New Australian Fiction 2020: ‘Floodwaters’
Madeleine Watts
We drive a long, straight road beneath slate-grey skies beside the flooded river. The floodwaters surge around trunks of oak and ash, a fast-moving membrane the colour of milk tea. The road is still dry, and safe enough for now. Traffic carries on. The levee isn’t expected to break. But the water will soon get […]