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    21D Short 1

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    21D is an art and literary magazine. The 21D Shorts are fast, furious, easy to digest reads—a handful of fiction, a handful of poems, and some flash fiction thrown in. Featured authors include: Lilian Cohen, Rachel Flynn, Barnaby Smith, Ariel Riveros Pavez, Ian C Smith, Jane Downing, Fiona Skepper, Claire Varley, Rijn Collins, Louise D'Arcy and Ben Leib.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher21D
    Release dateJun 27, 2014
    ISBN9781310278815
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    21D is a not-for-profit literary and art magazine.We publish original fiction, non-fiction articles, poetry, photography, illustrations and artwork.21D is not only a creative outlet for writers and artists, but also provides a productive hub for those interested in editing and publishing. We also work with our contributors to encourage professional development in emerging writers and artists.

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      21D Short 1 - 21D

      21D Shorts #1

      Published by 21D Magazine

      ISBN 9781310278815

      Copyright of this anthology 21D Magazine 2014

      Smashwords Edition

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      Contents

      Editorial

      Poetry

      River At Warrandyte—Lilian Cohen

      Opening Night—Rachel Flynn

      The North Country—Barnaby Smith

      Block—Ariel Riveros Pavez

      County Killarney—Ian C Smith

      Short Fiction

      Ultra Violent Cutz—Jane Downing

      Hibernation—Fiona Skepper

      Post—Claire Varley

      They Broke My Name In Half—Rijn Collins

      Hitting The Road—Louise D’Arcy

      Flash Fiction

      The Deathbed Repentance—Ben Leib

      Credits

      Editorial

      Welcome to the first of the 21D Shorts. We have four hardcopy issues behind us and one digital anthology bringing together favourites from those first four issues. So what does the future hold? The 21D Shorts comprise our next volume, envisioned as a series of digital publications with bite-sized pieces. Short, fast, furious, easy to digest reads—a handful of fiction and poems, and with some non-fiction and flash fiction thrown in. With shorter pieces, comes more experimental pieces, those stories that don’t have to always adhere to a structure of plot, character, theme or even dialogue. As long as they still evoke something or someone—that’s what we want to read!

      Thanks once more to our fabulous contributors!

      Scott

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      River At Warrandyte

      Lilian Cohen

      Downstream on the river,

      away from waters wrestling

      the crocodile spines of rocks,

      there is a stillness.

      Sunlight dapples the eucalypts

      stealing down the slope,

      and patterns stripe across the river

      flowing, solemn, dark and deep.

      I see a child, myself,

      astride a sunlit bough, reaching over water

      encased by reeds and bird-filled trees

      She breathes the laden scents of plants and soil,

      wants to hold forever the stillness and seclusion,

      nurture it always under her skin.

      But decades later by the river

      I sense the layers shafting the seclusion.

      I sense the fallen limb beneath

      the water’s sun-warmed skin,

      a dam

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