Review by David Thomas Henry Wright Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Roanna Gonsalves’ The Permanent Resident and Anthony Macris’ Inexperience and other stories are both short(er) story collections. Both were published in …
From the Corner of My Eye (Jillian Butler)
If singles’ bars are hell, then lesbian bars are the deepest fucking circle. I was a newbie, a baby Dyke, fresh meat and everyone in the place knew it. In …
MARRIAGE EQUALITY STARS 2017 (Rachael Nielsen)
The Australian people are poised to see if those most comfortable with snail mail will give the freaks permission to get into bed with their heterosexual privilege and allow them …
Tide (Jo Langdon)
‘I just want to remember / in full, ugly color’ — Emily O’Neill How it felt held under the pier then released like trash; the words that came after — ‘at …
BLOOD OATH (Magdalena Ball and Rob Walker)
‘Blood Oath’ is a multimedia collaboration by Magdalena Ball & Rob Walker. (Music credit: ‘Transport to the Heart’ by Martyn Bloor & M Elwell Romancito) Rob Walker and …
To and From Hadamar (Ben Hession)
It was nothing special, really, an overcast bus on a non-descript journey: a sort of euphemistic ride — the white-coated driver, the passengers chattering about simple things, but in a …
The Dunes (Kate Murdoch)
A single egg separated to form them. Yet Tamasine and Orla had rarely been apart. Once her twin met the boy, Orla spent more time alone. He was heavyset with …
Don’t Talk About the ‘Dont Walk’ Sign (Alexandra O’Sullivan)
Imagine you live in a world where female is the default gender. Where women own 95% of big business, media companies, and government positions. You study herstory at school, written …
The Gentle Art of Releasing (Janette Dadd)
(Edited by Alise Blayney & Tim Heffernan) Bones You’re in my dreams now. I can’t get rid of you. …
Tom’s Lagoon (Louis Armand)
1. Teeth in a jar, corks screwed to arthritic fists. A ten-mile stretch of frozen sky reflected in it. They stoop there, anchored, boy & old man pocketing scrap from …