Issue Twelve • Issue Twelve Book Reviews • Reviews
November 25, 2021
by Ferris Knight ‘The fact that gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns are invented over and over again, often by people completely...
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Fiction • Issue Twelve • Issue Twelve Fiction
Ian Reid PROMISES He was no longer sure of his whereabouts. He felt not only out of place, but also dislodged from the...
by Vashti Farrer They had swept Mother under their sideboard minds. Like dust. ‘She seemed quite happy when we left her and the...
by Jack Hutchinson From time to time I miss my old man. But missing is just memory and memories are a funny thing. I mean, they’re...
Issue Twelve • Issue Twelve Non-Fiction • Non-Fiction
by Eden Young. There are roughly 6500 languages in the world today. Despite being a third-generation immigrant, I am fluent in only...
by Shannon Blake It was too late to stow the typewriter and the photographs away. I could hear Keith stomping on the veranda,...
by Nicolas Brasch Eugen Bacon is a critical voice in Australian literature, one that probes and prods, questions and enlightens. She is an...
by Malina Douglas Cara felt tense. She had never done this, yet a need she could not completely explain had driven her to it. The...
by Daniela Abriola Betty Mullan—Monday, June 28th 2021 I hadn’t known my Great Uncle Douglas, but apparently, he thought I was...
by Radhiya Fanham ‘Do not mention it, my dear Eliza. it would give me immense satisfaction if I could make myself of use to...
Jahin Tanvir Absence Sergei sat upon the cool patch of grass, his torn trousers up the damp morning dew as he overlooked the sunset. The...
by Shawnee Neal Sitting comfortably in the corner of the American Bar of the Stafford Hotel in London is a small, unassuming chair...
Issue Twelve • Issue Twelve Poetry • Poetry
by Mary Chydiriotis (Lesvos, Greece, 1942) Artemis is small and nimble apron loaded with courgettes pockets crammed with parsley...
My family is very observant of nature. We know which plants are native, which ones are weeds and how old trees are just by looking at them....
by Lorraine Gibson I’m drinking ancestors’ tears, praising their liquid forms — sip, sip — savouring them oh so slowly in...
by Shannon Blake It is perhaps fitting that so few people are familiar with the origins of Halloween; it is almost as if the day...
by Nathanael O’Reilly I split wood on the back verandah while woodsmoke wafted from the chimney, watched Aussie Rules on Sunday...
Pauline Lewis Along a track so arid and forlorn Maree left behind in the distance A nine-hour drive to the infamous location To delve into...
Issue Twelve Contributors • Past Contributors
Ferris Knight is a writer, producer, and advocate from Naarm (Melbourne), currently studying Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne....
Issue Twelve • Issue Twelve Contributors • Past Contributors
Jack Hutchinson is a youngish Brisbane/Meanjin based writer. A quantity surveyor by trade, he also holds an MBA from the London Business...
By Guy Salvidge This land has had many names, some known and others lost. Europeans first called it Van Diemen’s Land and later...
Daniela Abriola is a third-year university student studying both Creative Writing and Literature, and Professional Writing and Editing at...
Shawnee Neal is an aspiring writer and editor from Melbourne, Australia. She was born in Queensland but moved frequently as a child,...
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Lorraine Gibson is a Scottish-Australian anthropologist, painter and poet living on Biripi Country. She holds a PhD. in Cultural...
Disproportionate Experiences by Devika Brendon It’s what we focus on that we make significant. We can drive ourselves mad By zooming in...
Ian Reid grew up in New Zealand and now lives in Perth. He is the author of 15 books across a range of genres including cultural history,...
Julia Clugston is a third year journalism student at Swinburne University with a passion to educate and give voice to people to care for...
Vashti Farrer has worked as an advertising copywriter, research librarian, encyclopaedia researcher, book reviewer, film extra and...
Malina Douglas is inspired by the encounters that shape us. She was nominated as the Gold Writer of the ArtAscent Bliss issue and made the...
