In these 13 short stories, Georgia Blain examines human nature in all its richness: our motivations, our desires, and our shortcomings. The men in these tales frequently linger at the edges—their long
On a bright spring day in 2015, as Georgia Blain was mowing the lawn, she collapsed on a bed of blossoms, blood frothing at her mouth. Waking up to find herself in the back of an ambulance being rushe
Outside, the rain continues unceasing; silver sheets sluicing down, the trees and shrubs soaking and bedraggled, the earth sodden, puddles overflowing, torrents coursing onwards, as the darkness slowl
Twenty years have passed since that day on the jetty, but it is only now that Elise has found the strength to go back and face the events of her past. She begins to unravel all that has been tying her
Ursula's childhood is marked by a summer holiday in Candelo, a sleepy south coast town. It's the 1970s and Ursula's mother takes a foster son named Mitchell away with them. Charismatic, charming, and
Silas is haunted by the vision of a luminous, surreal garden on the outskirts of Port Tremaine, a desolate country town. In this garden lives Constance, as beautiful as the morning and as blind as the
In late 2015, Georgia Blain was diagnosed with a tumour sitting right in the language centre of her brain. Prior to this, Georgia's only warning had been a niggling sense that her speech was slightly
