My story Butterfly as Metaphor is Australian Book Review’s story of the month! More than 1,200 stories were entered in the competition for The Australian Book Review’s Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Butterfly as Metaphor received a commendation from the judges. I love the characters in this story and I’m so happy to have it winging its way […]

The robins are back, sizing up the wreath hanging on my door. I can’t remember a year when they haven’t built a nest somewhere in our front yard. Ahead are weeks of bird shit on the porch and mama swooping at us as we enter and exit the house. It delights me every spring. Green things […]