Forty South Short Story Anthology 2026 | Edited by Sonia Strong | PB History When Don Defenderfer heads into

When Don Defenderfer heads into the Tasmanian bush

there weren’t many stories about them

with an abundance of beautiful landscapes

reveal how New Zealand’s governing class was intent on cleansing the colony of what it considered a burgeoning criminal underclass

Collette has experienced three more miscarriages

Forty South Short Story Anthology 2026 | Edited by Sonia Strong | PB History When Don Defenderfer heads intoThe eleven best entries from the Tasmanian Writers Prize 2026 as selected by Rayne Allinson, Nadia Mahjouri & Alan Carter Cover image: The lighthouse at Hells Gates by Pen Tayler As far as artistic experiences go, short stories are particularly hard to explain. They are usually smaller than a novel and usually longer than a poem though Hemingway, always the rebel, is supposed to have penned the shortest story of all time: For sale: baby shoes, never