Tag: YA fiction
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short story collection: [project zed]
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This year, I was fortunate to be commissioned by the Booranga Writers’ Centre to create a collection of short stories as part of their stimulus funding from Create NSW‘s initiative to support regional writers.
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the dusk guard
The duskhaze. That was what they called it. The fog that rolled in from the hills some nights and sent everyone to sleep. When the sun rose, so too did the citizens of Glothe. Under the shroud of retreating mists, they picked themselves up off the street or wherever they landed and carried on with…
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at the stroke of midnight
It smelt like every other library, though it was certainly different after dark. The perfume from the books was stronger at night, sweeter and more pungent, made all the more noticeable by the lingering whiff of coffee. Mila stumbled behind the others, torch in hand. Andrik led their little group through the shelves, all the while…
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the dreambound tree
Memories define our sense of place. Friends and family do too.And sometimes, perhaps, a bit of magic . By the time I was thirteen, I knew I was too old to be sleeping in Mum’s bed. But that didn’t stop me crawling in beside her on that two-inch thick fold-out mattress every second night when…
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the raven cycle
Never had I been so invested in a group of teenagers until I met Blue and her Raven Boys. Ah, Maggie Stiefvater and The Raven Cycle. Where do I begin without obscenely gushing all over the place? This series has raised the bar for YA fiction and given me a love for the genre which…
Jessica A. McMinn 