An Empty Head – Part 8 of The Old Ones, the penultimate instalment in The Old Ones has been shortlisted at Needle in the Hay! This round we had to bring our stories to their climax so the shortlist is filled with action. In The Things They Know – Part 7 of The Old Ones, we …
Small whispers creep across the room, and I curl my fingers around the handle of the knife in my pocket. Would I use it? “Matthew,” I try, “you’re a little boy. You like soccer. You like Weet-bix. We can go to the park.” The whispers get louder, and something moves in front of me. I …
“Lisa? Are you okay?” I feel a cool hand on my shoulder. I stay on all fours for a moment, hands in the earth, until I’m sure I have finished vomiting. I wipe my mouth, and look up at it again—the white sign, reflecting in the moonlight, with one word stretched across it: Endwood. “I’m …
I wouldn’t normally post a photo that involved a) me in my purple fluffy dressing gown, b) crazy hair and no make-up, nor c) an upshot selfie, BUT here in my hands is the first hard copy of my novel manuscript, and I am too excited to let things like an attractive photo (or lack …
A Pocketful of Glitter has been shortlisted for The Everything is Everything Award! This award had no restrictions on length and covered every possible genre. There is a real mix of stories and I’m excited to have been chosen. From A Pocketful of Glitter: I hold this secret in my fist; a pocketful of glitter, sparkling and …
A Bright Future has been shortlisted for The Everything is Everything Award! This award had no restrictions on length and covered every possible genre. There is a real mix of stories and I’m excited to have been chosen. From A Bright Future: For this reason above any other, Helen had been somewhat reluctant to eat the current …
An ordinary day can be turned into a magical one with a simple ray of sunlight shining onto a plastic white stick. “There it is,” I say, tilting the stick to the side. “Can’t you see it?” Tom squints. “Maybe, Ali.” He is humouring me, as he does every month when I complain of sickness …
The world was abuzz with speculation that in three days time Helen Bright was likely—if not certainly—going to become the first Green President of the United States of America. For this reason above any other, Helen had been somewhat reluctant to eat the current President. Just days earlier, Helen had found herself in a state …
Obliquity, the short story anthology featuring two of my pieces, was officially launched on Saturday and the first print run has already almost sold out! The anthology features work by Australian authors, and stories vary from the dark to the light-hearted. My two centre around relationships. A Love Note By a Different Name is about …
In no particular order: Mochi and Kita (my two cats), sitting on my desk/ hands when I’m trying to write. The conviction that I suck so badly I should never inflict my words on anyone. Lack of tea. The messiness of my desk (seriously, I just need to tidy it before I start). The lack …
