Erin Gough, author of Night Trip What inspired you to write this story? Some years ago I met someone at a party, a seemingly ordinary sort of person, who happened to mention how he liked to drive up the freeway of a Saturday with a group of mates and jump off the top of a cliff. … Read More
Author: Bronwyn Mehan
Amanda Lohrey Selects: Interview with Joanna Atherfold Finn
Joanna Atherfold Finn, author of Jesus Sandals and Anchovette and Something for a Rainy Day What inspired you to write this story? Jesus Sandals and Anchovette The story has an autobiographical dimension so it was inspired to a degree by life events (yes, I was sent to a book parade dressed as a Gumble). It is also a … Read More
The Rattler & other stories Book Trailer
Spineless Wonders editor, Linda Godfrey asks Alec (A.S.) Patric about the promotional video (http://youtu.be/yfeayMsEr3E) made by Evelyn Araluen Corr for his first collection of short stories. LG: How well do you think the book trailer represents the collection, Alec? ASP: Film trailers offer a montage of already recorded voices, faces, locations, etc, but a book … Read More
Amanda Lohrey Selects: Interview with Marian Matta
Marian Matta, author of Danny Boy What inspired you to write this story? Although Danny is a composite character and his situation and actions arose from my imagination, I was moved to write his story because of the personal circumstances of a friend of mine. It’s an unusual story for me in that I started writing … Read More
White Light Reviewed by Alison Jones
White Light, short stories by Mark O’Flynn: review by Alison Jones, Katoomba Library. O’Flynn has a vernacular gift. The words and images he uses in these stories are precise and sculptured to fit their subjects. The standout story for me is Red Shoes, an affectionate portrait of Dorothy Hewett and husband Merv Lilley. I felt … Read More
Stoned Crow: Kate Walter
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? My partner had asked me to develop a story for a short film. He wanted something with skateboards and wide angles, so I was toying with the idea of a western in a post-apocalyptic Sydney where … Read More
Stoned Crow: Richard Holt
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? The Swimmer was written looking out on one of those mornings when the coastal horizon has been lost and the grey of sea and sky become one. The story came quickly as I watched a lone … Read More
Interview with Mark O’Flynn author of White Light
‘O’Flynn’s faultless ear for laconic Aussie parlance, his wry ability to turn a story in a moment from comedy to tragedy and back again, his exhilaratingly deft range…all this makes him one of a kind, in my opinion. A hugely enjoyable collection.’ CATE KENNEDY 1. Who are the short fiction authors you admire (Australian or otherwise, … Read More
Stoned Crow: Trina Denner
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? Sport is such a large part of the Australian psyche and the trend in recent years for adults to personalise sport, and the resulting emergence of the ‘Weekend Warrior’, is fascinating to me. The burgeoning social … Read More
Stoned Crow: Tim Heffernan
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? I wanted to communicate something about the nature of psychosis. This poem is a compressed recount of an actual walk around Sydney in May 2005 and it tries to show how real experiences conspire to create … Read More