Australia

In a rain-soaked village by a restless river, a fifteen-year-old finds her childhood collapsing under the weight of family silence…

Yuki’s tired fingers threaded the needle with the precision of a surgeon and the reverence of a priest. This request…

‘This one’s going to be tricky’, Madame Fu says to him, referring to the girl in a coat that’s too…

In the beginning  You — a star that governed the night sky —  were not made from the dust on…

Angelo from next-door had arrived first, letting himself in through the gate in the side fence, grinning and rubbing his…

I’ve made plenty of mistakes.   I sent a text to my brother-in-law. It wasn’t meant for him. There were…

‘Your mother’s an ironmonger.’ ‘She is not.’ The word was new to me, but from the way Genevieve said it,…

Today is a beautiful spring day. Light shimmers on the bark of the gum tree opposite our apartment block and…

‘The No Sex Thing’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   A bride and groom stand at…

Joseph chewed a mouthful of tepid poached egg. There was no one else down this end of the room, and…

Years ago, travelling across America on a Greyhound bus, I found myself astounded when we came upon big inland cities.…

‘Nightfall’ was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

‘Holding On, Letting Go’ was shortlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

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‘Neighbourhood Watch’ was longlisted for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Iqbal walked along the river in the fading evening light. He didn’t stand out as much, and he liked the…