My first published flash story, Hotel De Mort, was reprinted this week in online speculative fiction magazine Metastellar. At Hotel de Mort, death is life. Forget the whole idea of passing quietly. We specialize in the spectacular, the stunning, the superb. Want to leave this mortal coil in a diamond coffin shot into the sun? … Continue reading Hotel de Mort reprinted
Every year the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) inspires schools and libraries to celebrate the books, authors, and illustrators of Australia in 'Book Week'. The first time I heard of this I was a graduate high school teacher, seven years ago*. Back then I thought, what an awesome idea - and I still do. … Continue reading Dreaming with Eyes Open
It’s Djilba season here on Bindjareb Noongar country, Western Australia. Whilst Makuru is technically the 'first rains', djilba means wet and windy weather warming up towards breeding season. And when I say rain, I mean lots of it! For the past two weeks, I’ve been ducking in and out of sun showers for my new … Continue reading The Passing of Rain
I’m about to change jobs. I’ve been working in my industry for three years next month, always with the same company though sometimes different locations. I’m good at what I do, but it was time for me to go somewhere where I could grow. So I’m changing companies, taking on a bigger role with more … Continue reading On Change
In the beginning, it was cold all around. Dark and cold, the kind that seeps into your bones—though in the beginning, you had no bones. No eyes to see light, yet the dream of it was there. And when it came, light, that’s when you knew: the beginning had passed, and darkness would never again … Continue reading Our Closest Celestial
EMMA LOUISE GILL 