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Supreme Settings
by Kate Maxwell Reset, restored a thousand times to factory setting but here we are again. Brightness set to dim, on mute until my data codes are reconfigured and they have wiped…
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Interview with Karen Viggers: How Nature and People Merge.
Interview by Louise Sapphira The Orchardist’s Daughter shows how you can be betrayed by nature or grow in its surroundings. Karen Viggers’ latest novel The Orchardist’s Daughter reveals how coercive behaviour can…
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Interview with Rachel Chen
Interview by Jill Sioson After working long, hard hours, Rachel loves to unwind with a good rom-com and escape- preferably with Matthew McConaughey. With passion and grit, Rachel looks to the future…
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Interview with Adrian Eppel
Interview by Jill Sioson Writer, Director, Editor, and Cinematographer. Founder of AGrade Media. Adrian Eppel is a self-motivated, opportunistic, story-teller; who is never not creating. His perseverance and optimistic outlook towards…
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Stainless Steel
By Alexander Todd Wet weather. Wonderful. Just bloody wonderful. I pulled my hood closer over my head. It took a lot for stainless steel to rust, but I had been warned with…
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Interview with Christine Bell: Finding the Reality Within a Person’s Journey
Interview by Louise Sapphira A woman’s journey that shows raw honesty and courage despite her youth. Christine Bell’s No Small Shame is a novel from the point of view of a…
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Interview with Carol Major: Pulling Apart Binaries
Interview by Louise Sapphira The heartache of losing someone you love using the metaphor of war. Carol Major’s memoir The Asparagus Wars is an emotive journey about losing her talented…
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Keren Heenan
Keren Heenan is a Melbourne writer and Arts teacher. She has won a number of Australian short story awards, including the Alan Marshall, Southern Cross, and Hal Porter awards. She placed 2nd…
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Habits
By Jessica Murdoch Content note: Alcohol, suicide attempts, suicide ideation For a long time, I couldn’t stand to listen to a voice message from my mother. A missed call. A…
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Alexander Todd
Recognised by his height and deep voice, Alexander Todd graduated from Swinburne University of Technology in December 2022 and is a member of Golden Key International Honours Society. He loves fantasy, science…
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The hemline of lost memories
By Denise O’Hagan. The hemline of lost memories Lier, Flanders, 22 October 1569 I know what you’re thinking, but there’s no need to be scared. This is my spot, these…
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Cora Tate
Educated as a scientist, graduated as a mathematician, Cora Tate has earned her living as a full-time professional entertainer most of her life, including a stint as a regular performer on the…
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Denise O’Hagan
Denise O’Hagan is a Sydney-based editor and poet, born in Italy. With a background in academic book publishing, she set up her own imprint, Black Quill Press and assists independent writers. Poetry…
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The Festival
By A. M. Joseph. The day of the festival took place each spring when the flowers were in full bloom and the sun was at its highest. The town, comprised of white…
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Not A Threat
By Cora Tate. Some of Rob’s friends, and some of his ex-girlfriends, thought him a little nutty, because he talked to animals—or to ‘non-human animals’ as he would say—and not just to…
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Sweet Charity
By Lyn Mitchell Based on life I’ve known EXT. SHOPPING CENTRE, BURWOOD EAST – AFTERNOON The RSPCA charity shop lived in a small shopping centre at the Burwood East junction…
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Lyn Mitchell
Lyn Mitchell is a 76-year-old mother of three daughters who left studying until late in life. She left her Brisbane home in 1965 to join the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force, married…
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Autumn Flowers
By Amy Bertacco. Relief doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel. It’s a fine Autumn day, and the leaves of the trees are turning into shades of burning red until they become…
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Shelter
By Les Wicks the pipes are blocked leaves are falling roots get into everything our windows wear epaulettes of dust those flowers never stop their complaints 50-year-old roof tiles like teeth…
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Examination
By Anne Casey In meticulous script, Dr Harris has recorded A Synopsis of the inmates of the Newcastle Industrial School, each girl assigned a number— recorded in the first column next…
