Curtin Writers Club
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Issue Four (2020): Heart
Editor-in-Chief: Robyn Lunn
Editors: Ashlie Ballantyne Wallis, Abigail Carson, Lauren Donis, Clare Metcalf, Lindie Naudé, Anshu Pande, Jewel Swe, Charlene van der Merwe, Jade Woodhouse
Design and typesetting: Mali Merttens
Authors: Davis Anderson, Devahuti Chaliha, Dominic Depiazzi, Henry Farnan, Jesse Galea, Catherine Hall, Sharon Hayes, Chris Hipwood, Madie Lea, Debbie Leong, Robyn Lunn, Leila Marshall, Clare Metcalf, Elisabeth Metcalf, Annie Mills, Sergio Muirson, Lindie Naudé, Chris Raich, Himara Rathnayake, Lucy Rohl, Riya Srivastava, Jewel Swe, Syarisa Yasin
Illustrators: Nina Dakin, Sally Henderson, Mary Johnston, Joly Maxi, Mali Merttens, Clare Metcalf, Chelsea Robins
Cover illustration (physical, digital interior): Joly Maxi @vanillateacup_
Cover illustration (digital, physical interior): Nina Dakin @ninadakin
Contents
'Introduction' by Robyn Lunn
'a boxer's fracture that aches when it's cold' by Elisabeth Metcalf, illustrated by Mary Johnston
Content warnings: homophobia, swearing, mild violence
'It Takes a Lifetime' by Debbie Leong
'Waiting' by Lindie Naudé
Content warnings: multiple forms of abuse, forced captivity, blood, violence, murder, character death
'The Sun and His Lover' by Himara Rathnayake, illustrated by Joly Maxi
Content warnings: character death
'I Don't Believe in Soulmates' by Catherine Hall
Content warnings: government control, one mention of terrorism in the context of stereotypes about an activist group, brief discussion of implied past domestic abuse
'Maestro Cuore' by Robyn Lunn
Content warnings: mild medical references, mentioned death
'So It Will Last' by Jewel Swe
'Tin Man' by Chris Hipwood, illustrated by Chelsea Robins
'Heart, Poison, You?' by Riya Srivastava
'Isla By The Sea' by Clare Metcalf, illustrated by Chelsea Robins
Content warnings: blood, murder, character death, swearing, suggested manipulation within a relationship
'Kingdom of Salt and Sand' by Jewel Swe, illustrated by Mali Merttens
'Muse' by Dominic Depiazzi
'Unfamiliar Familial Grief' by Jesse Galea
Content warnings: death of a parent, pregnancy reference
'A Performance to Remember' by Sergio Muirson, illustrated by Joly Maxi
'The Nymph's Serenade' by Syarisa Yasin
Content warnings: sexual references
'The Morrison Era: A STEM Punk Piece' by Chris Raich
'The Warmth of Windows' by Madie Lea, illustrated by Sally Henderson
Content warnings: swearing, mentions of COVID-19
'One's True Lifeline' by Devahuti Chaliha
'Étoile de Minuit' by Robyn Lunn, illustrated by Clare Metcalf
'Candy Hearts' by Jewel Swe
Content warnings: grief, death
'Have Your Cake and Eat It Too' by Leila Marshall
'Space for a Heart' by Annie Mills
Content warnings: body horror and graphic anatomy
'Fallacies for Breakfast' by Himara Rathnayake
'The Worship of Mrs Aylett's Son' by Henry Farnan, illustrated by Chelsea Robins
Content warnings: body horror, gore, violence, medical/clinical psychology allusions, allusions to abusive parenting
'Soul Shadow' by Sharon Hayes, illustrated by Mali Merttens
'Cinnamon Candles' by Lucy Rohl, illustrated by Chelsea Robins
Content warnings: swearing
'Two Oh One' by Davis Anderson, illustrated by Mary Johnston
