Jordan waited inside it.
Ava could hear him waiting.
Then came another sound. Metal dragged over concrete. A container lifted. Liquid shifted inside.
Everyone in the pump house went still.
Simon whispered, “No.”
Ava kept staring at the recorder.
Her mother’s voice came back, lower now, more intent. “Listen carefully, both of you. This is what happens when children open their mouths at the wrong time.
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― Where The River Keeps It
― Where The River Keeps It
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