The Best Australian Stories: 2005

In the sixth edition of this best-selling series, higly acclaimed author Frank Moorhouse has collected Australia's finest short fiction from the last twelve months.

The contributors to this collection display the best fiction writers at the top of their form.

This anthology demonstrates the enduring quality of Australian fiction.

• Alli Barnard How to Love Broken Glass • Nathan Besser Lucia or I Can't Really Describe the Sensation • David Campbell The Other Place • Patrick Cullen Mauve & Collapsing Under Their Own Weight & 'And?' • Peter Goldsworthy Mirror, Mirror • Melissa Goode The Only Damage • Janette Turner Hospital Blind Date • Graeme Kinross-Smith Certain Things I'd Say About Girls • Joanna Kujawa Wild Horses • Chris Mansell This Thistle • Karen Manton Phoebe's Scar • Alejandra Martinez If You Don't Like it Leave • Gillian Mears Here is the Heartflower • Paul Mitchell The Favourite • Amra Pajalic Fuck Me Eyes • Alison Ravenscroft Object Lessons • Sue Robertson On the Yarra Glen to Yea Road • Janey Runci The Passport • Girja Tropp Twilight • Tara June Winch Cloud Busting • Charlotte Wood Honeymoon • Danielle Wood The True Daughter • Jena Woodhouse Aunt Matilda's Party Dress