(Edited by Kathryn Hummel) What did he do after he had pressed his ultimate Send at 1-49 am? Weep, pray, rant? Reach for a bottle? Rush into the street? Lie …
Braided Veins
(Raymond Luczak)
Braided Veins as we grow up as twins youd speculate this or that bully would probably grow to be bald & fat i would laugh at the notion saying it …
The Gift (Peter Farrar)
(Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) Bushfire smoke tasted in rain. I opened my mouth. Rain tingled, drying on my tongue the way it did on concrete. I stopped at the rear …
Yo Soy Mexico City
(Atreyee Gupta)
Yo soy poderosa, yo soy abultado — El Monstruo I beat with the syncopated rhythm of twenty-five million hearts criss-crossing my sinking calles Me quema con potencial bajo del decaimiento …
The Fourth Time
(Scott-Patrick Mitchell)
Happens in the ‘90s. You can tell by the fashion: cut-off denim shorts; 10 hole Docs; tie-dye t-shirt; pierced nose that cost five bucks from the local chemist (such punk …
Pezzi (Josephine Clarke)
hanging on the line torn cloth, too threadbare for sheets but good enough for you for between your legs on the cursed days clots caught slipping as you walked the …
Underworld (Lilli Waters)
Artist’s Statement Although my art practice explores many different subjects, an ongoing preoccupation is capturing women in landscape. With their identities hidden and glowing bodies melding into the …
Spit Hood (Teena McCarthy)
for Don Dale detainee Dylan Voller and all those held in detention and suffering deaths in custody Oh, such a pretty picture this Kingdom of the Crown. In a dark …
Common Tongue (Miguel Jacq)
i. A weekday, cocooned somewhere in my twenties, one father and his son suspended in a lift shaft an everyday moment, a faraday cage moment until a phone call makes …
WRITING BACKWARDS: Susan Hawthorne’s Dark Matters
Review by Lucy Alexander Edited by Robyn Cadwallader What if it was you who were woken by the crash of your door falling in the early hours of morning? Just …