swansong

Tragedy or UFO encounter? The 1978 disappearance of pilot Frederick Valentich is brought to vivid life in this new short story.

Tuesday I went downstairs to meet with Jackson, my cousin, a man I hadn’t seen for a long time. I had been living by myself in the city, far away from the life he’d been part of, and he was in town that night for a reason I never learned. There’s a reason I haven’t mentioned him much. I don’t like to dwell on Jackson.

Local writers are refusing to give up on creatively fulfilling lives.