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Short Stories by Patrick White

Short stories of Patrick White

Charles Blackman, Girl dreaming (1953)

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Between 1937 and 1987, Patrick White published 26 short pieces of prose. Most of these were published first in magazines and journals. The majority were then printed in his three short story collections, while a few are harder to find.

For additional works, see Unpublished Works.

The Burnt Ones (1964)

Dead Roses
Willy-Wagtails by Moonlight
A Glass of Tea
Clay
The Evening at Sissy Kamara’s
A Cheery Soul
Being Kind to Titina
Miss Slattery and Her Demon Lover
The Letters
The Woman Who Wasn’t Allowed to Keep Cats
Down at the Dump


The Cockatoos (1974)

A Woman’s Hand
The Full Belly
The Night the Prowler
Five Twenty
Sicilian Vespers
The Cockatoos


Three Uneasy Pieces (1987)

The Screaming Potato
Dancing With Both Feet on the Ground
The Age of a Wart


Uncollected pieces (1937 – 1977)

The Twitching Colonel (1937)
Cocotte (1940)
The Sewing Machine of Tobruk (1942)
After Alep (1943)
On the Balcony (1945)
Fête Galante (1977)

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