Vasso Kalamaras. Bitterness: Six Short Stories. Translated by the author and Reg Durack. Perth, Western Australia: Artlook Books, 1983. 150 p.

ISBN 0864450338; 9780864450333

Contains: Foreword by Richard Beilby (pp. 7-8). "An Empiricist" [introduction] by Kostas Assimakopoulos (pp. 9-10).

"The Big Man" (pp. 11-20); "The Culprit" (pp. 21-25); "We and the Others" (pp. 26-30); "It Stained the Carpet" (pp. 31-46); "May the Virgin Grant Her Going" (pp. 47-67); "Good Morning Mother!" (pp. 68-75). The Greek texts of the collection (Πίκρες: Διηγήματα) follow: Κώστας Ασημακόπουλος, “Μια εμπειρική” [εισαγωγή] (pp. 77-78); "Κοτζάμ άντρακλας" (pp. 79-87); "Ο φταίχτης" (pp. 88-94); "Εμείς και οι άλλοι" (pp. 95-100); "Λέκιασε το χαλί" (pp. 101-120); "Να δώσει η Παναγία να πάει" (pp. 121-143); "Καλημέρα μάνα!" (pp. 144-150).