Joe
Male | 20s | Under 3 minutes
Starts on page 31
EXTRACT: The ground is burning up. Giving birth to this mad zoo of animals fleeing ragtag into the night. Taipans and blacksnakes winding about my feet. Galahs shrieking. I saw a roo hop past me on fire; lighting up more cane as he crashed on through. I gave up out there, May. Smoke filled the night and I breathed in deep. Let it fill my lungs like sails and take me away.
Contains coarse languageMay
Female | Teen | Under 3 minutes
Starts on page 65
Intended for an Indigenous Australian performer
EXTRACT: You think I wanted this?... I tried. After you went. After you up and ran. I spent every morning crying and vomiting, hiding out in the showers. They thought it was just cos you left. That I made myself sick on a schoolgirl crush. They didn't know what was growing in my belly. They didn't know what I would do to get rid of it.
Contains adult themesDolly
Female | 40s | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 70
EXTRACT: I ran the water in the tub and I laid my head back and closed my eyes. Nice not to think for a while. I felt the water around me and I felt like an island. I know it sounds funny but it was so peaceful, Dennis. All on my own with no thoughts to bother me. So nice not to think./I had the razor there to shave my legs and I thought what it must feel like, to hold it up and cut my throat. Just a nick. Only for a moment. It felt just like a lullaby.
Contains adult themes