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On this site you will also find a selection
of great Australian short stories by
Maria Quinn, author of
The Gene Thieves,
for your reading enjoyment. Look for
reference to the Southern Cross in each.
Several are major award winners.
Such as...
Winner: Todhunter Literary Award For Short Story 2007
THE CATCHERS
…….‘Just think of that six hundred
bucks,feel it between your fingers’.
Their leader closed his eyes and
inhaled dramatically.‘Smell the heady
pheromones given off by crisp,
new money.’……
THE LEGACY
…..‘It
did happen, just the way you
said. But, unlike your ending, we will
recover this
money. The thief won’t
get away with it.’
‘Cutting
your own wrists in the bath is
hardly getting away with it.’……
FATHER’S DAY
……The dirty,
ragged man they slid
from death’s cold filing cabinet had no
identification on
him. Toby looked
down on the remains of a man who had
stolen his only precious
possession and
then abandoned him. The body on the
slab had once been his
father. ….
pdf for
OTHER great stories
in this series.
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Review by
Deborah Robinson...
'Although The Gene Thieves does has a very compelling story to
tell, for me the book’s greatest strength is the cast of memorable
characters that
made me want to delay finishing the book for as
long as possible for I knew I would miss them all when I turned
the last page - and this has certainly been
the case.'
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