Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle
And so begins Russell McGilton’s comic adventure as he attempts to cycle from Bombay to Beijing in the quest of writing his travel opus. Pedalling furiously for China, McGilton’s tour de force rides...
View ArticleThe Book of Bloke
What is a Bloke? This is the question that has occupied the greatest minds of the anthropological and sociological worlds for many years. Not in a literal sense, of course, at the base level, the...
View ArticleDie Yummy Mummy Die
Die, Yummy Mummy, Die, is a compilation of twenty of Allison Rushby’s columns from her popular Desperate Housewife column at Queensland newspaper the Courier-Mail. From toys that go bump in the night,...
View ArticleSplitsville
Chester wants to leave his fiancee, Sara. Holly’s looking for revenge after her boyfriend dumped her. And she’s starting to develop a crush on Charlie. Charlie thinks it would be better for Sallie if...
View ArticleThe Sturgeon General Recommends Adam Norris
Adam Norris’s short story ‘One Black Stone’ features a post-rapture world suffering from seven strange plagues. But it turns out He has a sense of humour, and His plagues include a wave of Chihuahuas...
View ArticleThe Sturgeon General Recommends Cait Harris
Cait Harris’s collection of short stories is deeply disturbing yet intensely funny. The stories range from that of a young girl who sets out to court a horse, to the strange nasal utterances of someone...
View ArticleThe Sturgeon General Recommends Callum O’Donnell
Callum O’Donnell writes smart, cynical stories that reflect the sorry state of the world. It includes the story of a man who imitates plants to get ahead in the workplace, and a tale of eco-terrorism...
View ArticleThe Sturgeon General Recommends Jack Vening
In this issue, we feature a collection of short fiction from Jack Vening titled ‘Work for a Man or a Horse’. From the world’s most upsetting, shark-filled wedding to watching a strangely familiar,...
View ArticleThe Sturgeon General Recommends Geoff Lemon
This edition is a collection of non-fiction articles from writer Geoff Lemon. It includes his article from 2011 ‘You Shut Your Goddamn Carbon Taxin Mouth’ an hilarious rant against the nay-sayers of...
View ArticleA Single Girl’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Q, a trainee kindergarten teacher and martial arts expert, wants to woo beautiful vegan, Rabbit, but doesn’t know how. Her luck turns during the zombie outbreak. She teaches Rabbit and his hippie...
View ArticleThe Tasmanian Babes Fiasco
When JB and his flatmates took in the new guy, they had their doubts. The Celine Dion albums, the fluffy hordes of stuffed animals and the plastic-covered floral-pattern love seat should have set their...
View ArticleHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand
These hilarious tales of urban terror reveal the dark truth hidden behind three seemingly innocent words―a phrase that you have seen a hundred times before but will never view in the same light again―...
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