https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19 daily 0.75 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/657f4dca-99ca-458c-bbb2-c11b67c96387/quarry+cover+art+2022.png https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/damini-priyasha-janhavi monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/5f2159f3-6be7-45e3-a02b-b7286cd15502/27C62B24-AF14-4385-98B1-2E85C766B771-240x300.jpeg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - DAMINI - Priyasha Janhavi is a Sydney-based poet and writer. An avid traveller, she traverses the world for artefacts of identity to preserve in her verse. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing at Macquarie University, and was long-listed for the 2022 Future Leaders Writing Prize. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/its-heating-up-timothy-smith monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/a-travelling-companion-gemma-sandblom monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/death-comes-around-like-clockwork-ahrya-reddy monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/020e7f2b-4762-4c08-b695-99fe90f34bb8/ahrya-reddy-bio-photo-300x261.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - DEATH COMES AROUND LIKE CLOCKWORK Ahrya Reddy is a poet and writer who is inspired by her culture and experience of being a South Asian woman of colour. She is passionate about exploring and celebrating queerness, mental health, and feminism within her writing. Outside of writing, Ahrya indulges in book-hoarding tendencies and excessive daydreaming. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/tip-kids-kyla-hetherington monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/a1e40970-34b3-4611-94fd-47da6cdacb0d/B3DE864E-00CD-4F6D-8A5C-30A85D161F05.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TIP KIDS - Kyla Hetherington lives in Ballarat, Victoria, on the land of the Waddawurring people. She is an Emergency Services dispatcher and second-year undergraduate student who spends her free time travelling or chaperoning Larry the Labradoodle on hikes. Her poetry has been published in The Quarry issue # 18. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/bad-blood-brendan-hore-thorburn monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/943ddb8b-c1f6-45cd-a121-31f8fa211099/FBF18265-B645-436B-8B9C-789632957D88.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - BAD BLOOD - Brendan Hore-Thorburn is an emerging writer who focuses on otherworldly fantasy and science fiction. He is studying a bachelor of arts majoring in ancient history and minoring in creative writing, has published in Macquarie University’s The Quarry and has been highly commended for the Future Leaders Writing Prize. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/the-wheels-victoria-kanellis monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/user-frankenstein2022-its-a-match-jasmine-oke monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/adolescene-zara-mcelroy monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/coming-of-rage-freya-lili-petterson monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/19ee619d-aaf7-41a8-a713-fb26da120d84/Screen-Shot-2022-11-01-at-4.15.54-pm-768x736.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - COMING OF RAGE - Freya Petterson was born and raised in The Huon Valley. She has published a collection of free verse poetry with BookLeaf Publishing in 2022, ‘Fragments’. Her writing expands into many genres but she primarily works in the realm of fantasy and YA fiction. Her short story, ‘Coming of Rage’, was Highly Commended for the Future Leaders Writers Prize in 2022. Further examples of her writing can be found at freyalili.substack.com https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/the-golden-pothos-elijah-rokos monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/c62f22c2-45cb-49ea-9329-0909d36c4f20/golden-pothos-golden-pothos-golden-pothos-golden-pothos.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - THE GOLDEN POTHOS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/the-factory-floor-harley-kendrick monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/03b56b14-72f7-4a6d-b569-0e572dc23332/Screen-Shot-2022-10-26-at-9.08.30-am.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - THE FACTORY FLOOR - Make it stand out Francisco Goya Saturn Devouring His Son 1819-1823 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/68866dac-cc58-4d43-b8a1-1739fd86fbfd/Screen-Shot-2022-10-26-at-9.10.25-am.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - THE FACTORY FLOOR - Harley Kendrick is a writer based in Sydney Australia. The fantasy genre and its sub-categories are his favourite forms in terms of the stories he tells. Exploring unique and special worlds through the eyes of the characters he creates, readers are able to experience his creative visions. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/vanguard-robin-kneipp monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ce9be741-dc6c-4d86-a61b-6cf1219ddac6/Screen-Shot-2022-10-26-at-12.51.31-pm.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - VANGUARD - Robin Kneipp is an Australian writer who works in both fiction and non-fiction works, usually with some degree of overlap. Often writing about Australia with some fantasy elements influenced by video games and stories heard growing up, Kneipp’s writing is a blend of urban fantasy and finding magic in the everyday struggles that all people share. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/the-hunting-of-detective-williams-scarlett-lavender monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d7c97e1a-baee-4646-8c07-2a6697ecdaa1/299258677_1081018305865494_4228766404529230060_n-1-238x300.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - THE HUNTING OF DETECTIVE WILLIAMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/venus-abbey-lawrey monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/troubled-waters-trinity-rosas monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/620301b8-9d22-49f9-8512-dbf9ecd77078/Facebook-Post-Edited1.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b9c7ac60-c952-4900-bcd7-a099cbba3b8a/Facebook-Messenger-Edited-1-Cropped.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/65100166-a4f8-4f38-aa26-a68cbc1d133a/Facebook-Messenger-Edited-2-Cropped.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/cd2aacad-ba1f-4704-b3da-61a7aed53ac6/Google-Searchbar-Edited-768x1365.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/e7096d61-51e1-4a5e-ae65-db63f287f110/Low-Battery-Cropped-1.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4c908980-8868-4390-a3c4-19133cc9de8d/Dugong-Photo-1.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/5ab9e91b-6ed9-482a-88dd-b8c74e422a93/Dugong-Photo-2.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d92f69da-de74-4d59-b11f-1278c273462c/Author-Bio-3.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - TROUBLED WATERS - Trinity Rosas is a Creative Writing and Philosophy student at Macquarie University. She started writing stories at a young age before she posted them online, and Troubled Waters is the first work she’s published under her real name. She has plans to make a text-based game in the distant future. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/fish-tails-dh-smith monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/guardian-eleah-webb monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/what-she-says-goes-hannah-wotton monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/my-mothers-daughter-karoul-riyad monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/69877147-508f-43d5-92bf-1a2abba6cad6/quarry-headshot-241x300.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER - Karoul (Carol) Riyad is a second-year student doing a Bachelor of Linguistics and Language Sciences & Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Creative Writing at Macquarie University. Her piece ‘My Mother’s Daughter’ was considered ‘Highly Commended’ for the Future Leaders Writers Prize 2022. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/papa-razzi-doom-day-zeitgeist-zoo-alec-james-wright monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d0447a11-feb9-43d1-a081-fc6b5e6b89c1/BIOPIC-1-300x269.jpeg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - PAPA.RAZZI.DOOM.DAY (ZEITGEIST ZOO) - Alec James Wright is a Sydney based poet and screenwriter who lives on Darug land. He writes about themes of unity, uprising, modernity, and catharsis, finding inspiration for his work through ekphrasis and connecting with the natural world. In 2022, he was longlisted for the Future Leaders Writing Prize. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/killing-the-monsters-emily-duff monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/affb6863-86b9-4371-87f8-6df8b3d9a532/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+11.35.15+am.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - KILLING THE MONSTERS - Emily Duff is a budding writer from Sydney who finds her inspiration in new experiences and travel. She is a writer of poetry and short stories with a focus on romance and social-political themes. Her poem Killing the Monsters was long-listed for the Macquarie University Future Leaders Prize in 2022. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/seasons-of-terror-jannavi-rao monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/dont-hold-your-breath-jaime-berglin monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/c004c413-29d9-4b1b-8235-f9b4719bb47a/JB-Author-Photo-248x300.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH - Jaime Berglin is a queer, neurodivergent poet and aspiring editor, who is fascinated by the impact of time on both process and product of writing. They most enjoy volunteering, seeing live music, sitting by the ocean, and learning about the structures and use of language. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/pity-poor-vesuvius-giorgia-woolley monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/kaiju-in-the-club-amy-condren monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/father-and-daughter-milking-katherine-hoskin monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/7f2d17a4-a358-4598-9935-fe83b000313a/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+12.58.42+pm.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - FATHER & DAUGHTER - MILKING - Katherine Hoskin has a multidisciplinary background in Design, Economics and History, having lived, studied and worked in Sydney, Hong Kong and the United States. All this now provides a fascinating font for her Creative Writing studies at MQ. Especially those instances where her family’s history collides with formative national events. This is her first published piece. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/future-trans-gressions-jay-best monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/circe-chides-the-ocean-for-lapping-at-her-feet-mia-koch monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/a-collection-of-somewhat-related-love-letters-and-poems-titled-jacob-ditchfield monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/distant-lover-emiline-barnett monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/13-fortunes-a-couplet-of-cut-up-poetry-jackson-rushe monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/354c6ead-8cf6-45d5-a7cf-e4ea51aca5ca/20220904_223233-768x576.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - 13 FORTUNES: A COUPLET OF CUT-UP POETRY - Make it stand out Fortunes from Hong Sing Foo Fortunes Cookies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/8e3958ef-393d-4871-bb40-291c563b976f/IMG-20220814-WA0010_resized-250x300.jpg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - 13 FORTUNES: A COUPLET OF CUT-UP POETRY - Jackson “Jackie Belle” Rushe is an author, poet, and artist from sleepy, little Adelaide. He moved to Sydney and now considers himself a man of the world. He likes to experiment with form and content in different mediums, with lofty goals for his literature and his travels; he often says, Icarus didn’t go hard enough. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/the-prodigious-son-joanne-kennedy monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/a619880a-b985-4b85-906f-ea2c4dc204e3/Screen-Shot-2022-10-26-at-9.52.39-am-768x311.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - THE PRODIGIOUS SON - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/2d1db97e-bb35-40c4-b136-a6eeb001f1eb/Screenshot+2023-07-22+at+1.35.40+pm.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - THE PRODIGIOUS SON - Joanne Kennedy is a published Perth writer with a Kerouac and coffee obsession. She writes poetry and memoir to forensically mine her European cultural heritage for clues to her identity. She plays Scrabble seriously and reads the dictionary for fun—and cherishes her olive-green 1960s Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/searching-for-monsters-joanne-farrar monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b6ee9448-071c-4f8a-a7b2-86f18c8f0377/Screen-Shot-2022-10-24-at-4.12.37-pm.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - SEARCHING FOR MONSTERS - Joanne lives between the Northern Beaches in Sydney and the East Coast of Tasmania. After a career in the travel industry, she studies English Literature and Creative Writing at Macquarie. When not practising yoga, multi-day hiking, or travelling, she crams in as much reading as possible. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/forsaken-sarah-hemat-siraky monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/a-for-arachnophobia-bruna-gomes monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/6e0c9fb7-81b1-4cc5-a0f2-fa94ff776109/5ED4C6C7-D6D8-4949-ACF7-DA043F9A2D20.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - A FOR ARACHNOPHOBIA Bruna Gomes is the author of How to Disappear and Triple Citizenship. In 2022, she was a Writer in Residence at The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Italy, where she ate copious amounts of pastries and saw fireflies for the first time in her life. Bruna was long-listed for the 2022 Future Leaders Prize. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/epiphany-jo-crocker monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1a169d2b-143b-4b05-8b8c-fabc0cd8374c/22011870-EA6A-4B4A-BC6E-EA57562EC622.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - EPIPHANY - Jo Crocker lives by the sea with her pet rats, fish and a border collie. When she’s not scribbling ideas in notebooks or weaving those ideas into stories, she enjoys reading fantasy and horror and playing violin. Her short story ‘Epiphany’ has been long-listed for the Future Leaders Writers Prize. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/monster-at-large-vitoria-camporeale monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/the-folk-tale-of-the-lonely-barangay-bradley-cagauan monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1100dc40-126e-42e7-9f83-63329057f8f7/DED142C0-A6C5-4605-BF9C-CB626C86D4F9.png Current Issue: Monster (#19) - THE FOLK TALE OF THE LONELY BARANGAY - Bradley Cagauan is an academic coach and writer studying creative writing and law at Macquarie University. He has a keen interest in the law, justice and politics which underpins his feature articles and stories. ‘The Folk Tale of the Manananggal’ is his first published short story, a cosy tale drawing upon Filipino mythology and mob justice. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/our-monsters-sharon-cabasag monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/little-boy-blue-rosa-burrell monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/the-cottage-ngoc-bui monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/to-slay-the-monster-you-must-be-the-monster-annika-barton monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/esca-lights-lwin-hingston monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/shards-of-glass-lauren-grzina monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/23e89b7c-1a40-4c18-ac48-cbf22149c069/199984E6-3E8A-445C-9D7C-5CF351FAA21A.jpeg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - SHARDS OF GLASS Lauren Grzina is a Sydney based writer. She was published in the 2018 KSP Ghost Stories Competition Anthology, Night Works, for her story The Midnight Creature. Lauren has also been highly commended for the Future Leaders Writers Prize. Lauren is often inspired by fantastical stories and otherworldly creatures and has a soft spot for morally grey characters. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/gutter-rats-charlie-adam monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/09299a69-f8e7-4b19-8a77-2c7881c13967/D8A1F6EC-C8F4-43DB-8DCD-EA5D1C6DF1A8.jpeg Current Issue: Monster (#19) - GUTTER RATS Charlie Adams is a horror folklore enthusiast with a love of video games and things that go bump in the night. Currently a BA Creative Writing undergraduate, Charlie is drawn to fantasy and paranormal fiction with dreams of writing the next cult indie game. Her past works are lost to time (and several government cover-ups). https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/lady-antanasia-nicholas-ararindhan monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/bunyip-drought-sue-ella-bailey monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/category/Prose monthly 0.5 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/category/Poetry monthly 0.5 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/tag/Non-Fiction monthly 0.5 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read19/tag/Fiction monthly 0.5 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming daily 0.75 2025-06-05 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming/book-launch-chloe-adamss-penguin-prize-winning-novel-the-occupation monthly 0.5 2025-06-05 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming/mq-open-day monthly 0.5 2024-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4ea9f921-e594-4614-9ab4-ed8ee63a8e98/MQ+Open+Day+2024.png Upcoming Events - MQ University Open Day 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming/mykaela-saunders-always-will-be-book-launch monthly 0.5 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/bfb9e7c3-aa9e-4e64-ab20-ccf4bcce5a47/image+%281%29.png Upcoming Events - Mykaela Saunders Always Will Be Book Launch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming/5-island-press-poetry-prize monthly 0.5 2023-11-20 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming/masterclass-stuckness monthly 0.5 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/e148e12f-6b76-4287-a077-732769084f7f/Hardwick+2.jpg Upcoming Events - Masterclass: ‘Stuckness’ as Creative Process: On Writing and Not Writing Poetry with Prose Poet and Professor of Creative Writing Oz Hardwick, Leeds Trinity University Professor Oz Hardwick is an international award-winning poet and academic, with a particular interest in prose poetry, whose work has been published and performed internationally in and on diverse media. He has published thirteen well-received poetry collections, a number of collaborative works, and has had several hundred individual poems in anthologies and journals. He has edited and co-edited numerous anthologies, and has published articles on poetics and Creative Writing practice and pedagogy. Oz has contributed to many international conferences - including organising the first UK prose poetry conference in 2019 - and has spoken and read his work at numerous festivals, and has held residencies in the UK, Europe, the US, and Australia. Along with Anne Caldwell, he recently edited the collection of essays, Prose Poetry in Theory and Practice, Routledge, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3d61ac99-9407-431d-8fa5-7399aa4f1551/Freiman.jpg Upcoming Events - Masterclass: ‘Stuckness’ as Creative Process: On Writing and Not Writing Poetry with Prose Poet and Professor of Creative Writing Oz Hardwick, Leeds Trinity University Associate Professor Marcelle Freiman is a published poet and researcher whose research focus is on Creative Writing and its practice, theory and pedagogy. She has published articles on the practice and theory of Creative Writing, with a current interest in cognition, creativity and theories of extended and distributed cognition in writing process. She also researches poetry and poetics, with a specialty in ekphrasis. Marcelle's third book of poetry Spirit Level is published by Puncher & Wattmann (NSW) in 2021, and her two previous collections are White Lines (Vertical) (Hybrid Publishers 2010), and Monkey's Wedding (Island Press Co-op 1995), which was highly commended for the ASAL Mary Gilmore award. For over two decades, her poetry has appeared in anthologies and literary journals in Australia and overseas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/5bf4e1d4-4146-4e16-aacb-310d62d21177/Drummond.jpg Upcoming Events - Masterclass: ‘Stuckness’ as Creative Process: On Writing and Not Writing Poetry with Prose Poet and Professor of Creative Writing Oz Hardwick, Leeds Trinity University Dr Willo Drummond is an Australian poet, researcher and sessional lecturer who teaches in the Masters of Creative Writing program at Macquarie University. Her interdisciplinary research draws upon theories of distributed cognition to illuminate creative writing cognition and practice. Willo’s scholarship and poetry can be found in TEXT, AXON, Cordite Poetry Review, Australian Poetry Journal, The Canberra Times, Island, Griffith Review and elsewhere. Willo has been the recipient of a Vice Chancellor's commendation for Academic Excellence for her PhD in creative writing (2019), a Career Development Grant for poetry from the Australia Council for the Arts (2020), shortlisted for the Val Vallis Award (2022), and runner-up in the Tom Collins Poetry Prize (2021). Her debut collection Moon Wrasse was published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/17627ae0-e04a-4485-aeb6-08ec9aae7c35/Walton.jpg Upcoming Events - Masterclass: ‘Stuckness’ as Creative Process: On Writing and Not Writing Poetry with Prose Poet and Professor of Creative Writing Oz Hardwick, Leeds Trinity University Elizabeth Walton is an MRes candidate at Macquarie University and holds a Master of Creative Writing from Macquarie and a Macquarie University Award for Excellence. She has publications in Brushstrokes, the 2023 Ros Spencer Poetry Prize Anthology, Meniscus and Overland. Elizabeth received the Anne Edgeworth fellowship and second place in the AAWP and Woollahra Digital Literary awards. She is also a musician and freelance writer. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming/11cf73dd53jy4qb9aa3t3z9b7gv7p1 monthly 0.5 2023-11-06 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/upcoming/6nlhnt19zdl779xxsan5kdhnakpngs monthly 0.5 2023-11-06 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20 daily 0.75 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/087429de-f3f4-4b45-baab-c626419a54b5/SinkorSwim.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/e06bab63-6ffa-4a25-b417-cf4ed15ca1c2/sink.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4f59f93c-d870-485b-bd00-860a10c94202/Future+Leaders+Initiative+Logo.jpg https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/inkstains monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/78a66e68-5d4f-4243-940c-de88738975b0/IMG_0036.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Ink Stains - Dasha Valle is an Australian-Peruvian writer, passionate about the intricate web of language. She avidly experiments with her writing through her interwoven study of linguistics and creative writing at Macquarie University. Dasha often examines themes of love and loss through impressionistic works of poetry and prose. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/childhoodconfessions monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/849633ae-6d93-4504-af34-629876a51eee/Screenshot+2023-10-29+at+12.49.35+pm.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Childhood Confessions – A Memoir - Samara Jennings is an Australian that lives on unceded Garigal Aboriginal land. She writes deeply personal yet mysteriously ambiguous poems, intended to be as her thoughts spoken aloud. She is a teacher, powerlifter, dancer and artist – always exploring hobbies to enrich her under-stimulated mind. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/where-broken-hearts-break monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3e621caa-32c4-4077-8ff2-3efe0a9b1a31/Untitled-1+copy.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Where Broken Hearts Break - Laura Skinner is a creative writing student at Macquarie University. She enjoys reading mystery novels and biographies. Although quite different genres, she enjoys them for the same reasons. Both prioritise unravelling characters and their stories, which is also what she tries to create with her own writing. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/everything-in-the-hands-of-god monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/who-knows-where-baikal-goes monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/adrift monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/after-thought monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/53396ec5-861d-43ce-8c9e-6f05b5f0f63e/F69B73EB-8623-4812-BEAE-3B3D234881A2.jpeg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - After Thought - Rose Kennedy is an emerging Sydney writer of contemporary memoir, short stories, and spoken word poetry. Rose is an unflinchingly devoted syrupy-storyteller, coffee-spiller and anecdote-excavator. Her poem After Thought was shortlisted for the 2023 Future Leaders Writers Prize. Although she has backpacked the world, she finds her home on the page. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/in-between-pages monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/0e4b3e35-b409-42e5-88eb-ad7b1662bb64/unnamed.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - In-between Pages - Sarah Osborne is an aspiring writer from Macquarie University who draws inspiration from fiction and fantasy novels. Spending hours at a time reading, she hopes to one day publish a novel that excites and transports people into a imaginative world of her own. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/tse-float monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b7419eb5-70fe-45cb-8de3-15a492458538/DSC02958+%281%29+%281%29.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Float - Timothy Tse was born in Hong Kong. His childhood dream was to become a writer due to his love for reading. He once suggested to hang out at a bookstore, then proceeded to read and ignore his friend. He is a big nerd who enjoys comics, sci-fi, and fantasy stories. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/lost-at-sea monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/258378ab-e6dc-4166-9ed5-851629d621e8/IMG_7286.jpeg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Lost at Sea - Kate Humphreys is an aspiring young writer who is fascinated by worldbuilding. At thirteen years old, she was unable to find a world where all the stories she'd read could co-exist— so she created one. Now, the characters, culture and mythology of that world are ready to come to life. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/chirping monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/7330b70d-91d1-45e5-93a0-6e8523962f44/a88c0236-b01c-49a5-a4b1-e7a15f29f87e.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Chirping - Daniel Antivilo is a writer from Sydney with a passion for classical fiction and modern poetry. Studying Creative Writing at Macquarie University, Daniel hopes to create a voice for himself in the modern world. He can’t go a day without a book in his hands and headphones on his ears. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/this-is-where-our-language-ends monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/9018044c-7299-46ec-b1d2-27d63f6d0626/848becb0-1e28-4905-9bc3-16a4d66b8b12.jpeg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - This Is Where Our Language Ends - Sarah El-Sayed is a passionate Philosophy student who enjoys writing poetry in her free time. She is inspired by and incorporates existential themes into her work. As an unpublished author, she is currently focused on strengthening her body of work. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/eternal-requiem monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/travels-with-my-heart monthly 0.5 2023-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b6c1099a-05c2-4ecc-b062-86ea3350f9fe/ef1e3cc2-4e57-471a-93fc-7d44d18785a3.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Travels With My Heart—Sometimes It Sank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/56345383-8ea6-4870-bcdb-4c146afda92e/towera.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Travels With My Heart—Sometimes It Sank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4732bd5d-ac52-4e4f-a72d-a4bc9d72b90f/dec71dd2-6a97-4582-a6f8-e488fb6f4945.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Travels With My Heart—Sometimes It Sank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d4c62130-5667-4354-8391-aa5f041deda2/d901c3b1-af05-4dec-b1bc-bca1f8909bf0.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Travels With My Heart—Sometimes It Sank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/877602cc-96be-46a0-ae94-03a405c27844/hamburger.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Travels With My Heart—Sometimes It Sank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/44787c56-be96-43f7-9fc4-e7fdd05b618e/Flynn.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Travels With My Heart—Sometimes It Sank JAMES CHARLES FLYNN James is an Englishman of Irish heritage. He has written short stories and poetry most of his life without being published so far. Except in the senior school magazine MANY years ago. He loves to travel and adventure, hence his move to Australia in 2011. This land brims with inspiration. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/little-people-sink monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/2d563b81-4eaf-4fe5-be09-8d449e47e543/Picture2.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Little People Sink - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/faf4250a-8a13-4f85-81b9-42bf9d378cac/Picture1.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Little People Sink - Tom is an intrepid writer. They say you should write about what you know. Tom is a writer who has seen his own bones, who has been lost in volcanic fields, and has set himself on fire more times than he can count. His writing matches that vibe. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/uninvasion monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/f48829fe-6767-4342-b7e8-4241d226b6f3/Sarah+Sol.JPEG Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Un-Invasion - Sarah Sol is an editor, writer, and artist of all talents. While currently studying a Double Degree in Law and Art she dreams of becoming a full-time chicken carer. Her inspiration draws from unconventional fairytales and eerie legends and mother earth herself. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/inheritance-of-a-crown monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4dad100f-e6f8-41bc-a0f7-01fd6c066294/Screen+Shot+2023-10-24+at+2.14.02+pm.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Inheritance of a Crown - Olivia Todorovitch is an aspiring writer who has been drawn into the literary world through historical fiction and fantasy. She finds inspiration from shared human experiences and enjoys using history as a foundation for her stories, seeking to tell the untold stories of the past. She hopes that one day she will create a work that people can connect to just as she connects to literary works. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/watery-grave monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/35fa2304-a263-4f4b-a007-686fc35f47f1/Photo+on+30-8-2022+at+12.26+pm.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - A Watery Grave - Nicholas Chang is an undergraduate at Macquarie University, studying Creative Writing and Film to exercise his creative talents across mediums. Whenever he’s not the president of Macquarie Cinema Society or an editorial assistant for Grapeshot Magazine, he’s distracted by the silly Lovecraftian creatures roaming like unruly pigs in his mind. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/fall-and-flight monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ba62779b-39ff-4556-95be-0f4268bb2003/AuthorPic.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Fall and Flight - Anna is a single mum of one by day and an aspiring fantasy author by night. Hailing from the city of Toowoomba, twenty-nine-year-old Anna has been an avid reader since childhood. She hopes to inspire others as she has been inspired by authors such as Christopher Paolini and Cecilia Dart-Thornton. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/five-stages-of-grief monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/86b9ed2f-0126-4e61-8981-36478eb7b558/LucyFisher.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Five Stages of Grief - Lucy Fisher is an aspiring editor who writes to better relate to the authors she collaborates with. She loves to escape the chaos in her mind in her book nook with a cup of tea, her cat Penny Dreadful in her lap and retriever Loki at her feet. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/penumbra-awakening monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/5c40d8b1-6432-4b17-a4fb-71c6e7f722a8/venn.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Penumbra Awakening - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/dfd8ea36-b0a9-4491-8bc5-46e36024fcf6/no.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Penumbra Awakening - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/cd771451-0db3-4f20-9572-7074f2e57e84/pep.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Penumbra Awakening - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/fa5b56f9-f1b6-4749-b2d8-28770b513dbc/lost.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Penumbra Awakening - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/c1b6eeb0-0d81-4af6-8d32-6d6d9a2f5386/sisters.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Penumbra Awakening - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/349f4458-57b7-436b-9996-c179da704eb3/IMG20230809074420.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Penumbra Awakening Judy McNelley is a chocolate-loving, degenerative runner who is still deciding what she wants to become when she grows up. Her writing has appeared in numerous family Christmas letters to mixed reviews. Her debut story, The Meat Pie that Talked, was Highly Commended at the 1973 Toowoomba Royal Show. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/guppy monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/abbea251-7dce-46aa-845d-9b1c1963041b/1.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Guppy And The Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4b97f688-d389-4745-b146-8fa87a2c9f48/2.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Guppy And The Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/9154be84-4f0b-47fa-bee5-6fdc37c98181/3.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Guppy And The Light - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/070893d8-1cf1-44fa-98a3-643bef7d81c8/new.png Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Guppy And The Light - Lara Senior is an aspiring artist and writer who focuses on the perspective of various characters that inhibit her story world. With a whole interconnected universe stashed within the confines of her mind, her stories tackle two extremes; the lighthearted slice of life to the depths of mental health. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/flotsam monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3f165924-1b3d-45cd-a67b-169d61d159a8/Picture+1.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - 妈祖 Flotsam - 马美丽 Mǎ Měilì/ Nikola Ma is not a writer, but a witness. She collects the Beautiful. Tragic. Silent. Amusing. The swings in between. She is a reflecting pool for readers to peer into. You don’t need to know Nikola beyond her love for poetry. Mirror, mirror. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/first-dragon monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/62590da2-fdfa-4b7b-99a9-4400068d661e/Picture+1.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The First Dragon - Ruth Cox is an emerging, provocative voice in literature. She pens long form narratives that deal with the horrors of girlhood and revels in challenging societal taboos and cultural expectations. Disturbingly vivid, her works always leave an impression of wonder and revulsion upon the palates of readers in equal measures. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/sink-or-swim monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/58ba8bb7-876f-484d-83e2-0270e044b1d4/Author+Photo.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Sink or Swim Christine Maree Reid resides in Sydney, Australia, though most frequently exists within invented worlds and daydreams. She is a writer of fiction, poetry, and periodic peculiarities. Christine was shortlisted for the 2023 Future Leaders Writers Prize for her short story ‘Sink or Swim’. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/mahler monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/660273eb-b78b-461c-bcfc-81ac767f896a/Valerie%2C+Budapest%2C+May+2016+%28copyright+Philip+L+Bohle%29-1.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Mahler Val Bohle is a re-emerging writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction and has yet to write a short story that does not include music. She lives in lutruwita / Tasmania with her partner and two Chinese Crested Powderpuffs (dogs, not chickens). https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/mabel monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/fcbe1554-7942-43f5-91cf-981d3f13aa9f/Quarry+Nerissa.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Mabel - Nerissa Moore lives and writes on unceded Wurundjeri land. Her stories are inspired by forgotten histories, wild landscapes, and the ghosts of her Celtic ancestors. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/iphone monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/a8e1fbd5-046a-471f-be23-90b9235d466f/CompressJPEG.online_1080x1080_image.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - An iPhone 5c, pink, filming, in a park, John Ashbery’s poetry collection A Wave, with watchers - Hunter Smith is from Sydney. He is currently studying at Macquarie University and will graduate in 2023. He reads, writes short fiction, and lives and works primarily in Bathurst, on unceded Wiradjuri land. Currently he is writing bits of short fiction. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/repercussions monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/58053db0-f6ce-4d33-8b62-32a6af320f30/119024579_1488855481308514_2887302252990640292_n.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Repercussions - Joshua Coulter is not sleek enough to be a dolphin, not large enough to be a whale and musically inclined to favour the Beatles, His spirit animal will forever be the Walrus. Overworked, underpaid, and forever dreaming Joshua writes as a form of self-exploration and for his own entertainment. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/dark-water monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ba837538-2dad-423f-aa3a-e6a4bc98e5d1/370253775_858436755928375_7682814625094843755_n.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - The Dark Water - Author Bio S. J. Fraser is an Australia author who writes conflicted characters in fantastical settings. She’s an avid reader of literary fiction and fantasy. Her published works can be found in Macquarie University’s Grapeshot magazine. She also has three completed manuscripts she intends to publish. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/expectations-of-prodigies monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/03ee6eda-a92e-495a-bdf1-2501deca5088/bio+pic.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Expectations of Prodigies - Author Bio I am Xavier and I am a young writer from Sydney who specialises in the fantasy and sci-fi genre and developing intricate storyworlds. And whose works explore themes of expectation both self-imposed and externally enforced through my characters and aspects of my intricate worlds. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/lucia-creek monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/fc635232-d5cc-4334-8f21-6a4240269150/my+bio+pic+potential.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Lucia’s Creek - Bio Note: Hannah Smith is a full-time music listener and part-time roller coaster rider from Sydney. Throughout her life she has dappled in songwriting, poetry, and short stories with a focus on coming-of-age stories. Her imagination stretches beyond the bounds of this world and is forever experimenting with the unknown. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/abreu-float monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/2777388f-688f-42c4-a2ee-c8ea240c9cd7/3E6FC502-F093-42C5-A35B-7C9EA8573FD2+copy.JPG Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Float - Andrea Abreu Andrea Abreu is an emerging writer at Macquarie University who avidly enjoys being creative across a variety of mediums. She grew up drawing and painting which solidified her love of bringing stories to life. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/morning-after monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/e90bf1ec-0104-4602-be26-f583f8a7f12e/IMG_8636+B%26W+3.jpg Issue: #20 | Sink or Swim - Morning After - Vaughan Hay is a Sydney-based emerging fantasy writer and student, currently studying Creative Writing at Macquarie University. Vaughan has been dreaming stories as long as he can remember and has multiple novels in development. He enjoys media analysis, history podcasts and putting his characters through unspeakable torment. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/category/Prose monthly 0.5 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/category/Poetry monthly 0.5 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read20/tag/Fiction monthly 0.5 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/news daily 0.75 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d26b87db-4c4a-4c23-a356-53c729278b98/AdobeStock_515521286.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/f92a2117-832f-44b3-956c-6a88dc28185f/1.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/cf7891e2-5413-4864-8d5a-1c7f2457c355/2.png https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/news/brent-cantwells-tether monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/c57905a9-2b13-4a16-a5b7-fed990759f5c/tether.jpg News - Brent Cantwell’s Tether - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21 daily 0.75 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/04c9880e-36bd-42c3-a2f4-542dd98e558d/Lost+Homes+Cover+faded.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b88ec967-ae5f-4228-a1a2-1f941fa478f7/Lost+Homes+Title.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/62214153-e5ac-440e-9be5-c7509e34027b/Future+Leaders+Initiative+Logo.jpg https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/home-and-away-a-sense-of-belonging monthly 0.5 2024-12-27 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/janissary monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1b587810-352d-41b6-a5c4-0d5ef0463444/b0a1339e-64b9-4872-82b8-ca76d8de518e.JPG Issue #21: Lost Homes - Old Janissary - Based in Sydney, William Ian Pagent got his start by writing feature articles for the pop culture news and discussion website, CBR. He's enjoyed a variety of books, shows and movies since childhood that has led him develop an immense passion for story writing. Find William On Muck Rack and CBR https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/hunter-1111 monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/58ef066c-c8ef-4b87-86f3-634b27907b81/Quarry+Bio+Pic.png Issue #21: Lost Homes - Hunter 1111 Chelsea Tsang, an Asian Australian, was born in Sydney, and studied primary and secondary education in Hong Kong. Her experience with different cultures has influenced her to write about diverse characters. She loves to write about science-fiction and fantasy stories in which race, gender and culture are celebrated and explored. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/own-home-forest monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4a80a095-6e0b-4145-a960-126bf86819c9/tree-3095683_1280.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - I Own a Home in the Forest - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/90ba9f4d-9f05-44db-a1d4-18a6e4dede5c/Author+photo.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - I Own a Home in the Forest - Clarissa Cabello (she/her) is an aspiring writer with a Bachelor's in Media and Communications. Having a great passion for screenwriting led her down the path of short fiction writing, poetry, and essay writing. She loves stories in all forms, especially ones focusing on feminist themes or queer and/or female perspectives. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/ashes monthly 0.5 2024-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/76b6fb61-508e-4df7-93db-e72297e5c38e/tempImageMJKgW2.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Ashes - Phebe Keelan is an aspiring writer. She grew up in a small town outside Newcastle, Australia and is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts at Macquarie University in Sydney. Passionate about all things fantasy, she has always dreamed of writing and publishing her own fantasy novel. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/pass-by monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1e988c68-8a62-46be-8118-0bc04d9998ac/unnamed+2.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Those We Pass By - Matilda Robinson is a Creative Writing student from Katoomba. She loves to write in and about nature, writing mainly poetry and short stories. After she started writing journals from the age of 10 she uses her life experience to inspire her fictional writing. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/nothing-whale monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/109243db-1330-4bc4-a144-effdfb52549c/AUTHORPIC.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Between Nothing and a Whale - Adrian Walthew was told as a child, after writing a story about brothers caught on opposite sides of a war, that he’d grow up to be a writer. He’s been chasing that dragon ever since. Majoring in Creative Writing at Macquarie University, he likes writing Sci-fi and Magical Realism that explores the human experience. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/stray monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b4fc8d47-2b7f-4efd-8cdc-18503c481682/unnamed+%281%29.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Stray - Daniel Schouten is an emerging writer based in Greater Western Sydney. His short stories, inspired by the musings of three Russian brothers to a vengeful Danish prince, journey through spectrums of melancholy. He is currently completing a double degree in Arts and Communications, which provided him the semester-long opportunity to study in London last year. Instagram https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/train-or-dinner monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/17a279b9-21e6-4f04-8f8a-a8c31aaa8714/White+Minimalist+Personal+Bio+Instagram+Post.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - A Train Ride or a Roast Dinner - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/362b9b4f-d33c-4d68-ae34-30a3bf572535/hand+2.png Issue #21: Lost Homes - A Train Ride or a Roast Dinner - Stezza is a multifaceted individual involving herself in various roles as an author, poet, photographer, and creative artist. She fearlessly embraces life’s trials, frequently opting to take the unconventional path. Her diverse range of experiences has intricately shaped her distinct viewpoint, which is evident in both her writing and her creative undertakings. Writer - Poet - Creative - Mum https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/brez-dusa monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/93bcd2b8-f174-4ffc-a30b-f83d9ff60608/Snapchat-1945157293-1.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Forgotten Woman of Brez DuŠa - Sophie Poredos is often seen daydreaming with an iced-coffee in one hand and a bad fantasy novel in the other. She loves all things witchy and telling folk stories, with just the right amount of unhinged charm before one is institutionalised. Follow what trouble she gets up to at: https://www.sophieporedoswrites.com.au https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/unsettled monthly 0.5 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/fc630973-24c4-4be6-8854-7c71a6d64343/biopic.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Unsettled - Sophie Lee-Jenkins is an erstwhile chef still cooking, studying, writing and raising a small person on Ngāi Tahu land. She writes poetry and short fiction and aims to complete a novel and perfect her breadmaking one day. Unsettled was shortlisted for the Future Leaders Prize. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/memory monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/85b73344-e152-4d9a-bc2d-18b5baa73c01/Screen+Shot+2024-10-22+at+4.49.49+pm.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Memory - Isabella Griffith is a young writer from Sydney who is an avid fan of the horror and fantasy genres. She has a collection of short stories and has been published two times in the Write4Fun short story and poetry competition. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/oscar monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/5467e0cb-1db7-4e9a-9d80-024a077ef2ec/IMG_2596+copy.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Oscar - In loving memory of Oscar, my home♡ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/c314a5b6-29a5-412c-83bc-e0acae1123f2/20200215_142821_IMG_1673.PNG Issue #21: Lost Homes - Oscar - Hannah Hutchinson (H. R. Harbour) is a passionate neurodivergent writer from the Central Coast, who specialises in Poetry, Fantasy-Adventure, Crime Fiction and the Creative Arts. She enjoys excavating the weird, discovering new and strange worlds, and adding trinkets to her collections. She hopes through her writing, she may bring a little magic back into readers’ everyday lives. To find more of her work, follow her [@] hrh.writes on instagram. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/ink-shadow monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1a8c1b43-9230-42b8-961a-85c9c089512b/Angela%27s+Scaredy+Cat.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Beyond Ink and Shadow - Angela Senior has tended to her imagination through a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing, further embracing that books are written by actual people and not unknowable mythical beings. From the fantastically heroic to the urban supernatural, Angela writes wonderous, and sometimes tragic, stories entranced by survival and selfhood. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/today monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/there-is-only-now monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/03b94a64-cc6a-4da4-9fae-224c8bd2046c/IMG_0452.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - There Is Only Now - Manu Ilapavuluri grew up creating stories from sticks and seashells and flower petals. Regardless of her future, she can never abandon her desire to create, determined to run along with whatever spark ignites inside her mind – for every idea is worth exploring, when you want to make something worth sharing. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/uniform monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d79a3609-c793-4da8-99ea-51112a83af4d/squarespace+photo.jpeg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Uniform - Olivia Zamora is a Chilean-Australian writer whose work explores themes of family, trauma, and resilience. Living with chronic illness, she writes from the spaces where pain meets tenderness — where strength is gentle and healing remains an ongoing act. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/space-between monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/gardener monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/79514343-bd0f-45ab-8c66-cf35c8b8bbba/cc39c0f98275b3d72df3c63d72007638.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Gardener - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/96506f4b-96d1-4bc9-9080-93cbedc8b2a1/5268B18F-6627-427B-BCC3-E6DA673285DD.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Gardener - Analise Barreto is an aspiring primary school teacher with a passion for storytelling. Her stories often weave together the warmth of small-town life with the complexities of love, creating relatable and heart-warming narratives. When she’s not shaping young minds in the classroom, you can find her crafting tales that captivate and inspire. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/left-my-heart monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/home monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ab2fc728-49c1-4d04-8803-b4990b964d1b/Home+Final.jpeg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Home - Make it stand out Home (image by Michelle Council) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3a1e9765-1ea2-4dde-81bd-85b4523c6b62/MTC.jpeg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Home - Based in Sydney, Michelle Council is a passionate writer, painter, and crochet creator. When not crafting words or art, she cherishes time with her family, friends and beloved dog Frankie. Her creative spirit thrives on exploring new ideas and techniques, always seeking to express the beauty of the world around her. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/abandoned monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/de4cdadc-e56c-48f7-8708-42e9e812ca79/Ghost+for+Abandonment.jpeg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Abandoned - Make it stand out Abandoned (image by Michelle Council) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b3f9dc58-fed8-4110-aea7-da9b0a85780f/MTC.jpeg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Abandoned - Based in Sydney, Michelle Council is a passionate writer, painter, and crochet creator. When not crafting words or art, she cherishes time with her family, friends and beloved dog Frankie. Her creative spirit thrives on exploring new ideas and techniques, always seeking to express the beauty of the world around her. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/lost-homes monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/17022af0-4bdf-4e90-9b2f-f80106f1c1bb/tempImageszLhzp.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Lost Homes - Make it stand out Walking on Wangal Country (Image by Michelle Council) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/2429a59c-66f5-40e8-b15c-474bba103b38/IMG_1159.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Lost Homes - Based in Sydney, Michelle Council is a passionate writer, painter, and crochet creator. When not crafting words or art, she cherishes time with her family, friends and beloved dog Frankie. Her creative spirit thrives on exploring new ideas and techniques, always seeking to express the beauty of the world around her. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/goldfish monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/bca4cf64-2fde-454b-8f94-b112d63f544f/ENGL3007+Better+Author%27s+Bio+Picture.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Goldfish - Soo Hwan (first name) Kim is an aspiring writer and game developer. Currently studying both at Macquarie University, he spends his time reading, writing, composing music, drawing, and being too tired to do any of the above. Reluctantly specialising in short stories, he enjoys writing silly people who make silly jokes, and fantasy that bites back. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/shadowland monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/it-has-character monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/fishbowl monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1e015dfc-2a8c-41e6-b368-3d58d38e97a8/Engl+bio+image.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Fishbowl - A lover of words and worlds, Tanisha Shah studies Creative Writing and Security Studies at Macquarie University. She’s an oddball with her interests ranging from Romance and Crime thrillers to Intelligence and Geopolitics. If not at her desk, you’ll find her chasing a cat for pets. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/chasing-shadows monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/623a32f9-75b6-498a-84c5-c63e650717a1/dandelionselfie.png Issue #21: Lost Homes - Chasing Shadows - Micheline Chen is a bookworm who enjoys the finer things in life. She also likes daydreaming and making up scenarios or conversations in her head. She writes short stories, fiction, and university assignments. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/longest-way-home monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/88e5de52-27e0-4043-b182-b25f044d6f30/prof2.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Longest Way Home - Ray O’Brien left Ireland as a young man, did the work in London/wander the world/settle down thing, and landed permanently in Australia in the early 2000s. His short fiction has appeared in online publications including flashquake and AntipodeanSF. He lives with his partner and daughters at the northern end of Sydney. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/the-space-between-strangers monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/4fd4721b-9aab-43c4-8359-efb718b793ed/Screenshot+2024-10-23+221857.png Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Space Between Strangers Jessica Johnson-Huynh (pictured right) is someone who writes whatever it is that emerges from the story worlds within the multiverse of her heart and mind. Her main hope is that her stories find a home within those who read and enjoy the tales. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/colourful-awakening monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/8c8750cf-ac4d-41b1-9ec9-08605f5344c1/Bio+photo+small.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - A Colourful Awakening - Tully is a writer with a curious mind. He blends flashes of philosophy with dashes of reality to craft short stories that explore the quirks of human nature and life's big questions. When he's not busy writing, you can find him dreaming about intergalactic space travel and planning his next other-worldly adventure. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/remnants-dream monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/8c8750cf-ac4d-41b1-9ec9-08605f5344c1/Bio+photo+small.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Remnants of a Dream - Tully is a writer with a curious mind. He blends flashes of philosophy with dashes of reality to craft short stories that explore the quirks of human nature and life's big questions. When he's not busy writing, you can find him dreaming about intergalactic space travel and planning his next other-worldly adventure. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/end-of-rainbow monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/8c8750cf-ac4d-41b1-9ec9-08605f5344c1/Bio+photo+small.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The End of a Rainbow - Tully is a writer with a curious mind. He blends flashes of philosophy with dashes of reality to craft short stories that explore the quirks of human nature and life's big questions. When he's not busy writing, you can find him dreaming about intergalactic space travel and planning his next other-worldly adventure. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/myth monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/83953153-c998-4808-a7ff-2a1a65212e90/IMG_7864+%281%29.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - The Myth - Joy Campbell is a young Meanjin-based writer originally from Cavanbah/ Byron Bay, where she spent many evenings writing embarrassingly bad edgy-teenage prose on the beach while getting attacked by sandflies. She loves magical realism, the gothic, and weird nature (and hopes that her prose isn’t as embarrassing now). She publishes under Joy, but is otherwise known by her first name— Tiana. Her short story ‘The Myth’ came second in the 2024 Future Leaders prize. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/tears-of-the-sky monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/273ea756-7520-43c8-b13a-43a2aa126a94/me.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Tears of The Sky Quinn is an aspiring science fiction author, writing primarily within the sub genre of cyberpunk. Her style focuses on descriptive language and world building. She has written multiple short stories, some poetry, and is currently working on her first novel. She draws particular inspiration from Richard Morgan, William Gibson, and Masamune Shirow. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/fresh-start monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/925dbbf7-9512-463b-a659-25e4488155e7/Dog.JPG Issue #21: Lost Homes - Fresh Start? Davey L. Stephens is a current creative writing student at Macquarie University. His love of writing fantasy, crime and sci-fi stories started as a child. He longs to be a published author so others can enjoy the same love of his stories that he and his medical support dog (pictured) have. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read21/glitter-glue-girls monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b740e426-7f28-420a-a6ca-26eee58c7ba5/Screen+Shot+2024-10-22+at+12.26.30+pm.jpg Issue #21: Lost Homes - Glitter On Glue Like Girls On Poles And Other Stories - Aleida is a loving cat mum of 2 (or something about being a second generation Turkish woman) She studies a double degree in Primary Education and Arts with a Major in Creative Writing and a Minor in the Performing Arts Industries. 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When she is not travelling and adventuring, she enjoys curling up with a good book and a cup of coffee. Jasmine finds solace in nature and loves incorporating those experiences into her work. She likes to experiment with writing in different genres in order to develop her creative process. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/through-my-eyes monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/50b71889-19c1-4492-8a6c-7104a3e1e41b/Odysseus+Bio+Note+Image.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Through My Eyes - Based in Sydney, Shari Ellis is an aspiring author of short stories and longer novels, who has always had a vivid imagination and a love of the fantastical. 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A onetime travel writer with a history of slipping undetected across Balkan borders, she enjoys spinning tales of espionage woven with magic and distorting the idea of love into twisted cautionary fables. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/sundayselkie/niamhmcgonnell-hall monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/678cded8-f1f3-4f6f-aaa0-af91adc8adb6/XT4A8115.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Sunday Selkie - Niamh is a writer and editor from Sydney. She has a collection of Celtic magical realism short stories, amongst other non-fiction pieces, that can be found in Grapeshot Magazine, where she works as the Repeat Offenders Section Editor. 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Beyond writing they have a passion for games, riddles, and all things puzzles. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/invitation-only-jemma-benson monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ad176a2c-114b-442e-87b3-5af41a334ec0/Screenshot+2025-10-24+at+10.59.35%E2%80%AFAM.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Invitation Only - Jemma Benson (she/her) is a horror and science fiction writer living in Western Sydney. Her stories explore fear, vulnerability, moral struggle, and violence, examining how people confront the threats and horrors that encroach upon their lives. She also collects horror magazines, feeding a lifelong fascination with the macabre. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/electric-shock-therapy monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3ca062ff-5323-4105-924a-40ef96465175/20241220_204949.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Electric Shock Therapy - Noah is an emerging author from Western Sydney, currently working on a collection of dark fantasy short stories. With a love for both horror and theatre, Noah specialises in creating self indulgent and campy tragedies. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/the-witch-hunter-of-castle-hill monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1c442d40-4fc7-41fc-b487-4186d5594f6b/Matthew.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Witch Hunter of Castle Hill - After fourteen years in the print industry, Matthew Plon decided he wanted to be on the other side of the page. This led to studying creative writing at Macquarie University. Matthew loves to read Wheel of Time, play Final Fantasy, and listen to comedy podcasts. He lives in Sydney, Australia. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/anna-story monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/f3deca65-b5ba-48c6-b61d-a4c27baea97e/author+photo.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Fractured Magic - Anna Cahill is a Sydney-based fiction writer whose stories often focus on the performing arts and fantasy. She has two decades of experience as a dancer and performer, and finds that her love of the arts and writing inspire one another. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/maise-baker-short-story monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b1297c05-49e4-4bab-9f0c-1850332397da/IMG_1242.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Retrouvailles An avid reader and writer, Maise Baker is a romance and science fiction author from Sydney. She is currently writing a dystopian novel and loves creating short stories about besotted men who worship the grounds of clueless but resilient women. You will always catch her listening to a Jacob Morgan or Jason Clarke-narrated audiobook. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/whatisitliketobeintransit monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/0e3020a3-32ae-45b6-9eec-6ff641ef4240/IMG_8098+2.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - What is it Like to be in Transit? - Samuel Dickson is a collection of sense experiences held together by a localised feeling of first-person subjectivity. Truly, who could say that anyone was anything at all? He also happens to be a Philosophy student at Macquarie University. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/there-beneath monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/64556f4b-ee56-40d0-9e87-2626bf4b4b50/ras+portrait.png Current Issue #22: Magic - There Beneath - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3b3f6baf-08e5-473d-a8e9-47b7eafb858b/20240210_181746.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - There Beneath - A. Swan is a writer from Tasmania who loves fantasy and romance, but enjoys dabbling in whatever catches her interest. She’s also an aspiring audio drama creator, and has had her work played on 2SER, a community radio station in Sydney. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/minestrone monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3fac3b34-4e5f-4dbc-9724-889f3b637798/Bio+photo.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Minestrone Russell Woods Morris found a passion for reading at an early age, particularly in fantasy and science fiction, inspiring him to practice his own storytelling. With extensively informed inspiration, a wealth of ideas can and did follow, ideas that often have to be wrangled into a manageable size. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/trinity-lost-girls monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/56e80192-1fa5-4a34-b46a-007d14472b57/Imogen.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - A Trinity of Lost Girls Collection - Imogen Reinhard, when not staying up late reading books, singing through hallways or baking up a storm in the kitchen, studies a Bachelor of Primary Education and a Bachelor of Creative Writing. She often is locked away in the realms of her debut fantasy novel, wrapped up in the arms of her poetry or wooing over romance story ideas. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/the-magic-of-everyday monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/03f690e2-847a-474c-9f4f-c1575041d00c/lovely.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Magic of Everyday Hailing from Glasgow but laced with Tamil heritage, Lovely Selwyn is an avid storyteller. She hopes that her writing encourages people to look for magic in everday as the sparkliest people are tthose who practice gratitude and romantise the little things in life! https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/light-end-tunnel monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/86d2d62b-ad76-40b2-8cb3-22423e4fc838/Screenshot+2025-10-20+at+12.20.55%E2%80%AFpm.png Current Issue #22: Magic - The Light at the End of the Tunnel - Emily Janusic is a young writer from Sydney and an avid reader of numerous genres, mostly fantasy and dystopian, who loves to explore different worlds and characters in her writing. She hopes to publish multiple book series in the future, of whatever genre is calling to her at that point in time, but she is currently working on her debut spy-fiction novel. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/maxbc monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/e23574db-4f3a-4502-bfb9-cb2a7282f7b1/IMG_20251009_100720966_HDR.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Echoes Remain, Staining - Max Brady Cooper lives and works on the unceded lands of the Gadigal and Wallumedegal peoples. He is a writer and poet published in three(!) online student journals. He often contemplates life from various perspectives in his work, and he can juggle. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/the-runes monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/59b85d52-5201-4636-95ff-42b2ffa7b2dc/Mia+Gallard.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Runes - Mia grew up in north-west Sydney with a clingy cat and an overflowing bookshelf. Despite being a storyteller all her life, she started high school hating English classes—then went on to finish four HSC English units. The first story she ever finished was a hand-drawn stick-figure comic at age ten. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/scream-for-poppy monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/a479a8d8-1b5c-49eb-b95b-f6ad87f52f47/foto+profiel.jpeg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Scream for Poppy (1917) - Femke Paardenkooper is a literary student from Utrecht University, currently studying at Macquarie University, Sydney. Her research explores how reading Young Adult Literature shapes meaning in life, blending theory and criticism. Passionate about Virginia Woolf, inter/afterwar psychology, journaling, short fiction, and the intersections of art and philosophy. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/when-we-fade monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d44b5af5-52db-4814-9e9d-dda80119e04b/GOPR2266.JPG Current Issue #22: Magic - When We Fade - Scarlett Anderson is an emerging writer and psychology student living on Dharug land in Western Sydney. Her writing seeks to capture the reverence she has for the natural world and the quiet intricacies of human connection. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/monsters monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/20afad28-78e5-43ec-ba4e-7f2e19b1f293/author+pic+better.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Monsters - Tristan Solomon is based in Sydney and is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing. As a queer person of faith, he explores the complexity of identity and expression in poetry and short stories. He has published poetry in Booker Magazine. His cat Pixie is very silly. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/burn-the-witch monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/037e6b02-116a-4cac-b0dd-4c8668d0f4b4/Screenshot+2025-10-20+at+11.43.38%E2%80%AFAM.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Burn the Witch! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/2769ea7c-6752-42d2-b57d-51a93ea31433/Screenshot+2025-10-20+at+11.56.08%E2%80%AFAM.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Burn the Witch! - Bridie started writing as soon as someone taught her how to hold a pen. They have not managed to wrestle the pen away from her. She wrote her first novel at nine and published a novel at thirteen. She writes queer fiction under the guise of romantic fantasy. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/suha monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ae916400-7832-4015-946e-eb7be4d41508/20210318_174836.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Suha and the Magic Whispers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/6b141a97-1ba1-4d27-8791-8ac1d769f958/20210318_180617.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Suha and the Magic Whispers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/395ea87f-be0b-44a3-992d-20148b35a37a/20250726_151239-1.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Suha and the Magic Whispers - Atari Hayes is a Sydney based writer making Fantasy and Queer literary fiction. He works exclusively from one in the morning to three am, and can be found in the trees and contacted via loud sounds. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/almost monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/67796ffa-6f42-409c-a24a-ea665ac80df6/Screenshot+2025-10-19+at+11.08.49%E2%80%AFPM.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Almost - Kara is a reader, writer and primary-school teacher from Sydney's Northern Beaches with a soft spot for romance and fantasy. When she’s not buried in a book, you’ll find her playing animal crossing, because if she can’t live in a fantasy world, she’ll make her own. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/somethings monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/39a65ec6-08bc-4a6e-b8cc-25836b1aef78/Screen+Shot+2025-08-11+at+11.46.15+pm.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Something There, Something Lost, Something Found - Isabel Eason is a writer, poet, and appreciator of perspective. She often writes about her fears that growing up makes us less gentle, and her desperation to remain a person who is warm. Isabel’s work, despite being upmost morbid, comes from a place of admiration for life, stemming from a time where she struggled to continue living her own. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/tonnel monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1ba38390-6d0f-4d40-a38c-441ec3647341/carter.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Tale of Three in Tonnel - Mary-Louise Carter is a young aspiring author in Central Queensland. She grew up in a military family, moving around Australia. She writes fantasy novels ans short stories inspired by her life and the things she has endured. Mary-Louise is currently studying full time at Macquarie University, undergoing a Bachelor in Arts, majoring in Creative Writing. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/trans-euphoria monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/65b9cd02-cb61-46e3-8fbf-3367b430abb2/Screenshot+2025-10-19+at+22.32.43.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Trans Euphoria: A Different Type of Magic - Beth May [they/them] is an aspiring journalist, who lives on unceded Dharug land. They are currently in their last year of a BA/BMediaComm, and are also the Editor-in-Chief of Grapeshot Magazine. Beth is interested in all forms of writing, but is particularly passionate about topics surrounding queerness, sports, and neurodivergence. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/flash-magik monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/9c888c9b-565a-42a5-818c-47b2b5bc46be/PHILOSOPHY+C+1597+CORNELIS+DREBBEL+HENDRICK+GOLTZIUS+2.JPG Current Issue #22: Magic - A Flash of Magik - James Patrick is a speculative fiction writer who feels that knowing himself is a bit like holding sand, a collection of dusty opinions heard on the street. Patrick is playing with words, writing a novella, and researching Australian literature, all the while trying to persuade himself to commit to the writing world. Patrick lives in Queensland, Australia, undertaking a creative writing/anthropology degree at Macquarie University. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/theglasscoffin monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/48088ab9-61f3-4538-974d-29b19d40fd25/image+1+jpeg.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Glass Coffin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/58b90d70-b5fe-4155-982d-06c0eb60a198/image+2+jpeg.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Glass Coffin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b8bb934c-471b-4323-b716-7f20b3081f5f/image+3+jpeg.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Glass Coffin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/9ef7cbc6-8f6b-42ea-9727-8419df9bf27c/image+4+jpeg.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Glass Coffin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/d2bf6450-6d59-4203-a667-b2dc83c66887/IMG_0736.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Glass Coffin - Living on the lands of the Wathaurong people, Shannon McCarthy is a writer of novels, short stories, poetry, song lyrics, and the occasional scientific journal article. Her works vary from dark feminist fairytale retellings to coming-of-age YA, from sci-fi thrillers to high fantasy adventures. She vows to finish something, eventually. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/three-hearts monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ea1d4c78-beb5-400b-b544-672af470b68d/DEF81B98-CD0C-4C10-819D-E8FBD3E4688A.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Three Hearts Beating Once - Claire Buick throttles her keyboard in the backrooms of the hairdressers, when she's not running around with scissors in one hand and bleach in the other. She's had six career changes since graduating, but finds peace in exploring the chaos of daily life in her miserably gruesome short stories. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/wishcraft monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/ff834733-e493-45b2-9c15-4b2003d0ab04/IMG_0910.jpeg Current Issue #22: Magic - Wishcraft - Jordan Maree is a Western Sydney-based writer studying Creative Writing and Psychological Science at Macquarie University. She has been crafting stories since before she could write, and now utilises her interdisciplinary learning to explore the human condition through fiction. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/t4t-magic monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/73d95422-f9bd-49f2-a747-6137b76ce4b2/IMG-20250623-WA0000.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - T4T Magic - M’ari is a queer and nonbinary writer and poet. They are an immigrant of Ukranian Jewish background. They are still working through the generational trauma that went into their upbringing. They are currently healing from many things. They write about identity, body, relationships, queerness, neurodivergence and mental health. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/dreamscape monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/3f67ae11-a1bc-4bbd-a254-57423f5cc0c5/tassiee.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Dreamscape - Yuanne Viado is a Sydney-based writer currently studying a BA with a major in Creative Writing. One of her many inspirations for her writing are her crazy, weird, and sometimes scary dreams. She loves to read Fantasy; her cat, Tassie, and hopes to publish a Fantasy novel in the future. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/left-alone monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/1fe8639a-22de-403e-913c-50c823d7cf05/bio+photo.JPG Current Issue #22: Magic - Left Alone - Josh is recovering from alcohol dependence and found peace in philosophy. His surrealist horror writing is his way of observing experience. He lives on the rainy peninsula of the Gweagal People, trying to find meaning in the nothingness. 'Existence precedes essence' (Sartre) https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/earth-incantations-kayleigh-greig monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/8695254d-7e0d-4804-9339-086451a19b77/IMG_2015.jpeg Current Issue #22: Magic - Earth Incantations - As a biologist, creative writer, wildlife rescuer, bush regenerator, Deputy Editor of Grapeshot Magazine and journalist of Beaches COVERED., Kayleigh Greig writes everything from rescue records to scientific articles to memoirs, but her specialty is mixed prose and poetry. Regardless of genre, her symbol-centric writing is often concerned with conservation. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/daisies-blood-light monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/0e9410df-bba9-4aa3-af4c-9726345b7c1e/IMG-20250807-WA0040+%281%29.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - Daisies, Blood, and Light - Author Bio: Lex is a 21 year old law and arts student at Macquarie University. He works as a law clerk at LawPartners, and has served as president of Macquarie’s writing society, Writers@MQ, for the past year. He is driven by his desire to create stories and worlds he daydreams about. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/forgetful-mind monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/5e8167d6-65a8-4b61-9c6e-02af6d894bea/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Locked Inside a Forgetful Mind - Kali Egan is a writer of short stories, poetry and songs. Her works traverse life's questions, of identity, aging and relationships, through a melancholic perspective in hopes of unearthing her own feelings and finding the truth within them. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/this-is-my-neverland monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b10c6428-a61d-4649-96f0-9cdb5dcf227d/3CEC1F5A-DECB-4259-9F31-2FF58068BB2E.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - This Is My Neverland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/diary-of-disconnection monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/fe46561a-2a3f-45d3-b1e9-53b3827593ee/bio+6.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Diary of Disconnection - Dahlia Harlan worked as a lawyer for 10 years before finding her work-life balance was… unbalanced. She now juggles family responsibilities while completing her Bachelor of Arts degree at Macquarie University. She hopes to write a number of YA novels to keep her daughters, nieces and nephews reading. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/pawprints-roripeat monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/49eeddbd-26dc-48eb-8b3b-e4cd78906a26/Quarry+pic.JPEG Current Issue #22: Magic - Pawprints - Rori Peat is a librarian in the works and a lifelong writer at heart. as an avid reader and writer, she is completing a bachelor of arts (english major, creative writing minor) to truly cultivate her passion for literature and creative expression. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/thewhisperedhushandthegirlinthemirror monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/fba5494f-0b59-4a0b-8512-0c0d1506e014/IMG_4147.jpg Current Issue #22: Magic - The Whispered Hush - M. J. Inglis is a pre-service teacher and aspiring writer living on the unceded lands of the Darug and GuriNgai peoples. She is completing a Bachelor of Arts (English major, Creative Writing minor) alongside a Bachelor of Education (Primary). Her interests include reading widely across genres and knitting. https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/homecoming monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/6a1b7ffc-7fdf-4ba3-8b9f-948167cba190/Screenshot+2025-08-01+at+9.34.07%E2%80%AFpm.png Current Issue #22: Magic - Homecoming - Savannah Watson (she/her/hers) is a mother and full-time dreamer who lives in Boorloo (Perth). She most often writes speculative science fiction best described as gritty; and doesn’t shy away from exploring the darker aspects of humanity, whether it be through aliens, dystopia, or something that makes the reader ask, ‘Is it even science fiction?’ https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/history-magic monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://www.thequarryjournal.com.au/read22/wounds-in-water monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/b75f14d5-3eb6-4dec-8234-9605b2ddafb9/F2BD9B47-38BF-4BA0-A4BB-26BC16407507.jpeg Current Issue #22: Magic - Wounds in Water - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63db54b5c12aa1366f1186c3/0d9086ab-65db-4e25-a377-d3d8c4f17864/4B75AED2-6F31-411A-98C0-294019DCF8F4.jpeg Current Issue #22: Magic - Wounds in Water - Liberty Walker is a Sydney-based writer with a passion for interweaving allegory with fantasy and using nature as a metaphor for spiritual growth. 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