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The Music
By Lindsay McLeod
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Christina Yin
A writer and poet, Christina Yin is a senior lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus. She lives in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo with her wildlife biologist husband, visiting when she can,…
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History is bound to repeat itself.
By Louise Sapphira Anne Casey explores the harsh reality that the next generation from the Great Irish Famine experienced by bringing a sense of justice to the voices preserved in archives all…
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Pigpens
By Daniel Pernar Echoes of men screamed in the silence. Yet, these dreams don’t fool me yet. No echo more, than an echoed violence— And no violence more, could we have…
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Ice-cream from an American
By Vashti Farrer It being wartime, and flats hard to find, Sally and her mother share with her aunt and grandmother. Their flat is down one side of an old building, near…
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Philippa Yelland.
Philippa Yelland was born in the UK, grew up in Queensland and now lives on a farm north of Canberra. Her award-winning short stories have been published in literary magazines and anthologies.…
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Online dating sucks, it totally sucks
by Philippa Yelland. Tall, dark, handsome … part 1 A WHILE AGO, I was going out with a journalist who’d been in the Special Air Service (SAS) in the army. He was…
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Whisper
By Keren Heenan. Whisper is down by the train tracks, sniffing out old haunts, old hurts, holding them up to his memory mirror. It still burns, Whisp. Still tears and twists and…
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Redline
By Benjamin Powell. 1,000 RPM. Angelica gripped the steering wheel intently. She focused only on the steady, rhythmic thumping of her heart, and the low growl of the idling engine. The…
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A Lady Shows the Town
by Rhonda Valentine Dixon Rain clouds settled over Eltham. Miss Annabelle Brownlow raised her umbrella as she passed the Magistrate’s Court and walked towards her friend’s house on High Street. Some might…
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That’s Life.
By Rhonda Valentine Dixon It’s 1995. Ten years and two kids into marriage and I’ve learned to plan simple wholesome meals and to organise my time to prepare and cook them…
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Life of Spice
by Rhonda Valentine Dixon Christmas 1936 ‘Adeline, get back here. By golly, when I catch you, I’ll tan your hide.’ Mary Spice ran as fast as she could, but she was…
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Anak Sarawak: Sarawak’s Son
By Nathaniel Aiko The Year of Promises Tarang was ten years old when white banners fluttered across the longhouse at Simanggang, the wind catching the silhouette of a crown and a shield.…
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A CAPE FOR THE PRINCESS
By Peter Dellolio that’s what they say that you can hear them screaming every night all through the night as if they take turns first it’s the ones down the hall then…
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Statutory of Declaration
By Satrio Nindyo Istiko. I, Satrio Nindyo Istiko, student of 4/33 Sargent Street New Farm, in the State of Queensland, do solemnly and sincerely declare the followings: My background I was…
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The Steampunk Teapot Race
By Rhonda Valentine Dixon. A dozen colourful people clutching marvellously modified teapots registered to compete in the Steampunk Teapot Race. After signing in they made their way to the contestants’ table…
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Philippa Yelland
Philippa Yelland was born in the UK, grew up in Queensland and now lives on a farm north of Canberra. Her award-winning short stories have been published in literary magazines and anthologies.…
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Innocence
By Wendy J. Dunn I remember the day before my thirteenth birthday, so many years ago. On that day I’d slept away another hot day of the summer holidays when my mother…
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Finding Captain Woolsy
By David Shield ‘Dad, it’s Saturday. Why do I have to go and chase that dumb Ram down?’ Wade complained even as he hitched up the girth strap on his grey…
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Unravelling
By Jane Downing. She turned the knitting at the end of a row, feeling like a bird with a broken wing as she swapped the needles from hand to hand. A few…
