Abstract
Three teenagers step into a booth.
It’s the oldest story in the world. Some dumb kid always wants to put it to the test. “It” could be any number of things. Jumping when the d-mat process starts to see if it makes you taller. Spinning in a circle anticlockwise in the hope of being switched from left to right. Squeezing thirteen people in at once just in case the one with the guiltiest secret disappears.
It’s the oldest story in the world. Some dumb kid always wants to put it to the test. “It” could be any number of things. Jumping when the d-mat process starts to see if it makes you taller. Spinning in a circle anticlockwise in the hope of being switched from left to right. Squeezing thirteen people in at once just in case the one with the guiltiest secret disappears.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Kaleidoscope |
| Subtitle of host publication | diverse YA science fiction and fantasy stories |
| Editors | Alisa Krasnostein, Julia Rios |
| Place of Publication | Yokine, W.A. |
| Publisher | Twelfth Planet |
| Pages | 49-80 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781922101112 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Juvenile fiction
- Science fiction
- Short stories
- Australian literature