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Index of Short Stories by Aris Jade (my favourite pen name)

Most writers will tell you that their work is hard to label. I'm no exception ! Generally I like to create speculative fiction ("What if" stuff), and I love lacing my stories with subversive humour (the best type) and traps that (hopefully) make the reader think. But even I can't see any overall pattern or style to my work.

There's so many ! Where do I start ? Well, the first five are consistently rated as favourites among my readers.

Into His Mind. 2,500 words. Jun-Dec 88. Man takes tour through his own mind, and finds it's run as a govt department.

The Card of Loneliness. 1,400 words. Jan 89. Man bargains with the supreme being, who is a card dealer. My favourite short story.

Fantasy Man. 2,200 words. Dec 88.OutOfThisWorld Teenage Fantasy SciFi Romance.

Who needs a Fairy Godmother ? 1,800 words. Apr 88. Cindy Ellers is a lowly paid programmer, but her career receives a boost from an unexpected source. Also published in "Northern Perspective", Dec90

Wire Weed. 1,000 words. Mar 87. Every gardener's nightmare. Based on a dream.

White Water. 500 words. Apr 87. Bureaucratic nightmare.

Seductive Stranger. 700 words. July 87. A dream-based erotic musing.

Maxine's Fantasy. 1,400 words. Dec 87. A teenager's diary.

Listless Lust. Dec 87. 1,000 words. Character sketch. True story.

Spot the Crime. Jan 88. 1,200 words. On the morality of a car thief. Published Dec 89 in "Northern Perspective", a literary magazine from Darwin.

Just Passing. Jan 88. Victimized motorist gets revenge.

Cloning. 2,700 words. Nov 88. Scientist perfects cloning process and uncovers brutal rapist.

The Beach At Midnight. Jan-Dec 89. 10,000 words. A novelette.
Sandra Manning becomes infatuated with Paul, but Paul is seduced by her twin sister Cassie, who impersonates Sandra on the beach at midnight. Paul is confused by Sandra's apparent duality, standoffish by day yet passionate by night. Paul's effort to resolve the mystery leads the Manning sisters to confront their small-town past of bashings, incest and murder.

Animi. Jan 89. A short, sharp sex fantasy.

Frog Kissing.3,300 words. Jan 89. Single mother seeks lasting relationship.

Blade. Feb 89. Rape, murder, revenge, madness, hospitals ... what more can I say ?

Soul Mirror. Mar 89. His choice : a term in jail, or live with the Soul Mirror, which shows your true self. Against advice, George chose the Mirror ... and regretted it.

Closed Shop. Jun 89. Director editing new film, which betrays his secret fear.

Get 'em on. Jan 90. The year is 2040. Green party dictatorship, wearing clothes in public totally illegal.

Kel. Aug 90. Children's story about crocodile who feels out of place.

Catface. Dec 90. Eerie thriller and tense relationship drama.

Remembering Rebecca. Jan 92. Prompted by a letter from home, former country boy remembers the town where he grew up, and his first girl friend.

The Church Of Infinite Tenderness And Love : Sermon One. May 94. Religious satire. The first (and so far, the only) one of a series. Pastor Tim Preston warns his congregation against the dangers of fornication, with the help of two young volunteers. Warning : this chapter contains explicit sex, and highly irreligious attitudes towards same.

And a few more written later

How I "became" a writer. 400 word essay, July 1991.

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