Issue Fifteen Contributors
June 10, 2025
After 30 years as a journalist/columnist, Grant Shimmin returned to poetry in earnest in 2022. He loves story, and humanity, and the...
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Rosalie Hendon (she/her) is an arborist living in Columbus, Ohio. Her work is published in Ravens Perch, Quibble Lit, Sad Girls Diaries,...
Issue Fifteen • Poetry
By Peter Kaczmarczyk I enter the house just off the road, mostly hidden from the view of passers-by. Resting on land reclaimed by nature,...
Isabelle P. Byrne is a published poet and award winning short film maker. Isabelle’s work delves into themes of identity, mental health,...
Emmitt Barnes is a teacher and author based in San Bernardino, California. His work has been featured in Skateism Magazine and The Pacific...
Matthew is a chef that has been working in the ski resorts and suburbs of Victoria, Australia for almost 10 years. Now, with the plan to...
By Maria Griffin here, a thing. behind it: another. there, a third. three things sit, each in its place, as if arranged, pleasingly...
Issue Fifteen • Non-Fiction
By MK Zariel since middle school, when i’ve had an interpersonal conflict, i’ve handled it the normal way—talking to friends, to a...
Native New Yorker Helene Berton has returned to her love of writing after a long hiatus. She has two short story collections, ‘Away...
R.H. Paris is a literary studies student at Monash University with a passion for storytelling and theory. He has recently completed his...
Fiction • Issue Fifteen
By Aimee Fletcher Mary stood at the counter with a warm cup of tea clutched in her hands, surrounded by the smell of baking bread, and...
Karlo Sevilla is the author of seven poetry books. The most recent is the chapbook, ‘Recumbent’ (8Letters Bookstore and Publishing,...
Issue Fifteen
By Grant Shimmin It’s cup final day in dusty Duduza¹ east of Johannesburg Not that anyone’s playing football here in this place they...
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March 25, 2025
Aubrey Myors is a current student at the Swinburne Professional Writing and Editing Diploma, and an aspiring author/editor. A passionate...
Mitchell is currently studying a Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne University. With passions for Australian rules...
March 24, 2025
Ruby is a Professional Writing and Editing diploma student at Swinburne. She also has a strong passion for reading, live music and all...
March 23, 2025
Amylea is currently completing her diploma of professional writing and editing at Swinburne university. She enjoys reading various genres...
Aimee is currently completing the diploma of professional writing and editing at Swinburne. She has had a love for reading since she was a...
March 22, 2025
Jessie has an unwavering love for reading, writing and editing. His greatest loves are the fantasy genre and noticing errors in printed...
Hi, I’m Phoebe. I am studying professional writing and editing and will be completing my diploma this year. I find inspiration and...
Brittany is a second-year student at Swinburne currently undergoing the Diploma of Professional Writing & Editing. With aspirations of...
Past Contributors
June 6, 2023
Ryu is a writing student at Swinburne, born and raised in Melbourne’s south. From a young age he has held a strong love of contemporary...
Issue Fourteen • Issue Fourteen Poetry • Poetry
CONTENT WARNING : This work contains material that some readers may find disturbing; please continue at your own discretion. Confession at...
Irish Green Ann Kathryn Kelly I am from an Irish Clan’s love, strong as bedrock, deep as ocean. The baby in the family almost...
Lingchi Jon Culp i Inherited a pair of right-handed scissors- from depths of the basket of twist-thread and patterns beside...
Fiction • Issue Fourteen • Issue Fourteen Fiction
Diamond Beach Days Angela Fitzpatrick 1965 Daisy sat at the café table gazing out the window at the promenade as tears ran down...
The Magic Cow Eric Tian The cow came in March. By May, it was all over. I must write this down so I, too, do not forget our history. It...
The Golden Apple Eric Tian It took place at midnight, on the field across the bank. My acquaintance stepped out of the boat,...
Issue Fourteen • Issue Fourteen Non-Fiction • Non-Fiction
Number One Story Street By Claire Baxter John I remember Christmas day. It might have been Christmas 1940 – maybe 1939 – when...
In Search of Identity Rose Saltman In 1994, I voted in the elections of two countries. I was a citizen of only one of them. ...
