The Opposite of Disappearing

I am proud to have been a part of the process publishing and editing this new collection of short stories with Laura Norris. Like Crossed Spaces this collection provided an opportunity for new and established authors to write short stories that are appropriate for teens and really make us think. This collection is quite fascinating. A big range of stories. I was part of the team that edited this collection, but also included one my own!

Click here to purchase from the publisher: Rhiza Edge

Here’s the blurb:

The centre of the room houses her favourite thing in the space: a dragonfly encased in amber. She loves the thin, delicate markings on its webbed wings, the tiny buds of its antennae. This is history. This is something precious stopped in time. And while it makes her sad to think of how the dragonfly made its sticky end, she thinks how cool is it that time can march on while it lies there, preserved in inexhaustible detail?’

A homeless boy walks the city in search of a prized possession. A couple wakes to a day where the sun refuses to rise. Two housemates, reeling from the loss of their friend, are saddled with the care of a pot plant. A new student attempts to include herself in the worst known environment: a new school. A girl, lost in time, adapts to the new normal.


These fourteen short stories explore connectivity, resilience, grief and the small ways to navigate the uncertainties of life. 

Authors included: Sandy Bigna, D. J. Blackmore, Geraldine Borella, Samantha-Ellen Bound, Niko Campbell-Ellis, Peter Clarkson, Kelly Emmerton, Carla Fitzgerald, Kate Gordon, Deborah Huff-Horwood, Elizabeth Macintosh, Laura Norris, Frances Prentice and R. A. Stephens.