BackStory: Four Questions with Katie Oliver Author of Fragments What inspired you to write ‘Fragments’? This originally appears in an as yet incomplete novella-in-flash I have languishing in my drafts. I was writing about Eve’s life, which features an event…
Fragments
Fragments by Katie Oliver 1. Eve has been informed by her mother of what is to happen: there can be no negotiation. She smooths her brown dress over her knees, focusing upon the weave of the linen; the pulled threads…
BackStory: Five Questions with Patience Mackarness
BackStory: Five Questions with Patience Mackarness Author of Enkidu’s Harlot What inspired you to write ‘Enkidu’s Harlot’? I first read the Epic of Gilgamesh while living on the island of Bahrain, sometimes identified with the mythical land visited by Gilgamesh…
Enkidu’s Harlot
Enkidu’s Harlot by Patience Mackarness Back then I was a legend, at the top of my profession. They called me queen of harlots. When rumours of Enkidu first reached the city of Uruk, I was planning my retirement. I had…
BackStory: Three Questions with Avra Margariti
BackStory: Three Questions with Avra Margariti Author of All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings What inspired you to write ‘All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings’? I was talking with a US-based friend about the…
All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings
All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings by Avra Margariti King Alexander dreams of puppets. Stringed dolls of tanned wood and fabric-scrap fatigues fighting losing battles for freedom. You must never forget that we are foreigners, his father…
Backstory: Five Questions with Genevieve Allen
Backstory: Five Questions with Genevieve Allen Author of Half Past Two What inspired you to write ‘Half Past Two’? Almost all of my pieces are inspired by two things: nature, and the stories of LGBTQ+ people throughout history. The inspiration…
Half Past Two
Half Past Two by Genevieve Allen The wallpaper was growing increasingly difficult to ignore. That morning, Lyle had felt the same vague distaste for its sugary green and twee mauve flowers that he always had. Then he’d read the paper,…
BackStory: Six Questions with Lourdes Mackey
BackStory: Six Questions with Lourdes Mackey Author of A Despicable Article What inspired you to write ‘A Despicable Article’? I was doing some research on convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land and came across Red Kelly – Ned Kelly’s father,…
A Despicable Article
A Despicable Article by Lourdes Mackey Kate Kelly to her youngest sister Alice, October 4th, 1898 You asked how it began Alice. Well God and His Mother knows that from the very minute Ned Kelly opened his eyes as a…