Fiction , Relationships , Tales MODIFICATIONS POLITELY DECLINED by Greg Joachim September 01, 2016 0 Comment He wouldn’t have noticed her if she hadn’t been smoking a cigarette. That she was doing so while seated directly …
Family , Fiction , Tales UNINVITED PASSENGER by Corissa Rieschieck August 22, 2016 2 Comments Orange lights flash past intermittently, showing glimpses of weatherboard houses and empty parks, before the world beyond the car window …
Family , Non-Fiction , Tales OF THIEVES AND CITIES by Natasha Hertanto August 22, 2016 0 Comment My response whenever my parents mentioned the words “family vacation” used to be “ughhhh.” My younger brother, sister, and I …
Adventure , Fiction , Tales STICKY DATE SURPRISE by Liz McShane August 22, 2016 0 Comment Lieutenant Richard Deering places the gun on the table of a vacant booth in Sapna’s Seaside café. He sits and …
Fiction , Relationships , Tales BLIND by Cilla Prescott August 22, 2016 0 Comment Our bags and books dropped to the marble floor with muted thuds, and we both slumped in the plastic chairs. …
Writer Interviews KATIE ROWNEY: ‘Publishers actually do read the slush pile’ August 17, 2016 1 Comment Katie Rowney is a recovering journalist, current communications wizard and owner of far too much china. She grew up on …
Fiction , Relationships SEXY by Jane Downing August 08, 2016 0 Comment Stephanie stood on his front door step in shorts and a bikini top and told him Kylie couldn’t make it …
Non-Fiction , None of the Above IT USED TO BE MAD LOVE by Jessica Seaborn August 03, 2016 3 Comments In 2010, I popped a tyre in my car whilst parking outside a Taylor Swift concert. I’d only had my …
Non-Fiction , None of the Above HARRY POTTER AND THE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES by Manda Diaz August 02, 2016 0 Comment I tried to resist buying Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on its release day. I really did. But when …
Fiction , Relationships ELAINE AND JOHN by Maggie Jankuloska August 01, 2016 1 Comment The table spread was immaculate; an assortment of cheese lay by a medley of spiced olives and peppers. It’s like …
Fiction , Friendships HENTY by Jane Downing February 26, 2018 0 Comment There was another storm coming but for now the sun was out and the mud from the rain the day …
Family , Fiction , Tales THUMP by Cilla Prescott October 25, 2016 0 Comment Thump. Thump. Thump. I press a hand against my chest, as if doing so could drown out the constant beating …
Non-Fiction , Writer Interviews MARK BRANDI: “Being true to your voice and vision is important” July 24, 2017 0 Comment Melbourne writer Mark Brandi’s debut crime novel Wimmera is meeting acclaim. Compared to Jane Harper’s The Dry and Craig Silvey’s …
Adventure , Family , Fiction HIDDEN HOMES by Madeleine Johns June 18, 2018 0 Comment Amy Ellis was only five years old when she discovered a new world. It was underneath the ground, hidden away …
Fiction , Relationships DRIFTER by Matthew Naqvi (NSFW) December 07, 2016 0 Comment ‘Did you get the stuff?’ Pia ran to the front door, her nail polish bottle in her hand. The one …
Writer Interviews YEN-RONG WONG: “I never thought I’d be a proper writer” January 08, 2018 0 Comment Yen-Rong is a writer, reader, musician, scientist, and an aspiring academic. She is the founding editor of Pencilled In, a magazine dedicated to …
Fiction , Life UP by Kate Campbell April 28, 2017 0 Comment She sighed as her back slid down the wall, and she hit the ground with a thump. She struggled to …
Family , Fiction A LIFT WOULD BE NICE by Janelle Koh February 26, 2018 0 Comment South Yarra Station connects to Melbourne Central via the city loop train that runs only from platform five. It goes …
Family , Fiction , Life PAIGE by Lucy Faerber October 25, 2016 0 Comment On Monday morning we eat toast and blueberry yoghurt, and I feel like a bad mother when she spills the …
Adventure , poetry NO MORE KISSING FROGS by Dina Abdel Hady August 07, 2017 0 Comment She’s got a crown on, and she’s peering over her sponge-like porous face. Pink cheeks from powdered beets, and lips …
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