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Things She Would Have Said Herself: Novel Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Catherine Therese Publisher: Hachette RRP: $32.99 Release Date: 29 March 2023 “There was no greater mystery to Leslie Bird, aside from Sydney real estate, than her own…
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Her Sunburnt Country: Nonfiction Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Deborah FitzGerald Publisher: Simon & Schuster RRP: $55.00 Release Date: 30 August 2023 “I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges,…
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SHADES OF YELLOW
By Wendy J. Dunn Let me count the shades of Yellow: first, a bright morn in a golden dell cowslips’ bells knell welcoming cockcrow as fairies dance their salute to spring drinking…
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Hope
By Wendy J. Dunn From the party next door loud music erases any possibility of sleep I lay in bed and think of the young Our young facing a future…
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My Demeter
By Jena Woodhouse What can I do for my Demeter, now that she has no earthly needs? Mistakes are buried or erased; even glorious deeds fade – It seems there’s…
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Untitled Poem.
By Mickey Stosser Sometimes I dream that I’m kissing a man. Sometimes he’s tall. Sometimes he’s broad. Sometimes he’s dark. Sometimes he’s rough. Mostly, he’s sweet. He’s gentle. He’s funny. My…
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Trauma
By Jacob Pilkington Sirens ululated in the distance. He could feel the air cling to him. All the drops of him leaked out on the ground in a puddle of horror-movie…
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Erin Jamieson
Erin Jamieson (she/her) holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Miami University. Her writing has been published in over eighty literary magazines, including a Pushcart Prize nomination. She is the author of…
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Untitled Poem.
By Mickey Stosser And he said “I’m sorry” And then he left And then I’m left Standing there wondering what to do next My first thought is to run to…
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sōma
By Cici Zhu It’s a little after seven when I wake. I open one eye at first and for a split second am overcome with panic. I stayed outside to watch the…
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Lilly Pilly
By Karla Whitmore Soon, between winter and full bloom spring this tree will reach the peak of its ascent outdoing promise at planting, thought a shrub it billowed like an Edwardian…
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When I’ve Gone
By Karla Whitmore What I’ll miss is the envelope of green that bears the cycle of the seasons trees, shrubs and flowering stems a constancy of summer autumn winter spring I’ll…
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Interview with Wendy J. Dunn
Interview by Ellen Irwin Australian author Wendy J. Dunn has long had a passion for Tudor history—a passion inspiring award-winning fiction that gives a unique voice to Tudor-era figures. One such figure…
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CENTURIES OF BONES
By Wendy J. Dunn They came from the stars ‘Who lived here?’ they asked. ‘What happened to them?’ They explored awed by beauty under a blue, clean sky Butterflies flittered…
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Jacob Pilkington
Jacob Pilkington has always had a love of literature, many the classic or the Gothic. He has a love of horror films. Living in Melbourne and the US, he has been writing…
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Cici Zhu
Growing up, Cici always struggled to figure out what she wanted to do. She had multiple interests that were vastly different, and found comfort in writing stories to help visualise what kind…
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Oh, and don’t forget to breathe!
By Mickey Stosser Remember to point your toes Lengthen your spine Tilt your head 45 degrees Offer to make tea Don’t forget to engage your core Turn your feet…
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Sappho Wept
By Wendy J. Dunn Sappho wept sorrowing for her lost poems, sorrowing for all the women from her time to mine who dared creating art for it to be judged an…
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Here’s the thing
By Karla Whitmore sounds quaint now in the language minefield mix still, there’s something inexorable about bare-faced logic like water that relieves its load by turning land to sea too many times…
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Review: Text Messages from the Universe — Richard James Allen
by Antonia Cassetta Text Messages from the Universe by the remarkable Richard James Allen leads the reader on a mesmerising journey, being weaved between and intertwined with a Buddhist conceptualisation of dying…
