The Wheel Melissa King It’s 4:40am. You’re on the waterfront, bare toes clenched in the cold wet sand. Less than an hour ago you were drunk, full of expensive booze and high on adrenaline.But then you did a thing. An … Continued
Atonement Adrian Brookes This is as far as life goes, then. The boy’s acceptance was what troubled Nate the most. For a second of eternity his soul had locked with his victim’s. There’d been no sign of shock at the … Continued
Gods Seest Thou Christoper McCormack We’d run out of places in which to fuck. She and her husband and their little girl and our foetus had moved out to one of those new estates that was halfway between town and … Continued
One More Yellow Bin Kristine Fitzgerald Joanne Morley didn’t notice the sun rising in the sky as she dragged her wheelie bin down the driveway. Is it green or yellow this week? she asked herself. She never could remember. Placing … Continued
The Socks – Biography of a Mother Lyn Chatham a grief dream— my mother a spinning top then a woman with no mouth *** my Mac was humming in front of ferns waving behind glass when I heard my mother … Continued
Bellarine Bigfoot Ross Palmer At 8:00 a.m. it’s already warm in Oakdene. Stan is waiting for me out the front of his brick veneer house. After some small talk, standing on the footpath, he ushers me into the garage where … Continued
Pressing by Jo Curtain We have published the works of the following 26 writers, and again we applaud the students from Mount Waverley Secondary College for their enthusiasm and fabulous contributions. Jan Price | Geoffrey Gaskill | Harry Roberts … Continued
In the spirit of John Clarke (aka Dylan Thompson) whose A Child’s Christmas in Warrnambool continues to delight, we invited writers to send us a parody of a Christmas story, poem, song or tradition. Listen to John Clarke read … Continued
The Finest 500 is an annual competition for Geelong Writers’ members. This year, writers were invited to submit prose or poetry to 500 words in response to the theme: Remnants. Read five of the longlisted pieces below. LONGLISTED: ‘Traces’ … Continued
The Finest 500 is an annual competition for Geelong Writers’ members. This year, writers were invited to submit prose or poetry to 500 words in response to the theme: Remnants. Read five of the longlisted pieces below. LONGLISTED: ‘Dregs’ … Continued