Edited by Simone Corletto, Amy T. Matthews, Jess M. Miller and Lynette Washington

PB 368 | 198 x 128 | ISBN: 9781925227307
$26.99 | Fiction | Also available as ebook
MidnightSun Publishing | September 2017
Distributed by NewSouth Books

Bursting with affection, wit, loss, sex and a whole lot of love, the authors in this collection face the burning beauty of love and write of both the blaze and the ashes left behind. Crush will quicken the pulses of cynics and believers alike as it reimagines everything that makes the heart leap.

‘A delicious and captivating look at love in all its wonderful and varied forms. I’d love to read more from these fresh voices!’
–Rachael Johns

‘Poignant, funny and heartbreaking, these short stories delve deep into secret longings, desires and love in all its intricacies and subtleties.’
–Victoria Purman

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Simone Corletto is the Communications Officer for the South Australian Writers’ Centre, and spends her spare time crocheting and writing about teenage superheroes.

Amy T. Matthews is an award winning novelist and academic who has published short stories in collections including Best Australian Stories.

Jess M. Miller is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Flinders University, researching time-travel fiction as a space for more empowering presentations of women.

Lynette Washington is a short story writer, editor and teacher of creative and professional writing. Her debut collection, Plane Tree Drive, was published in 2017.

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