Day I become ‘treatment-resistant’ to drugs. They advise me I would be better served with other recreational pursuits. Days They are talking up the effectiveness of brain damage. I recall …
Bivouac (Charlotte Guest)
The terms of our arrangement are revised every three days. You trace my bones, protruding through my skin, as we recap the clauses, their causes, and intended effects. Let’s press …
VALENTINES DAY STARS 2017! (Rachael Nielsen)
The world is on the edge of great catastrophe; Trump and Colonial xenophobia have already come after many, and though it is a time to pull closer to love and …
Exodus (David Adès)
You hold a catacomb of memories. I wait outside your door to catch fragments. How much can any of us know of what preceded? We interrogate doors we cannot pass …
THE METAPHORICAL RESONANCES OF LANDSCAPE: an interview with Lucy Treloar
Lucy Treloar was born in Malaysia and educated in Melbourne, England and Sweden. A graduate of the University of Melbourne and RMIT, Lucy is a writer and editor who has …
How to live in a world that is burning (Omar Sakr)
1. there are many kinds of vision. 2. the nurse said getting glasses has been on her to-do list since 2008 It’s a long list but also, the world is …
Famous for Asparagus (Jennifer Compton)
I had heard a great deal about the Koo Wee Rup pub, what with one thing and another, so, while I was staying with them, the daughter and her bf …
IT’S A WRAP!
And there we have it, folks! It’s the end of another publishing year for Verity La – and what a year it’s been! We’ve published close to one hundred poems, …
Winter (K W George)
A man in a black suit on a white windswept beach. Wind snatching an umbrella, turning it into a batwing. Hands so cold and trembling fingers don’t work. Tingly feeling …
MODERNITY & INEXPERIENCE: an interview with Anthony Macris
There are trends in publishing, that is undeniable, but some writers refuse to do anything other than go their own way. Enter Anthony Macris. Macris is an Australian writer and …