Category: Fiction

  • Domino by Anthony Ward

    Domino by Anthony Ward

    I preside in darkness. In this coffin. For what seems like eternities. Crammed like sardines with the other twenty-seven. All made of bone. Then, out of the blackness we hear muffled sounds of voices accompanied by coughing. We become weightless, knocking against each other as we rattle around in a quake. A shaft of light…

  • The Gift by Lui Sit

    The Gift by Lui Sit

    Flinging my leg over my red bike, I shunt forward, trundling out of the backyard down the bitumen driveway. Our cul-de-sac is unusually still for late Sunday afternoon in Huntingdale. All the neighbourhood kids must’ve been called in already, either now watching Sunday sports with their parents or being scrubbed clean before dinner time.

  • The Woman of Parts by Fiona Mossman

    The Woman of Parts by Fiona Mossman

    From this corner of the house, the corner furthest from the nursery, I can see the track that leads to the forest. The forest at the back of the house is impossible to ignore, especially when you live this close to it. The house seems to coorie away from that dark deepness like something small…

  • Until My Dying Day by Lesley Bungay

    Until My Dying Day by Lesley Bungay

    She wanders on the clifftop, lingering near the crumbling schoolhouse. Deserted now for fear of the advancing ocean. Their place. Safe. Far from prying eyes and prejudice. She senses movement, turns to speak his name. But no answer returns, no figure emerges. Only ethereal shadows of children play, their muffled tones echo amongst the ruins.…