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MAE-ROSE BARBOUR

Magic lost and magic found

I’ve always loved the beach. I love how beautiful it is, with water that …

CHARLOTTE BYRNES

The flaming tree

I met a new person, Terri. They have short black hair and warm brown …

BETTINA CHARLES

The shape of forgetting

I do not remember the moment childhood ended. There was no …

LILY GRACE

A mother's love

‘You don’t want to see this,’ they say. ‘It’s something you’ll never be able to …

LILY GRAYDON

Our little whirlpool

We’re rolling. Rolling. Who are you? Oh, I’m Elias. Who am I to you …

RYU KONRAD

Crawl the rooms of our minds

Something feels off beneath the shadows of the cityscape. Life feels …

SIENNA JONES

You

Through shattered glimpses of a life that was mine, but not, I breathe in …

WESLEY LING

Shards

In our house, we had many pictures. They adorned the white walls …

SHANIA LOURDES

The Matriarch

The room was dark, air thick enough for my breath to catch. My feet were …

SPIDER MORRIS

Witness: field journal of annihilation

I saw it in a room built for silence. A body shaped from wood, horns, glass …

BEN MUSTER

Me in Mum's photos of me

Mum. Sometimes I look at photos you’ve taken of me and it’s hard to see …

TEGAN PARRISH

My hair falls out

I am staring at seven large portraits. The frames are placed adjacently …

CRISLIN ROSETE

A portmanteau of two Filipino parents

She was young when she got married. The big, grown-up 19, the age when …

JOSHUA SITCH

Silly wood ducks

Right now it rains. I’m standing under the State Library portico …

OLIVER SMARDENKAS

Art ripples

Streaks of brilliant light shoot down from the ceiling, a dizzying maze of …

KATARINA TOBIN-SPALL

Statuesque

It’s staring at me. I’ll get to it eventually; I can’t rush through. I’ve got to finish …

AUDREY TURNER

Yeesh

The main floor is over lit; the lights are Aurora Borealis at x2 speed. I’m …

DANIEL VENDRAMINI

Fever

In a large dark room, with paintings and screens making their presence …

SAM WILLIAMS

Dust becomes the sun

It starts at a single point in the void. It fits in a space that defies …

ZARAH YAKUBU

All those prayers must go to his stomach

I want to say that the glint in the gazelle’s eye is not from light being emitted …