Category: Fiction

Lee Maxwell | Emerald Budgies |

Ruth is in a state. The kind of state where you might put a hedgehog under the wheel before reversing, or pull on rubber underwear before running d

Susan M. Brooks | Shes the Girl | Natalie loves love and hates relationships. Having never been surprised with a thousand daisies on her doorstep or a proposal written among the clouds

Helen Hodgman | Waiting for Matindi | Recovering from an operation in the Australian countryside and Bondi Beach, the wry, ever-observant narrator of Helen Hodgman’s beautifully written ne

Richard Powell | Daily and Sunday | ‘Sex, power and the newspaper business.’

Rea Frey | A Woman’s Ring | The world of boxing is traditionally reserved for men, but Katherine Sinclair wants to become the best at the sport her adopted father taught her from

Fiesta Carrera | Charnel Knowledge | ‘The Killing of Sister George’ goes down under in ‘Charnel Knowledge’ by Fiesta Carrera. ‘Charnel Knowledge’ takes aim at lesbian bloodlust, Anzacs, p

Kathe Koja | Skin | Eager to grow and transform, Bibi, a guerrilla performance artist, begins ritual cuttings and scarrings of her own body, and not even her metal sculpt

Luanne Armstrong | Bordering | Hazel McLean is bordering on everything: coming out as a lesbian, imagining her future, moving away from the small town that keeps her pinned down and

Victoria Allison | Edge of Reason | I craved the passion and proficiency of so many who embarked in careers with great satisfaction. I wondered what it would feel like to be able to s