Something Special, Something Rare presents outstanding short fiction by Australia’s finest female writers. These are tales of love, secrets, doubt and torment, the everyday and the extraordinary. A sleepy town is gripped by delusory grief after the movie being filmed there wraps and leaves. A lingering heartbreak is replayed on Facebook. An ordinary family walks a shaky line between hopelessness and redemption. Brilliant, shocking and profound, these tales will leave you reeling in ways that only a great short story can. Kate Grenville Aca'Ac Mandy Sayer Aca'Ac Penni Russon Aca'Ac Favel Parrett Aca'Ac Tegan Bennett Daylight Aca'Ac Sonya Hartnett Aca'Ac Isabelle Li Aca'Ac Gillian Essex Aca'Ac Brenda Walker Aca'Ac Gillian Mears Aca'Ac Fiona MacFarlane Aca'Ac Joan London Aca'Ac Karen Hitchcock Aca'Ac Charlotte Wood Aca'Ac Tara June Winch Aca'Ac Cate Kennedy Aca'Ac Alice Pung Aca'Ac Anna Krien Aca'Ac Delia Falconer Aca'Ac Rebekah Clarkson