Issue Ten • Issue Ten Poetry • Poetry
November 23, 2020
by Srinjay Chakravarti After the emperor’s head has been chopped off, the royal executioner is paid his wages by his new masters. Till...
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Fiction • Issue Ten • Issue Ten Fiction
by Michelle Freckleton Inspired by ‘The Babies in the Bush’ by Henry Lawson ‘Please, Mumma, please. I’ll hold onto...
by Kristy Cornell For my Grandad, Geoff ‘You know,’ Ernie said to no one in particular, ‘this war is a load of bollocks.’...
by Sam Johnston The beat of the mallet echoed between the cracked lime trees. The sign still crooked, the edges chipped away, but the...
by Srinjay Chakravarti The dark river, draped like a clinging wet sari around the fleshy curves of rocks and boulders. Against an...
by Ellen Shelley The old bones of this house settled around my feet, called me home. In this far from where I grew up place, I...
by David Atkinson Her brother, she must see for herself, walking south, alone; choking, astringency, fetid grit of the street. ...
by Magdalena Ball It was over in an hour a thousand people in an hour. Who dared count the weary passengers disembarking cramped...
by Magdalena Ball He knew how to read the weather, the synoptic, the radar strong winds, showers the rain was coming. He knew a...
by Mary Chydiriotis At the port of Mytilene cinnamon filled pockets of air float past along the waterfront a café sells Bougatsa made...
Issue Ten • Issue Ten Book Reviews • Reviews
Reviewed by Michelle Freckleton Sue Smethurst is an award-winning writer/ journalist, who has worked in the media industry for over twenty...
by Reece Pye He keeps his eyes on it even though he is driving, that smooth grey crest protruding from the earth like an ancient monolith....
Review by Angela Wauchop “Even as Mary said it, guilt scalded her insides knowing that Maw had nearly died of the bleeding after the last...
Review by Angela Wauchop “… ‘Our daughters are still children when they marry. Have you ever considered that?’ Fufidius gaped...
by Patrick Petraitis Stopping for a moment, Samuel lay his trunk down on the only flat piece of earth he could find and sat upon it. He...
by Carly Waller Cecelia Green sat before the crackling fire, alone in the library and reading her favourite novel. There was a ball that...
by Lyssa Stevens Sienna woke to loud bangs and sirens blaring. Confused, she sat up and peeked outside the window. The town was ablaze,...
By Janeen O’Connell Mary Allan Monegeetta (Victoria) 9 April 1873 – Good Friday I know he isn’t there, but I reach across to...
Issue Ten • Issue Ten Nonfiction • Non-Fiction
by Holly Erin Jane A personal learning of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels Growing up, my favourite story was of my grandfather...
by Alison Knight What is a man? A collection of atoms contained within a skin, framed by bone, tethered with sinew. What is a god? Yuri...
Interviews • Issue Ten • Issue Ten Interviews
Interview by Holly Jane Erin S.C. Farrow is an Australian screenwriter and author. Throughout her life, she has had an array of left of...
by Bella Bevan It was supposed to be an easy walk to the docks from Tilbury station, but after five minutes of lugging her trunk, Marina...
Interviewed by Michelle Freckleton About the Author: Sue is an award-winning writer/journalist who has worked in the media for over twenty...
Issue Nine • Issue Nine Fiction
June 15, 2020
by Samuel Elliott Isla was removing the pavlova when her son shrieked. She tightened her hold on the tray, burning her hands through...
by Avi Leibovitch Ronen quickened his pace when he saw the royal guards cross the street. There were four of them, and they were...
by Rue Baldry 60 I have heard what they do to women like me. I don’t want to be strung above the streets, choking on my own...
Issue Nine • Issue Nine Poetry • Poetry
by Edna Heled Germany. To think that we can look to you for comfort and hope at a time of paralyzing fear the world will...
by Chris Armstrong Dad looks up from the page, sees me —startles as if I were death itself; lurking, watching. Hello. He...
by Denise Ogilvie The mysteries of the Min Min lights in Outback Queensland have been around since the Dreamtime. * ...
Issue Nine • Issue Nine Book Reviews
Reviewed by Angela Wauchop “‘I have the order here. With a scratch of my pen his life is over.’ Josephine gasped....
