Allee Richards Allee Richards’ short fiction has been published widely in Australian journals including Overland, Kill Your Darlings and Best Australian Stories. She is the author of two novels, Small Joys of Real Life and A Light in the Dark. More of their work Extracts 03 Sep, 2023 Extract: A Light in the Dark Allee Richards Continue Reading More Extracts Extracts 03 Sep, 2023 Extract: A Light in the Dark Allee Richards Fiction 01 Sep, 2023 Red Allee Richards ‘Always have napoli in the freezer and penne in the cupboard,’ was my mum’s advice on parenting. ‘You can’t prevent things going wrong. Your job is to hold it together when they do.’ I remember the times as a child that she reached for those red bricks from the back of our freezer. The phone […] Continue Reading More Fiction Fiction 01 Sep, 2023 Red Allee Richards Culture 10 Feb, 2022 Book Reviews: The Cost of Labour, Cold Enough for Snow, Found, Wanting, The Torrent Ellen Cregan, Anthea Yang, Allee Richards The Cost of Labour, Cold Enough for Snow, Found, Wanting, The Torrent Continue Reading More Culture Culture 10 Feb, 2022 Book Reviews: The Cost of Labour, Cold Enough for Snow, Found, Wanting, The Torrent Ellen Cregan Interview 14 Sep, 2021 Allee Richards shares her bookshelves and reading habits Allee Richards Continue Reading More Interview Interview 14 Sep, 2021 Allee Richards shares her bookshelves and reading habits Allee Richards Fiction 01 Oct, 2019 New Australian Fiction 2019: ‘This Version of Her’ Allee Richards I’m back home for the first time in months and having coffee with Sydney at the Corner Café when we run into Mum. I say run into, though I know that Mum had intentionally walked this way hoping to see us together again. She asks Sydney how her mum has been. ‘Oh, you know.’ Sydney […] Continue Reading More Fiction Fiction 01 Oct, 2019 New Australian Fiction 2019: ‘This Version of Her’ Allee Richards Fiction 13 Aug, 2018 The Passengers Allee Richards Feeling isolated within her relationship, a woman looks for clarity in therapy and a fantasy bus ride. Continue Reading More Fiction Fiction 13 Aug, 2018 The Passengers Allee Richards Fiction 18 Apr, 2017 Perry Feral Allee Richards This suburb has not that many trees. A few blocks away I can see the orange neon sign, a petrol station. I pull the car over on the side of a road. We sit in silence for almost a minute. ‘So should I go then?’ asks Corey. ‘Whatever,’ I say. I stare out the front windscreen […] Continue Reading More Fiction Fiction 18 Apr, 2017 Perry Feral Allee Richards