WITH A shaky hand, she sipped her water. The wireless played a crackly ABC theme and an announcer reminded her it was now the twenty-fifth of January 1974. Mavis closed her eyes and nodded silently. Katie had been gone twelve years, one month, and thirteen days. [...READ ON]

Island, 102

Cover of Island, 102Featuring Blackdrifts, a short story by Simon Groth.

Island is a Tasmanian-based quarterly featuring short stories, poetry, extracts from forthcoming novels, and articles and essays.

Price: $20.00

Blackdrifts:
In rehabilitation from a violent car accident Leith battles her girlish response to the attentions of her physiotherapist, memories of a childhood crush in the darkness of the Brisbane River, and her own cravings for the comforting blackdrifts of her unconscious.

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