Transference
()
About this ebook
Short story, 14 pages. Michael O'Neill moves to Brisbane, where he opens a karate studio. Suffering from insomnia when partner Azure leaves him, he seeks help from a psychiatrist, expecting to meet "some old git who looks like Sigmund Freud". Dr West turns out to be young and beautiful, and bit by bit he begins to transfer his affections to her. By the time Azure returns, he's become obsessed with Dr Adrianne West. 4,350 words.
Danielle de Valera
Until now, Danielle de Valera's been best known for her short stories, which have appeared in such diverse magazines as Penthouse, Aurealis and the Australian Women’s Weekly.All in all, she's had a chequered career. She’s worked as a botanist, an editor, a cataloguer for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries Library and the John Oxley Library, and on the main floor of Arnott’s biscuit factory.The manuscript of her 1st ever novel (then titled Love the People!) was placed 2nd to published author Hugh Atkinson's in the Australia-wide Xavier Society Literary Award for an unpublished novel - in those days, there was no Vogel Award for Unpublished Writers under 35. After that, she abandoned writing for 25 years to raise her children, whom she raised alone.She resumed writing in 1990, somewhat behind the eight-ball. With Louise Forster she won the Australia-New Zealand-wide Emma Darcy Award for Romance Manuscript of the Year 2000 with Found: One Lover.That first novel, Love the People! was shortlisted for the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award in 2011, and for the UK’s Impress Prize in 2012, under the title A Few Brief Seasons. It's due out here in October 2021 under its final title Those Brisbane Romantics.A freelance manuscript assessor and fiction editor since 1992, she has won numerous awards for her gritty, streetwise short stories. MagnifiCat, a departure from this style, is her first published novel. It was followed in 2017 by Dropping Out: a tree-change novel in stories - to put it another way, a collection of linked short stories.For more information on this author, see Smashwords iInterview. There's lots there.About that NameDanielle de Valera’s father claimed he was related to the controversial Irish politician Eamon de Valera on his mother’s side. But he told some tall tales in his time, and this is sure to be one of them. Born Danielle Ellis, she found that this name was replicated many times on the web. In searching for another under which to write, she first tried her mother's maiden name, Doyle, but there were a number of those, too. What to do? Then she remembered her father’s story and chose it as her writing name. But she feels any real connection is unlikely.
Read more from Danielle De Valera
The Real Thing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrio: Three award-winning short stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThose Brisbane Romantics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRemains to be Seen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStar's Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReflections Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cyborg's Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLast Train to Parthenia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBusting God Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStella by Starlight Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDropping Out: A Tree Change Novel-in-stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Transference
Related ebooks
The Voice in the Dark Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDancing With Monsters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost in Oz: Rise of the Dark Wizard Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsF. A. U. X. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLuke's Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I’M Not Alone Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsR. E. D. Birth of an Elemental Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hidden Will of the Dragon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cyborg's Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlame The Goth Girl Vol. 6: In The Beginning Was The Word, The Word Was With The Banshees, And The Word Was Siouxsie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDarkness of Arkea: Arkea, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShadows: A Long Way from Home Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Call of Avalon: The Selkie's Gift, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPalos of the Dog Star Pack Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCity of Night: Odonata, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThree For A Girl: Isabel Fielding, #3 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hole Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGiving Up the Ghost Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Death and Rebirth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaid of Wonder Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dr. Fixit's Malicious Machine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDown Her: Bang Lords, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead To Me Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ruin of Beasts: Those Who Break Chains, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwelve Hearings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCome When I Call You: The Violent and Dead, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Might of Monsters: Those Who Break Chains, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Babylon: Book Three: Risen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlackout Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Action & Adventure Fiction For You
Wool: Book One of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn Italian! Impara l'Inglese! ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND: In Italian and English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Eight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dust: Book Three of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shift: Book Two of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swamp Story: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlawed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prodigal Summer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Billy Summers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Town: A Play in Three Acts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bean Trees: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Learn German! Lerne Englisch! ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND: In German and English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Golden Notebook: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Count of Monte Cristo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Scarlet Pimpernel Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We, the Drowned Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The End of the World Running Club Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Darkness That Comes Before Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hour of the Assassin: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Most Dangerous Game Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King Must Die: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Grace of Kings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Transference
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Transference - Danielle de Valera
Transference
Danielle de Valera
Copyright Danielle de Valera 2015
Smashwords Edition
Transference
Cover and glyphs by by C S McClellan
All rights reserved. No part may be reproduced in any form by any means without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.
If you would like to do any of the above, please seek permission first by contacting the author at danielledevalera@gmail.com
ISBN 978-0-9923311-8-4
Published in the United States by Old Tiger Books.
Smashwords edition
First published in Australia in Australasian Penthouse, December 1990.
Table of Contents
Story start
Halfway
Last scene
About the author
More Star, O’Neill and Lawson (aka God) stories
Other works by this author
My sincere thanks to ejimac of Deviant Art for permission to use his beautiful fractal art image Stupa as the cover of this sotry. There are more stunning images of his art at:
http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/digitalart/fractals/?q=ejimac
Thank you, ej
Transference
It’s late when I get there, and any fool could tell you I don’t like the idea. I stand in the parking lot and look up at the building. It’s tall and glossy and glamorous in the inner city dusk. The sun is setting, and the windows on the west glitter like mirrors. Very pretty, if you like that kind of thing.
I push through the glass revolving doors into the foyer, tramp through the vestibule in my old motorbike gear, punch the button and wait