So you may remember a few days ago I received some exciting and distracting news? Well I can now share that news with you.... My short story 'Roots' won the 2017 Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing, fiction category! The New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing is a national award for unpublished short-form crime writing …
Ending: A Short Story
Someone knocked on my front door. From my bedroom window I could see a dash of blonde hair but nothing else. Another knock. And again. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. When I opened the door she pushed inside, grabbed me by the throat and shoved me against the exposed brick wall. She loomed over me. …
Letters from the Road: Emerald
Dear Dreamers, I'm busting out the WordPress app on my phone for the first time. I really should have done it sooner. You may have gotten more regular updates that way. Oh well. Since last I wrote we have travelled from Townsville to Cape York and back again... and then down to Emerald. We've started …
The Natural Way of Things – Charlotte Wood
"In the days to come she will learn what she is, what they all are." Date Completed: December 10 2015 Page Length: 320 Goodreads Continuing in a tradition of dystopian feminist texts, which includes Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things has turned a lot of heads. Already nominated for the 2016 Victorian …
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