• We are all wildflowers pressed between transparencies

    We are all wildflowers pressed between transparencies

    By Jane Frank.     Previously published in Wide River (Calanthe Press, 2020).

  • Day Ebbs

    Day Ebbs

    by Wendy J. Dunn  

  • THE SEA

    THE SEA

    by Wendy J. Dunn   The cold wind blows waves crash their might against rocks   I am one with this place.   The sea roars darkness falls as storm clouds shield…

  • The School Boy

    The School Boy

    by Ib Svane   John heard his mother call, ‘Time for school — come and get your lunch!’ He walked down the stairs to the kitchen, picked up the lunch box his…

  • Jan Wiezorek

    Jan Wiezorek writes from Michigan. His work appears, or is forthcoming, in The London Magazine, The Westchester Review, Lucky Jefferson, and Loch Raven Review. He taught writing at St. Augustine College, Chicago,…

  • Stubborn as Mud

    Stubborn as Mud

    By Ruairi Walsh   Rain pitched down on the paddocks, drowning the bellows of the prime steer prepped for market. The gravel dirt tracks streamed water downhill, filling the trenches and spilling…

  • Jack Morley

    Jack Morley

    Jack is studying for a Bachelor of Games and Interactivity at Swinburne University, Co-Majoring in Creative Writing. He has dyslexia but since childhood he has always loved writing. He wishes to write…

  • Mia Suda

    Mia Suda

    I am studying a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences with a second major in Creative Writing and Literature. I have always loved reading as a kid and even now, leading to a want…

  • Ella O’Neill

    Ella O’Neill

    Ella O’Neill is Studying a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University. She is 20 years old, and sometimes enjoys writing short stories.

  • Abhishek Udaykumar

    Abhishek Udaykumar

    Abhishek Udaykumar is a writer, filmmaker and painter. He graduated from Royal Holloway University of London with English and Creative Writing. His narratives reflect the human condition of rural and urban communities.…

  • Our Times , 2015

    Review by Jilliean Sioson   Directed by Chen Yu-Shen | Mandarin   Some days, we need a mature, thought-provoking film like Past Lives, while other days, we need one like Our Times.…

  • Balms

    Balms

    by Les Wicks.    

  • Isabella Tuccio

    Isabella Tuccio

    Isabella is a second-year student at Swinburne University, currently completing a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences, alongside Creative Writing and Literature. An avid reader and writer since she was small, Isabella has always…

  • Vanity Conroy

    Vanity Conroy

    Vanity is a Swinburne student currently earning an Arts degree, majoring in Creative and Professional Writing with a minor in Editing. Vanity was raised by a single mother who encouraged reading and…

  • Ryan Bellingham

    Ryan Bellingham

    Ryan Bellingham is a final year Media and Communications student majoring in Journalism at Swinburne University. His interests include (but are not limited to): YouTube rabbit holes, the paranormal, local and international…

  • LEIGH SALES IS ‘TOTALLY FINE’.

    LEIGH SALES IS ‘TOTALLY FINE’.

    by Wendy J. Dunn   Sex Birth Leigh Sales is “totally fine”. Sex Birth Come close to death Yoghurt hits the stage   He said she was a bit over the top…

  • Peter Dellolio

    Peter Dellolio

    Peter Dellolio was born 1956, in New York City. Peter has published his poetry, prose-poems, fiction, short plays, artwork, and critical essays in over 80 literary magazines, journals, and anthologies. His poetry…

  • Always, a River

    Always, a River

    By Jan Wiezorek.   The eastern branch of the trail ends near the mouth of the creek, running a bow yoke to the river, and the best walks bring me here, facing…

  • Well Rounded

    Well Rounded

    By Jan Wiezorek The Grand Tetons, Thomas Hart Benton, 1955-60, Grand Rapids Art Museum   Brother, who knows birds by sight and sound, has such a well-rounded mind that far aspens model…