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

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: The light / Michael Pryor Snapshot / David Metzenthen Then there was nothing / Archimede Fusillo Adaan / Tristan Bancks The golden shroud / Margo Lanagan Like a long-legged fly / Ursula Dubosarsky The sudden snow / Paul Collins Tears / John Heffernan Roses / Libby Gleeson The red dwarf / Sophie Masson I am alone / James Phelan Monkey man / Margaret Clark A dirty sky / Cath Crowley Thirteen ways of not looking / Robert Corbet Sacred cows / Michael Hyde