She is lifting the golden lid of a recycling bin with the sleeve of her jumper when the song of a siren echoes through the neighbourhood. Christina lets the lid fall. The bin topples over into the gutter, wheels spinning.Read more…
Evidence Presented to the Senate Committee Investigating Illegal Arrivals from years 2087 – 2101: Selected Excerpts
Evidence Presented to the Senate Committee Investigating Illegal Arrivals from years 2087 – 2101: Selected Excerpts EXCERPT FROM INTERVIEW: PIA LONGMAN (CIVILIAN, 2016) PL: She is standing in front of me drenched in sweat and she says “I am only theRead more…
Hollywood heart
On January 27 we hosted a special Story-share event at Smith’s Alternative, themed around ‘new beginnings’. Below is a transcript of the talk shared by Sarah Mason. Hollywood Heart I was born into an artist’s house, where naked women languished on theRead more…
Mary, Mother & Me
Trigger warning: references to rape and sexual assault _ “She was raped, you know.” We are sitting in the car park of a suburban mall. “It was a man from her church. She never told the kids.” Summer is keepingRead more…
Limit
Sometimes, after school, David could hear his mother having an affair. The first few times, he could only hear soft steady breathing. The sound that breath makes when blown on a car window to make it fog up. He neverRead more…