Jill rents a Nissan at the airport. The woman at the counter hesitates with the keys, eyeing her bed hair and foreign credit card. The men at the taxi rank call to her and she almost changes her mind. ButRead more…
Writing it down – Laura Jean McKay
Laura Jean McKay is the author of Holiday in Cambodia, a short story collection that explores the electric zone where local and foreign lives meet, and that was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the Queensland Literary Award 2014. She’sRead more…
It’s ok! It’s India
We are only an hour into this overnight train journey and he has not shifted his gaze. His eyes are a forceful shade of brown and they drill into me. I meet and hold his gaze for a minute orRead more…
In Transit
The plane is coasting towards the ground, and when we break through the cloud cover I get my first look at Thailand. The patchwork fields feature long stripes of bright green, broken up by darker-coloured glass mirrors. I later learnRead more…
Present Pasts
I was still in primary school when I started keeping a daily journal. My project began in response to a conversation with my parents in which it was revealed that neither could recall in much detail what they were likeRead more…
Circles
and pick the city from our teeth like it’s the day before the dentist and we’re desperate to look our best: We head west. Sydenham roundabout to North and South Circular, A road to Ring Road, streetlight patterns stir yourRead more…