taylareyn's review
4.0
Favourites: Raven - Chloe Michele, A Trick of The Light - Andrea Gillum, Fight - Tony Birch, Physical Education - Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Spiral - Joshua Kemp, This Version of Her - Allee Richards, Bug Spray - Melanie Saward.
cecooper's review
4.0
This was a really great collection. Not all of the stories were winners for me, but that's pretty standard in a short story collection. My favourite stories were by Chloe Michele, Julie Koh, Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Khalid Warsame, Laura Elvery, and Gretchen Shrim.
wtb_michael's review
5.0
I bloody love these books - not every story completely wowed me, but there's such a breadth of work included so that's hardly surprising. I especially loved Laura Elvery's story (which turns up in her fantastic new collection [b:Ordinary Matter|53173784|Ordinary Matter|Laura Elvery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586829691l/53173784._SY75_.jpg|80033760], plus stories from Zoë Bradley, Khalid Warsame, Gretchen Shirm and Andrea Gillum.
Hopefully KYD keeps putting these out year after year, they're a great snapshot of Australia's literary scene.
Hopefully KYD keeps putting these out year after year, they're a great snapshot of Australia's literary scene.
mawaridi's review
4.0
A really nice collection of brief, eclectic tales with lots of familiar Australian flavour. The stories are all quite short, good to dip in and out of for a quick reading session, but they can still pack a punch. There's a lot of interesting variety in theme, voice and structure. Plus, they're all really good! It's easy for an anthology to have a few stories that fall flat (according to personal taste) but I didn't find that here. The ones that particularly shone for me were Julie Koh's dry ghost story, Workers of All Lands Unite, the quietly painful The Crying Room by Gretchen Shirm, and Mould by Zoë Bradley, which made me have to put the book down for a while before I could start the next story.
lenin_lover_69's review
5.0
This was such a gorge collection, I think I prefer short stories in collection form, the more obvious changes in tone, subject matter etc keep my interest piqued and wanting more
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