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]

Overland, 175

Cover of Overland, 175Featuring Heavens, a short story by Simon Groth.

Overland, the most radical of Australia’s long-standing literary/cultural magazines, celebrated its 50th year in 2004. Publishing features, fiction, poetry, reviews, comment, artwork and opinion pieces, Overland is committed to engaging with important literary, cultural and political issues in contemporary Australia. It has a tradition of publishing dissenting articles with a political and cultural focus.

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Heavens:
In sleepy, insulated Brisbane during the height of cold war tension and the space race, Kolya is prompted to confront his mother’s paranoia by a mysterious neighbourhood girl who believes she is dead.

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