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Glenorchy Royal Let us regress a few weeks, before the scene at the homely Junction Hotel. Before the discovery of the headless body. Before any names were written down, even in a dog-eared notebook. The world barely notices such half-invisible men until a cause arises to record them – for all their swagger. This was Read more
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Autopsy at the Junction Hotel Sound of hooves and iron‑shod wheels on gravel reached the Junction Hotel door, a rare interruption in the sleepy settlement. Huish‑Huish brushed back her hair before going to answer the knock. A detective stood at the doorstep, one finger tapping lightly against his thigh. He was waiting for Mow Fung to Read more
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Mushanokoji Saneatsu’s novella The Innocent (1911) incorporates an anecdote that, at first glance, might seem eccentric. Chapter 7 offers a poignant portrait of Jibun’s uncle, prompted by the uncle’s cancer diagnosis and Jibun’s complex emotional response, including reflections on their relationship. Among a few stories expressing the uncle’s colorful character and past, Jibun tells how Read more
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Though railway convention would designate a train travelling from Horsham toward Melbourne as an up train, I have titled this chapter Down Train from Horsham intentionally. The descent invoked here is not geographical but tonal: a movement into rougher country, uncertain fortunes, and subterranean narrative currents. It is, in spirit, a passage downward. Down Train Read more
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I’d like to share the draft of a novel I’ve been writing — a work in progress that’s now nearing completion. I’ll be posting chapters every few weeks as I continue to refine and shape the manuscript. The idea began while I was researching the life of my great-great-grandfather, a Chinese immigrant to Australia during Read more
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