‘Where you from, mate?’ ‘Sydney.’ That makes ‘em laugh, for some reason. When people overseas ask me where I’m from, I naturally say “Australia.” When people interstate ask, I …
Snapshots of Strangers (Paddy O'Reilly)
My godfather conned us. He ran off with the family fortune, my brother’s cricket bat, and a small, secret part of my mother’s heart. We heard he had bought a …
Snapshots of Strangers (Paddy O’Reilly)
My godfather conned us. He ran off with the family fortune, my brother’s cricket bat, and a small, secret part of my mother’s heart. We heard he had bought a …
Snapshots of Truth – Paddy O’Reilly
Alec Patric: There’s a way a writer places themselves in a box when they create a story. The more we write the more that box defines itself as the limits …
SNAPSHOTS OF TRUTH: an interview with Paddy O’Reilly
ALEC PATRIC There’s a way a writer places themselves in a box when they create a story. The more we write the more that box defines itself as the limits …
Resolution 666 (Paul Adkin)
Esteemed Creator of the Universe: In accord with resolution 666, passed unanimously last November by the Security Council of the United Association of Metaphysical Democracies, also known as GNU (God …
PASSING THROUGH TRUTH: an interview with SJ Finn
ALEC PATRIC Writers like James Frey have caused controversy by selling fiction as non-fiction. He lost agents and publishers — and millions had to be spent repairing reputations. David Sedaris …
The Last Islands in the World (Craig Cormick)
Captain Cook has had another dream. They were cruising northwards, with the engines at half-power, searching for the last island chain pulled up from the ocean by the Great Navigator …
The exit (Jasmin Shenstone)
I tell her I like them. Her drawings. I watch her and when she is finished I pick up the paper by the edges and stick blue-tack to the back …