A Kōrero with Megan Dunn
Megan Dunn is the author of three works of creative non-fiction: Tinderbox, published in 2017 by Galley Beggar Press, UK; Things I Learned at Art School (Penguin Random House NZ,…
mother; unborn
I picture you: an alien with my scowl on your face. A foreign invader come to take my body, my life; I will not give it freely.
Tennis Lessons
“You have to follow through! Swing through the ball, don’t hack at it like you’re pitching onto the green!” Paul leaned on his tennis racket and darkened the green tennis…
Smell No Evil
Smell No Evil started low because low was what they liked. Their little eyes flicked around towards him in the darkness.
Precious Treasures
When you have a child, people are full of advice. Sleep when they sleep. Don’t let them in your bed. All of it nonsense.
We'll Make a Life
The new shoes had been a concession to her mother, in the week before Anne flew out of Auckland Airport for her new life in London.
Calling the Softness
It’s one of those mornings. I wake up and there’s something under my skin, the house feels dirty on me.
Beekeepers
Charlie Mayhew woke to the sound of bees. Not the comforting hum of his apiary spread over the flatbed truck trailer rusted to its axles.
Ghost Bones
Alice feigns flu to knock off early from work.