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'Low flying' [storyboard] (1976?) (unpublished)

Story board and 25 scenes with illustrations in 49 loose leaves with Window Productions at the bottom of each page and 7 unnumbered pages with layouts for various rooms. Based on the short story by Carey 'Happy story' written in 1973 which was in The fat man in history : short stories (1974).

'Poison : the production of pure crap'

'Poison : the production of pure crap' was handwritten on both sides of three TAA air sickness bags, with the note 'Melb 22/6/76' in the top right hand corner of the first bag.

The chance [short story] (1979)

Typescript drafts, notes, story outlines for the short story The chance, on yellow paper, with emendations. One draft has handwritten date 20 Mar 1977.

'5th Draft : Blue Bread & Sapphires'

Original folder titled '5th Draft : Blue Bread & Sapphires', typescript draft, with handwritten amendments, undated. On the original folder were the following notes: 'A substantial reward is offered for the return of this manuscript [Phone numbers and addresses for Peter Carey in NSW and Qld and University of Queensland Press'; and 'Every author ought to write every book as if he were going to be beheaded the day he finished it. - Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise'.]

'The pleasure bird' (Exotic pleasures) [short story] (1979)

Typescript draft for 'The pleasure bird' (Exotic pleasures), yellow paper, with emendations including note of back of page 19 'Exotic pleasures 1st complete draft' and on the back of page 20 'The pleasure bird 1st complete draft'. Typescript draft for notes on Exotic pleasures, yellow paper, with emendations, and on first page is the title 'Notes for 2nd draft'. Undated. Exotic pleasures was published as The pleasure bird in Australian Playboy in September 1979.

Index cards

85 index cards (12.5 x 7.5 cm) of typescript notes with handwritten amendments, undated. First index card has the typed title 'I. A wonderful fool' with a handwritten note underneath '(i.e. Bliss)'.

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