A captivating collection of flash fiction, this book showcases work from eighty-one established and emerging Western Australian writers. One hundred stories simmer with shadows, secrets and silences beneath the surface of everyday lives. Playful and reflective, comic and raw, the collection explores human relationships, grief, vulnerability and celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary.
Featuring work by established authors Donna Mazza (Fauna, Allen & Unwin), Barry Divola (Driving Stevie Fracasso, HarperCollins), Rashida Murphy (The Bonesetters Fee and Other Stories, Spineless Wonders), Scott-Patrick Mitchell (Clean, Upswell), Emily Paull (Well-Behaved Women, Margaret River Press), Michael Burrows (Where the Line Breaks, Fremantle Press), Rebecca Higgie (The History of Mischief, Fremantle Press), Laurie Steed (You Belong Here, Margaret River Press) Ros Thomas (How to Shame the Devil, Night Parrot Press), as well as exciting emerging writers Mabel Gibson, Amy Budrikis, Alison Davis, Megan Anderson, Sabian Wilde, Nakita Humes, Jay Chesters, Melanie Hobbs, Gillian OShaughnessy, Shannon Meyerkort among many others.