{"id":2765,"date":"2026-07-07T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/?page_id=2765"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:48:58","slug":"short-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/?page_id=2765","title":{"rendered":"Short stories &amp; poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FracturedReveries-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FracturedReveries-1-215x300.jpg?resize=215%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fractured Reveries: A storied imaginarium salon\n\" class=\"wp-image-2801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FracturedReveries-1.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FracturedReveries-1.jpg?resize=300%2C418&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FracturedReveries-1.jpg?w=717&amp;ssl=1 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Sparrow &amp; Butler&#8217; [short story] in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Fractured-Reveries-Storied-Imaginarium-Salon\/dp\/B0FKZ3HL9G\"><em>Fractured Reveries<\/em>: <em>A storied imaginarium salon<\/em><\/a>, ed. Carina Bissett, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shortlisted for Aurealis Awards (Fantasy short story)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;A woman without&#8217; [poem] in <em>Writing Queensland<\/em>, Issue 4, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Tree of knowledge: divergence&#8217; [short story] in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aanpress.com\/aanorder.html#ILL\"><em>Inter Librarian Loan<\/em>,<\/a> Air and Nothingness Press, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Saltwater story&#8217; [flash fiction] in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aanpress.com\/aanorder.html#tlcc\">The Librarian Card Catalogue,<\/a> <\/em>Air and Nothingness Press, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;The tale of the green maid&#8217; [long poem] in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eldritch-Ether-Poetry-Book-1-ebook\/dp\/B09SXL1RX7\/ref=sr_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A5TZyHGuS_UE60wfiCgA-ir2cgtyzW3BZy4Pi2DcGKhHnyd4wEEVjzpSz5kET4MI.Pmgy5ogf379odFcz0nfAwpQKbeJCi_l1cciBthS0DCQ&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;qid=1783393685&amp;refinements=p_27%3AN.A.+Sulway&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-4\"><em>Eldritch &amp; Ether<\/em>,<\/a> Black Hare Press, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.wayne.edu\/marvels\/vol36\/iss1\/8\/\">&#8216;A void and a chasm and a ruin&#8217; <\/a>[short story] in <em>Marvels &amp; Tales<\/em>, Iss. 36, No. 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/wordpress\/fiction\/the-giant-with-no-heart-in-her-body\/\">The giant with no heart in her body<\/a>&#8216; [short story] in <em>Strange Horizons<\/em>, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/wordpress\/fiction\/the-giant-with-no-heart-in-her-body\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/giant-no-heart-600px-192x300.webp?resize=192%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The giant with no heart in her body, art by Elaine Ho (2021)\" class=\"wp-image-2803\" style=\"width:222px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/giant-no-heart-600px.webp?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/giant-no-heart-600px.webp?resize=300%2C469&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/giant-no-heart-600px.webp?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Our mothers were birds&#8217; [short story] in <a href=\"https:\/\/hecate.communications-arts.uq.edu.au\/\"><em>Hecate<\/em>,<\/a> Issue 45, No. 1 &amp; 2, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Six Rusalki&#8217; [short story] in <em>Upon a Once Time<\/em>, Air and Nothingness Press, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Tell me, whacher, is it winter?&#8217; [short story] in <em>Strange Tales: Tartarus Press at 30<\/em>, Tartarus Press, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liminalitypoetry.com\/issue-23-spring-2020\/a-song-from-bedlam-with-apologies-to-christopher-smart\/\">&#8216;A Song from Bedlam (with apologies to Christopher Smart&#8217;<\/a> [long poem] in&nbsp;<em>Liminality<\/em>, Issue 23, Spring 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Second place winner, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfpoetry.org\/wp\/rhysling-award\/2021-rhysling-anthology-and-award\/\">Rhysling Award for poetry (long poem)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;The Frog&#8217;s Prince; or, Iron Henry&#8217; [short story] in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ttapress.com\/1997\/interzone-282-jul-aug-2019\/\"><em>Interzone,&nbsp;<\/em>Issue 282.<\/a> July 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southerlyjournal.com.au\/project\/violence-78-3-long-paddock\/\">&#8216;Strange Men&#8217;<\/a> [poem] in&nbsp;<em>Southerly<\/em>. Issue 78.3: Violence, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;The BeautifulHusband&#8217; [short story] in <a href=\"http:\/\/socialalternatives.com\/\"><em>Social Alternatives<\/em><\/a>. Issue 36.3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.au\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwitg8mwn8rZAhXl44MKHZGSD9sQFgg4MAM&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.questia.com%2Flibrary%2Fjournal%2F1P4-1980693546%2Fthe-beautiful-husband&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WikgP9unjspLspce2D0uy\">You can read a preview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/the-karen-joy-fowler-book-club\/\">&#8216;The Karen Joy Fowler Book Club&#8217; <\/a>[short story] in <em>Lightspeed<\/em> , November 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/the-karen-joy-fowler-book-club\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lightspeed-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" style=\"width:215px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lightspeed.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lightspeed.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lightspeed.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>republished in <em>The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (Volume 10)<\/em>. edited by Jonathan Strahan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>republished in&nbsp;<em>The Year&#8217;s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2016<\/em>. edited by Rich Horton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/36095223\/Paper_Boats\">Paper Boats<\/a>&#8216; [short story] in TEXT, the journal of writing and writing courses, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/14hills.net\/content\/fourteen-hills-vol-221\">&#8216;Candlewick&#8217; <\/a>[short story] in <em>Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State University Review<\/em>. Volume 22. Issue 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meanjin.com.au\/meanjin-summer-2015\/\">&#8216;Saltpan&#8217;<\/a> [short story] in <em>Meanjin. <\/em>Summer 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twelfthplanetpress.com\/products\/ebooks\/letters-to-tiptree\">&#8216;<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twelfthplanetpress.com\/products\/ebooks\/letters-to-tiptree\">Dear Tip&#8217; [personal essay] in <em>Letters to Tiptree<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;ed Alisa Krasnostein and published by Twelfth Planet Press, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reviewofaustralianfiction.com\/issues\/volume-13-issue-4\/\">&#8216;The Nature of Things&#8217; [short story] in Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 13, Issue 4<\/a>, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8216;The Nature of Things&#8217; was longlisted for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridportprize.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bridport Prize<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;The Lost Man&#8217; [short story] in <em>Southerly<\/em>. February 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Fox\u2019s Child\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andromedaspaceways.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine<\/a>, Issue 54 (ASIM)<\/em>, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasy-magazine.com\/new\/new-fiction\/her-lover\u2019s-golden-hair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Her Lover&#8217;s Golden Hair&#8217;<\/a> [short story] in <em>Fantasy Magazine.<\/em> December 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Their Golden Daughters\u2019 [short story] in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13779316-box-of-delights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/13779316-box-of-delights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Box of Delights<\/a>. <\/em>editor John Kenny. Aeon Press, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Stone Child\u2019 [short story] in the <em>Myths and Legends: An&nbsp;Anthology<\/em>, available through Specusphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Wine-Dark Sea\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em>Kurungabaa<\/em>. Volume 3. No 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Gibraltar\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em>The Lifted Brow<\/em>. 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Arboretum\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em>The Lifted Brow<\/em>. 2009. (re-published in<em> The Best Of The Lifted Brow, Volume One<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Adventures of Aimery and Quilla\u2019 [short story] in<em>&nbsp;The Lifted Brow<\/em>. October, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Bride of the Deep\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em>The Willows Magazine<\/em>. June, 2007. (post-published in a slightly different version&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/0902\/bride.html\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Shimmer-Best-Catherine-Tobler\/dp\/1674378335#books-entity-teaser\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shimmer-1-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2806\" style=\"width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shimmer-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shimmer-1.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shimmer-1.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Secret Cure\u2019 [short story] in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meadowhawkpress.com\/component\/page,shop.product_details\/flypage,shop.flypage\/product_id,18\/category_id,1\/manufacturer_id,0\/option,com_virtuemart\/Itemid,39\/\">&nbsp;<em>Touched By Wonder<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;October, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The Lighthouse Keeper&#8217; [short story] in&nbsp;<em>Fantastical Visions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Juana and the Dancing Bear\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shimmerzine.com\/\">Shimmer<\/a><\/em>. Volume 2, Issue 2. Winter 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reprinted in&nbsp;<em>Best of Shimmer,&nbsp;<\/em>edited by E Catherine Tobler (May, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018A Feather on the Breath of God\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em>Eat Books<\/em>. March, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Salt\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em>Hidden Desires<\/em>. Charnwood, ACT. Gininderra Press, 2006: 218-233.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/pandora.nla.gov.au\/pan\/10063\/20060701-0000\/www.antisf.com\/stories\/story10.html\">True Love<\/a>\u2019 [short story] in&nbsp;<em>Anti-SF<\/em>. June, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Elephant\u2019 [flash fiction] in&nbsp;<em>The Courier Mail<\/em>. September 24, 2005.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Sparrow &amp; Butler&#8217; [short story] in Fractured Reveries: A storied imaginarium salon, ed. Carina Bissett, 2025. &#8216;A woman without&#8217; [poem] in Writing Queensland, Issue 4, 2024. &#8216;Tree of knowledge: divergence&#8217; [short story] in Inter Librarian Loan, Air and Nothingness Press, 2024. &#8216;Saltwater story&#8217; [flash fiction] in The Librarian Card Catalogue, Air and Nothingness Press, 2023&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2765","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4LH1G-IB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2807,"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2765\/revisions\/2807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perilousadventures.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}