Riley Bampton

Riley Bampton

Riley Bampton (he/him) is a 22-year-old Meanjin-Brisbane based writer and second year creative writing student at QUT. Born with a love for literature that he owes to his mother, Riley has been writing stories since he was a child. With a passion for creative nonfiction, general fiction and keen eye for detail, Riley is invested in the individuality we experience as humans, preferring to write stories rooted in reality (not without his creative liberties). He is currently working on a variety of projects and hopes to become a published author in the near future.

Fork Tongue  

The morning my grandparents took us swimming was the same morning my father cried. I skipped across rust coloured dirt towards the caravan park pool. The ground was hot, and I’d forgotten my thongs at the cabin. I had to…

Election Recap

With over 80% of the vote counted and only five seats remaining in doubt, here is Glass Magazine’s recap of the 2025 Federal Election results.  The 2025 Australian federal election has brought a significant shift in the nation’s political landscape,…

Right Foot Dominant

Edmund turned to look at his wife still asleep and the ominous lump at the foot of their bed. He felt himself above all this madness, a world away from the suffering of others, as he usually was. Able to…

The Commons  

An absence of eyes stared back at me. I looked down to study the goat’s burr embedded in my knee before returning to gaze at a complexion twisted with pain. The bugs had long left this hollowed cadaver, emptying the…