A gothic story of two New Zealand hillbillies in a stand-off with two kids in the bush
Short Stories
Short story: Finally, by Caoimhe McKeogh
A little girl climbs onto a roof at a party somewhere in New Zealand
Short story: Something will change, by Alice Tawhai
“How can you love someone who treats you like that?” But she couldn’t explain it…
Short story: The long track, by Sara Litchfield
A child goes missing in the bush in the Catlins
Short story: The poet, by Cadence Chung
“He hung his girlfriend around his arm like a slightly-too-heavy coat you have to keep taking off when it gets hot…”
Short story: Almost like a husband, by Carl Nixon
A story set in Hanmer Springs, told by a young woman when she was engaged to be married
Short story: When Nig and Jugsy take in the South, by Vincent O’Sullivan
A comedy of an awful North Island couple patronising the South Island
Short story: Babydolls, by Isabelle McNeur
A beautiful love story about two manufactured robot sex dolls
Short story: The music lesson, by Elizabeth Smither
“The black keys were so different to the white; they were moral and severe…”
Short story: Orientation, by Daniel Orozco
A 1995 masterpiece by Idaho writer Daniel Orozco, whose nightmare vision of office life remains as dark and accurate today: “We’re all members of Costco”
Short story: Thunder, by Patricia Grace
A heartbeaking story by one of Aotearoa’s most distinguished authors
Short story: Broderick and Riley, by Owen Marshall
Two lifetimes of two Kiwi men, told in 1609 words