Flyaway

This is a sharp and twisty mystery story, as wild and dangerous as the beautiful but brutal Australian landscape it describes. Its basis is in folktales and myths of mysterious creatures, but its heart is in the lovely, dark and descriptive prose which reflects the fact that its author is an artist. The story touches on themes of identity and the ways that we try to change ourselves in order to escape painful truths. This novella will be most satisfying when time is taken to savor the vivid imagery; be prepared for some parts of it to go unexplained.