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Rabbits Running
by Jane Frank The hills are large, round animals, smooth-skinned in the fading light. I am pushing the boundaries, coming out of the clouds. A whole continent of them run…
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Wilt
By Ella O’Neill Lisa arrived home to her small flat at about six in the evening after a slow day at the office. She just felt off and couldn’t quite explain it.…
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Facing North
By Jan Wiezorek, A dead tree is a limb in waiting, becoming food for fungus, lounging itself at a feast where it is host—so I know death when I see it—and…
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Ib Svane
Ib Svane was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was drafted to the Danish army at an age of eighteen and served in the United Nations forces in Cyprus. He has an academic…
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Issue Twelve: Podcast Three
CONTENT: Jacob Pilkington short story Flight of Fancy Jena Woodhouse short story A Brief Memoir of Raven Street Jane Frank poems (Fugue; Hobart Reset; Sketch: Creek Lane Maryborough, 1978) Katya de Decerra…
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River
by Tina Tsironis Your pain is a river so clear and so deep my pain is a river so cool and so sleek do you think you could do it?tell me now…
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Molly’s Cloud
By Stacey O’Carroll One year. Three-hundred-and-sixty-five days. Not a single drop of rain. The lavender-blue sky stretched as far as twelve-year-old Molly Willowgum could see. She leaned her frizzy copper curls against…
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Serengotti: Novel Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Eugen Bacon Publisher: Transit Lounge RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 1 August 2023 “Normality is gratis, not sacred. One can ignore it but can never fully dispense with…
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The Image Of Her Youth
By Louise Sapphira Little time remains in the afternoon before the Melbourne musical production at the historic Daisy House theatre. I start fidgeting with my fingernails, scraping the edges of my right…
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When It Knocks
By Matthew Rush ‘Pizza’s here!’ I yelled, walking into the white, stainless kitchen, holding a large, pepperoni-scented box. The sound of small feet rushing along wooden floorboards became louder. Seconds later, a…
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Pirate Ship
By Mark O’Flynn Lionel has emphysema. This might be the most serious of his problems, but it certainly isn’t the only one. Compounding this is the fact that he receives little or…
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Interview with Christa Hill: A Beautiful Accident
By Jilliean Soison Producer and freelancer Christa Hill shares how, by being adaptable and having the right support systems in place, she was able to overcome the disadvantages and hurdles that come…
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I’ll Let Myself In: Non-Fiction Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Hannah Diviney Publisher: Allen & Unwin RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 12 September 2023 “My hamstrings and calves are pulled tight, like a bowstring right before you release…
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Blackwater: Novel Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Jacqueline Ross Publisher: AffirmPress RRP: $32.99 Published: 30 May 2023 “Dear House, We are a very bad family and don’t deserve you. Please help us and keep…
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Demeter’s Daughters
By Jena Woodhouse It was their mother whom they locked away, for her own good, they said, though she was neither ailing nor demented. Trusting them, she’d signed the documents reluctantly. Now…
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Departure and Refusal
By Matthew Rush Your life was empty of new opportunities until today. You remember how you felt when your parents said you were moving to Australia to study mining engineering at a…
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When Ghosts Call Us Home: Novel Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Katya De Becerra Publisher: Macmillan RRP: $22.99 Release Date: 26 September 2023 “There’s a split in my head, a demarcation line drawn between my year with Layla…
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This Could Be Everything: Novel Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Eva Rice Publisher: Simon & Schuster RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 22 March 2023 “The way through was by moving, by keeping moving, by waking up and stepping…
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Henry VIII’s True Daughter – Catherine Carey, A Tudor Life: Nonfiction Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Wendy J Dunn Publisher Pen & Sword Books RRP: $70.00AU Release Date: 30 November 2023 “Many close to court suspected that Mary Boleyn’s two oldest children…
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Interview with Catherine Therese
Being understanding even in the most challenging circumstances. By Louise Sapphira There is not one emotion to explain how a reader can feel, because it can be based on the perspective taken.…
