Monthly Archives: April 2022

Remember Me by Charity Norman – 2022

Posted on April 24, 2022 by alysonebaker

Emily Kirkland never felt close to her father, Dr Felix Kirkland. So, when his neighbour calls her from Aotearoa to say her father is struggling on his own and can she return to help, she thinks it would be “easier … Continue reading →

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Exit .45 by Ben Sanders – 2022

Posted on April 21, 2022 by alysonebaker

Marshall Grade is living in New York, passing his time solving really hard Jackson Pollock jigsaw puzzles, when an old buddy from his Brooklyn South, NYPD days, Ray Vialoux, asks to meet him. Ray is deep in gambling debt, and … Continue reading →

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Slow Down, You’re Here by Brannavan Gnanalingam – 2022

Posted on April 16, 2022 by alysonebaker

Auckland in the time of Covid, and the lockdowns have made work even more precarious than usual for Vishal and Kavita. Vishal has been driving taxis since he lost his marketing job a few years back, he works evening-into-night shifts … Continue reading →

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Entanglement by Bryan Walpert – 2021

Posted on April 14, 2022 by alysonebaker

Paul is at a writers’ retreat in 2019, writing pieces in response to prompts, pieces from his life, from the stories he used to tell his daughter. Paul remembers episodes from 2011, in reverse chronological order, it is the year … Continue reading →

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Both Feet in Paradise by Andy Southall – 2021

Posted on April 7, 2022 by alysonebaker

A woman is waiting at Auckland International Airport for her parents to arrive. She thinks of them impatiently: “Dad off on his walks, and Mum busy with her cousins, her friends, her legions of family.” Adam is on an island … Continue reading →

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To Kill a Conman by Kevin Berry – 2021

Posted on April 3, 2022 by alysonebaker

Stuart Baker might not want to work for money, but he certainly puts his all into running his multiple cons. They range from extortion to giving less to beggars than he takes from them, and they cover every type of … Continue reading →

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The Final Call by Jen Shieff – 2021

Posted on April 1, 2022 by alysonebaker

Carmel is approaching her 40th birthday. She is noticing the odd wrinkle, and she occasionally feels unattractive. She is torn between her job at the Grand Palais – and her relationship with Rita, the madam – and the possibility of … Continue reading →

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