Category: Issue Twelve Fiction

By Jaime Screen Finnegan Soteri felt everything: the mud under his bare feet, seeping between his toes, the rain drenching him, the leaves and wind whipping his face and all the skin it could reach. But there was only one thing he could see. It was white and small, trapped against the fence line and struggling to…

By Imogen Lenore Williams There was nothing much to say before my Great Aunt’s funeral. So, Mum and I went to the toilet for an anxious wee, worried about the readings we’d been asked to do. As I sat on the loo, I studied the floor tiling. The small brown squares with stained grouting looked…

By Matthew Rush ‘Max, please listen to me; your route leads us through the Nepean Highway! It’s the prime location for an ambush,’ she says frantically. ‘We can’t afford to get caught in the sunlight Emily, so the fastest route is the safest route, now stop whispering so loud!’ I repeat. She follows close behind…