It's back to the English classroom for Australia's best writers! Learn from the masters as they tackle a task that Australian students attempt all the time : writing a short story using a visual stimulus. Discover how a single image can contain a world all its own, as fifteen of our finest Australian writers bring fifteen different images to life. Contents: X-rated art / Archimede Fusillo Treasure time / Michael Pryor I promise / Sherryl Clark Dancer / Ian Bone John Doe's Rorschach test / Simon Higgins The moon serpent's garden / Anita Bell Deathlight / Paul Collins Mr Cheezels and the bothersome ghost / Sally Rippin Safety second / Scot Gardner Kidnapped / Anna Gardner Tracking the past / Felicity Pulman Toby and the nightmares / Catherine Bateson The envy beast / Doug MacLeod Parts of me / Mark Svendsen Water fever / Jenny Mounfield