Mr Wu is crying upstairs again. I can hear him as I lie on my bed, the broken sobs clear, distinct. It is as if he were here in the …
BREAKING: an interview with Rjurik Davidson
Rjurik Davidson is set to release his first collection of stories, The Library of Forgotten Books. It’s been two years waiting on a publisher to release it, but then there’s …
Transition (Sonja Meyer)
____A swing ___________set ____________________in a playground __________________________________in a park ________________________________________under a full moon and the empty swing …
Gather, Darkness (Jeremy Balius)
Part 1 When misery’s your partner, love’s just give and take to the sound of the window pane a-shudderin’. Gather, Darkness! and play your songs of heartache. Music box hums …
ASSOCIATIONS: an interview with Jeremy Balius
“Jeremy Balius is the Black Rider. He lives in Western Australia with a wife and children. From there he produces The Diamond & The Thief, a revolutionary online literary journal. …
I shoot you at the pond (Nathan Curnow)
for Kevin Brophy ideas grow like goldfish in proportion to the space they are given you return home from your morning swim still dripping from professor to friend, breakfast begins …
Black Lazarus excerpt – (Maxine Beneba Clarke)
It was close to six by the time Sonny finished up at the Basement. The twenty wedged deep down in his pocket, he made his way to his leafleting post …
Black Lazarus (Maxine Beneba Clarke)
It was close to six by the time Sonny finished up at the Basement. The twenty wedged deep down in his pocket, he made his way to his leafleting post …
RAISING THE DEAD: an interview with Maxine Beneba Clarke
Alec Patric: Maxine Beneba Clarke is a name that in most Aussie minds of a literary bent, conjures the image of a Slam-Champ, kick-arse performance poet. But my first experience …
A Very Big Bean (Eric Dando)
The caravan heats up like a little oven in the midday sun. Jill is stretched out on the bed sweating. She is too skinny. Her little heart skips a beat …