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 …
After the Fire (SJ Finn)
The hut sat untouched, a strange, defiant object against the black landscape. The grass under her feet also. Yes, it was a little parched from the summer sun, but not …
TRACKING THE STRAY DOG: an interview with David Francis
ALEC PATRIC Dislocation and transition are major themes of your work, which is entirely understandable if we look at your life. Your bio describes a man from rural Australia going …
The Sundowner (David Francis)
I decided there’d be no party for my 50th — instead I’d reflect, I’d go on a silent retreat to the monastery in the mountains above Santa Barbara where I’d …