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256 Spring 2024

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Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.

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Anne Hotta

Anne Hotta lives in Melbourne. She is a teacher and writer of both fiction (the short story) and non-fiction. Her short stories have been published and awarded prizes both in Australia and overseas. She is currently working on an anthology of short stories.

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Published in Overland Issue 234.5: an autumn fiction edition with 16 editors! ·

Child of summer

Anne Hotta

It will take more than a shrieking Geiger counter to deter him. Only once every three months, six hours at most. That’s all they give him. And she is out there. All day, all night, waiting for him.