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Rob Magnuson Smith

News from the Editor's Desk - January-February 2016

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January-February 2016, no. 378

The Jolley Prize is now worth $12,500

The ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is the country's foremost short story prize, and we are delighted to be able to present it again in 2016. Generous support from ABR Patron Ian Dickson has enabled us to increase the total prize ...

Scorper by Rob Magnuson Smith

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November 2015, no. 376
Kevin Rabalais reviews 'Scorper' by Rob Magnuson Smith

For the most part, we move among books with ease, passing from one writer's prose to another without having to adjust the frequency of our inner ear. We detect shifts in style and sensibility, sure, but as readers we open ourselves to such a wide harmonic range that, should multiple books arrive on our lap with the authors' names deleted, we could segue from page to ...

News from the Editor's desk - October 2015

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October 2015, no. 375

Environmental times

For the second year in a row, generous support from the Bjarne K. Dahl Trust

Jolley Prize 2015 (Winner): 'The Elector of Nossnearly' by Rob Magnuson Smith

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September 2015, no. 374

One by one the Shetlands had emptied. Father said we had to make ourselves known or we were next. He was trying to get into the Scottish Stud Book and Elector was his answer. I didn’t care. I just wanted to ride Chicken.

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