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Umaima Syed
Introducing Umaima Syed, a second-year student at Swinburne University of Technology and a member of the Editing team here at Other Terrain. Umaima is pursuing a double degree in the Bachelor of…
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Alex Eagles
Alex Eagles is a student at Swinburne currently studying literature and creative writing, working toward a Bachelors of Art degree. A fan of slasher horror, bad comedy movies, and nonsensical worldbuilding in…
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Sam M Johnston
Sam M Johnston is a Melbourne based writer and audio engineer. He’s currently studying a Bachelor of Media and Communications majoring in Writing and Advertising. He enjoys writing sci-fi and horror stories…
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Louise Sapphira
Louise is a Swinburne student currently studying for a Master of Writing. She has also completed a Bachelor of Arts and an Honours Degree in Marketing. Her passions include dance and theatre.…
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Matthew Rush
Matthew Rush is a Swinburne University student studying Creative Writing and Literature, and Cinema and Screen Studies for his Bachelor of Arts degree. They’ve also completed a Diploma of Arts and Communication,…
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Tina Tsironis
Tina Tsironis is a writer, editor and communications professional who calls Melbourne home. She’s a fan of self-referential horror films, blobs of hot sauce splattered over her food, and emotional gut punches…
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Matt Richardson
Matt Richardson (he/they) is queer fiction author and editor based in Naarm, whose stories experiment with points of view and the motivations of imperfect characters. His previous works can be found in…
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Connor Hogan
Connor Hogan is a Melbourne based student completing his Bachelor of Arts, majoring in professional and creative writing. He has been an avid writer since early primary school, writing for both personal…
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Chloe Hanna
Introducing Chloe Hanna, a fourth-year student at Swinburne University, and now a Contributing Editor of our journal. Chloe is pursuing a double degree in Law/Arts with a major in Professional Writing and…
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Issue Eleven Fiction.
Every Shiny Thing on Fire by Keren Heenan. Good Neighbours by Jane Downing. Habits by Jessica Murdoch. Not a Threat by Cora Tate. Stainless Steel by Alexander Todd. Sweet Charity by Lyn Mitchell.…
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Issue Eleven Poetry: Human Rights
Speciation, A Cento Anne Casey Scarcity Commission, a cento Anne Casey A City Girl Anne Casey Examination Anne Casey Water Pistols Kate Maxwell Supreme Settings Kate Maxwell Fallen nomads Kate Maxwell A…
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Issue Eleven Interviews
Carol Ann Major Christine Bell Karen Viggers Kate Murdoch Rachel Chen Adrian Eppel
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A Strand of Hair.
by Wendy J. Dunn She turned to her mother joy shone from her eyes The day was warm she was out not confined at home so alive young She laughed…
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Heiress with the beehive hairdo
By Denise O’Hagan. Heiress with the beehive hairdo After Juanita Nielsen (1937–1975) Taking the short-cut from the station at the Cross to the leafy end of Victoria Street, I must have hurried…
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Every Shiny Thing on Fire
By Keren Heenan The sky that morning red as a sailor’s warning, yet nothing by afternoon. No cloud but cirrus, no wind but a hush like the breeze was waiting, like everything…
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Good Neighbours
By Jane Downing The water was gushing onto the tiles, lifting breadcrumbs, grated carrot and all the bits and scraps that hadn’t been swept for weeks. Bethany’s momentary snap of housewifely guilt was…
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Water Pistol
by Kate Maxwell What you need is a water pistol: not pumped with oxygen and hydrogen, but one-part bullshit blocker, two-parts patience, holstered and ready to squirt at rabid red-faced howlers who…
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Kate Maxwell
Kate Maxwell’s probably been a teacher for too long. As a result, her interests include film, wine, and sleeping. She’s published widely in Australian and international journals such as Cordite, Rochford Street…
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Fallen Nomads
by Kate Maxwell A bag of coal earned scavenging at the tip —toxic too, but now the last alternative to frigid slow starvation on the steppe will stop his children freezing in…
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Interview with Kate Murdoch: Challenging Societal Ideals Within the Walls of a Chateau.
By Louise Sapphira The Orange Grove allows the reader to come to their own conclusions about the characters. Kate Murdoch’s historical fiction novel, The Orange Grove, weaves a narrative of the…
