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While I Was Gone- Grace Cassidy

By Grace Cassidy “Eggs?” I ask, offering the bowl. “You still like ‘em scrambled, right?”  Jen returns a tired smile and takes the bowl from my hands. Grabbing a spoon, she begins piling the eggs onto her toast. My sister is…

Moribund – Ty Weinert

By Ty Weinert   I lost my shoe  Dead battery in my phone  Bleached bangs a mess  Pretty girls shouldn’t walk alone    My dress is torn  I still smell his cologne  Feel him under my nails  Pretty girls shouldn’t…

The Roots of Pessimism

By Anonymous “Alright pens down!” Mrs. Svartsýni sweetened her voice to soften the projection it required to reach everybody in the class. Other than a few grumbles and last-minute scribbles, the room was momentarily filled with the clattering of pens dropping from hands to desks,…

Waste – QUT Inklings

When you work in food reclamation,  You understand what waste is:  Crates of brown bananas, simply thrown away;  On the shelf, then in the trash,  Value gone within a day.  Imagine the lost banana bread.    When you work in unemployment,  You understand what waste is:  Uni grads in…

Tall Poppy – Georgina Hewson

By Georgina Hewson The final year of uni is here and the unknown job opportunities dauntingly lie ahead. One last chance to get that GPA, that job, your shit together.   So close to the finish line, I began to question who in my media career…

Tuesdays Are For Polishing – Chiara Stegert

By Chiara Stegert My mother’s house had many mirrors.  Mirrors sheathing the walls,  covering the ceilings,  lining inside cupboards,  the underside of tables,  in-between carpets,  heaped up in hampers,  hooked up in hall-ways,  some of the tiles polished so highly  they reflected her bare…

The Aurora Strain – Ellie Taggart

By Ellie Taggert At 6:45 every morning I catch the train to the Central Business District just to be amongst the people. I’ve found that those riding the trains are more likely to ignore personal space and less likely to move away from a coughing passenger. Once I reach the station, my routes aren’t…

Good Will to Treason – Greez

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The Next Season – Juval Stephens 

The school bell rang, the formal happened, the graduation ceremony with tears occurred, the schoolies holiday happened, you’ve either had three months off or worked crazily in some job and now you are entering university. Say goodbye to hall passes,…