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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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Sik Chuan Pua

Sik Chuan Pua is a playwright and fiction writer, originally from Malaysia, now based in Sydney. His short fiction has appeared in Washington Square Review, Willow Springs and Gargoyle. He was a finalist in the Patrick White Playwrights Award and the Griffin Award.

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Published in Overland Issue 250 Autumn 2023 · Fiction

Song and dance

Sik Chuan Pua

She was forty-seven when it began. Her head is locked towards the timber casement windows. Beyond the glass, a lake spreads out. A breeze rattles the shutters. It could be morning. Or late afternoon.