Susan Bennett

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In her first job, Susan Bennett sold large knives, replica pistols and handcuffs to complete strangers. Many years later, it occurred to her that some of those nice strangers may not have been purchasing these items for joke gifts as they claimed. Maybe they weren't even nice.

Her writing prizes include first place in the EJ Brady Award, the Sydney Writers' Room Short Story Competition and The New England Thunderbolt Prize for crime writing. Her stories have been published by The Fish Anthology 2016, The Moth (31), the To Hull and Back Humorous Short Story Anthologies 2019/2023, Etchings and the Shepparton News, among others.

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To Hull & Back Short Story Competition 2023

 When You Are Dog has been shortlisted and will appear in the 2023 anthology.  Thanks to Christopher Fielden and the judges for their generously gifted time and effort.

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Published on September 14, 2023 04:53
Average rating: 4.5 · 26 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works
The Whack Club

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Over this Backbone by Ya Reeves
"Oh I loooooved this book. Hooked in for the walking but stayed for the amazing storyline. I could relate so hard to Peta’s relationship with her mum and her pent up anger. Was also so nice to read an Australian novel and to feel the same way about th" Read more of this review »
Over this Backbone by Ya Reeves
"I loved this book. I expected a road novel, or more specifically a walking track novel, as it describes the experiences of Peta, aged 19 and walking the 550km Australian Alps Walking Track alone. But it’s more than that. It’s partly coming-of-age but" Read more of this review »
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Panics and Persecutions by Quillette Magazine
"Just when you think you've heard it all, there comes a piece about dismantling whiteness in the knitting community (in three parts, no less).
I'm just about ready to go hide under a rock until all this passes and it is sane to come out again.

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John Banville
“The past beats inside me like a second heart.”
John Banville, The Sea

Charles Dickens
“Above all, he saw that men like himself, who snarled at the mirth and cheerfulness of others, were the foulest weeds on the fair surface of the earth; and setting all the good of the world against the evil, he came to the conclusion that it was a very decent and respectable sort of world after all.”
Charles Dickens, Selected Short Fiction

Garrison Keillor
“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
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Jim Henson
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
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Joanna Russ
“As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.

But the frogs die in earnest.”
Joanna Russ, The Female Man

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