New Mythologies
Matthew Sini, Bonfire Books, Lucas Smith, THINGOLFiction, culture, and making sense of the world to come
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On Prequelism
Mesa don’t likey likey all da preequels
People say hating isn’t good for you. But those people have never worked in independent theatre. During my time as a playwright and sometime director, I cultivated a glorious, life-affirming antipath...
The Female Gaze (at Gays)
Quite against my will, I have experienced a lot of “homosexual media” lately. Some might say all media these days is homosexual—and I would agree!—but I mean of course content that is specifically about gay men.
Much of this cultural produ...
Therapy Isn't Funny
Comedians need to know their place.
The good ones do. They know their role is to lighten the load of existence, make things bearable. This is especially true of the comics who venture into the dark nether regions of the soul.
I’m not eve...
FICTION: "Anyone Can be Queer Now"
Xanthe was one of those women who not so long ago probably had pink hair in a disconnected, lezzo cut, but now pushed mousy ringlets behind her ear. She had cornered Gus at the party. Like Ravi, she was trying to become an academic. She was...
Book Launch! Sleep Capricorn by Jack Norman
Hi there subscribers. This Saturday 6th of December 2025 in Melbourne, I will be launching Jack Norman’s wonderful collection, Sleep Capricorn, published by Bonfire Books.
We will be convening somewhere in Edinburgh Gardens for a wholesom...
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I write fiction, nonfiction, screenplays & theatre. Featured in Compact, Sydney Morning Herald, Expat Press, Areo Magazine, Meanjin, Overland, & Melbourne Fringe. I'm also the host of The Getting Lit Podcast, a literature & culture podcast.
Bonfire Books based in Melbourne, Australia. Publishing fiction, non-fiction and poetry. www.bonfirebooks.org
Writer from the OC and Country Australia. My first book, Spare Us Yet and Other Stories, was published in June 2025 by Wiseblood Books. EIC Bonfire Books, Melbourne.
The last and only writer of Australian ("Midwit" - "Literary" - "Domestic" - "Heterosexual") fiction | I métima ar er sarmon Hyallandeva ("Enteitamo" – "Nolmëa" – "Nossëa" – "Vérëa") nyárion.
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