Issue One • Issues • Poetry
May 22, 2016
By Eloise Faichney You still do not understand what I have seen, Padre. These rosaries will not save us now, nor these prayers; we...
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By Christina Aitken Spots of crimson dance in the breeze Below, the swollen, shuddering sea bears hopeful young men to war Standing in rows...
Issue One • Issues • Reviews
By Teuila Krause People Who Eat Darkness is the true story of British woman Lucie Blackman, who was reported missing back in July 2000 from...
By Teuila Krause February 21st 1965, New York City – Minister El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, more commonly known as Malcolm X, is...
By Senaj Alijevski The Flame Eater by Barbara Gaskell Denvil is a historical fiction novel set in Medieval London that offers the reader a...
Issue One • Reviews
By Tina Tsironis In her previous book, The World of Richard III, author Kristie Dean focused squarely on the controversial last king...
By Andy Goss Henry VIII must be England’s most examined monarch. But although his was a pivotal reign, his celebrity has little to do...
Issue One • Past Contributors
Backstory’s Issue Two will feature an interview with award winning author, Alex Miller. Alex Miller’s eleventh novel, Coal...
Issue One • Non-Fiction
By Louise Wilson © Louise Wilson, 6 May 2016. The small Victorian town of Clunes has become famous in recent years as Australia’s...
By Andy Goss “There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the...
Past Contributors
May 21, 2016
After a multi-faceted career in finance and economics, Melbourne-based author Louise Wilson has returned to her teenage passion for...
Christina Aitken was born in Tasmania, but has lived mostly in Victoria. She is a social worker, mother of two, and emerging writer and...
Duncan Richardson is a writer of fiction, poetry, history and educational texts. He is keen to uncover the hidden stories of Brisbane’s...
MA Fox is an expat American editor and author living in Adelaide, South Australia. With a few short story publications under her belt, she...
Helen F Miller’s philosophy is that story plants seeds that suggest another way of looking at life and is, therefore, instrumental in...
Kirsty Seebeck is a Masters student at Swinburne whose first published work is this one right here. Be kind – and if you can’t be, just...
Rachael Palmer is a student in Swinburne University of Technology’s writing program. She enjoys wine and novel pairing, writing and other...
Eugen Bacon, MA, MSc, PhD, is a computer scientist mentally re-engineered into creative writing. She has sold many stories and articles,...
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Senaj Alijevski is a Sub-editor of Backstory journal and is studying Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne University. She is a...
May 19, 2016
Teuila Krause is a Sub-editor of Backstory journal and third year Professional Writing and Editing student at Swinburne. With a love of...
May 17, 2016
Abby Claridge is a Sub-editor at Backstory journal. She has changed more than she thought possible in that last 20 years, but a constant in...
May 15, 2016
Oscar O’Neill-Pugh is a Sub-editor of Backstory journal. He has been writing stories and poetry for as long as he remembers....
Ana-Teona Tinc is a Sub-editor of Backstory journal. She began writing ever since she gave up on a career in Science and Mathematics in her...
Jac Mason is a Sub-editor of Backstory journal. He is currently studying Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne. He enjoys writing...
Tina Tsironis is a Sub-Editor of Backstory journal. A freelance writer in her final year studying Media and Communications at Swinburne...
Andy Goss is a Sub-editor of Backstory journal. Law school dropout, bookseller, computer programmer, advertorial writer, and now again a...
Sarah Giles is a Sub-editor of Backstory journal. A student studying Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne University, she was...
May 14, 2016
Eloise Faichney a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Monash University in Australia. Her thesis investigates lacunae in the life...
