After the Carnage

by Tara June Winch

  First published 2016 by University of Queensland Press

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  © Tara June Winch 2016

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  Cover design by Sandy Cull, gogoGingko

  Cover image © elic/Shutterstock

  Typeset in 12/16pt Bembo Std by Post Pre-press Group, Brisbane

  Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group

  Earlier versions of these stories appeared in the following publications: ‘Easter’ was published as ‘Untitled’ in Review of Australian Fiction, volume 8, issue 4, 2013; ‘It’s Too Difficult to Explain’ was published in McSweeney’s, issue 41, 2012; and ‘A Late Netting’ was published in The Best Australian Stories 2009 (ed. Delia Falconer), Black Inc., 2009.

  This project has been assisted by the Australian government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

  National Library of Australia

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  ISBN

  978 0 7022 5414 7 (pbk)

  978 0 7022 5775 9 (ePDF)

  978 0 7022 5776 6 (ePub)

  978 0 7022 5777 3 (Kindle)

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