Saige England

A Kōrero With Saige England

Saige England is the author of the debut best-selling historical novel, The Seasonwife. She is interviewed by Thom Conroy.

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Sarah Patterson

Wilder Swimming

‘Is everyone coming tonight?’ Rob asked me as we headed down the hill on one of those rare nights in Wellington, warm and still. ‘Yep, everyone’s coming,’ I replied.

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Body

“So, whose body is it?” Jude asked one morning as they were sipping coffee. “Um,” said Seb, unsure how to approach the question.

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Kate Hall

A Life In 36 Corpses

1. Helen and her best friend stole a whole packet of Mallowpuffs from the pantry. They ate them sitting on the road between two parked cars.

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Nataliya Oryshchuk 2

Bella, Hanan, Hannah

“You’d better cross that out,” said my bossy dormitory mate. After all, she was older than me—nearly twelve—and much more knowledgeable about the etiquette of writing letters home.

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Yellowene

Shattered by highway headlights and fuel dust, Klimt’s first floor apartment was either New York bleak or utter shit.

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Isabelle Juan

Marie

It was two in the morning when Marie heard whispering coming from the front door.

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Neil James Hudson

Into The Drear Oblivion

We found the woman just in time. Snow was falling, covering her where she lay.

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Briar Lawry

Augury

There’s an absence of sound, the absolute quiet of a misty morning. It’s an education in physics, really—that sound can travel differently when the air is heavy with moisture.

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Cadence Chung 3

Frankenstein Diaries

Trigger warning: self-harm, discussion of mental illness i.

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Every Hangover Is A Whodunit

Every hangover, after all, is a mystery; every hangover is a whodunit. — Martin Amis, The Information 4 am A light switches on.

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Joseph Shaw

Nightmare At Sea

In my dream, a blood covered human figure staggers towards me. Its eyes are missing, empty sockets stare back at me.

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Waiting For The Wave

The sea is still tonight.

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