Published in Overland Issue Fiction in Lockdown · Fiction Fiction in Lockdown Elena Gomez How do you theme a fiction special that was created and pulled together in the depths of a global pandemic and severe lockdown? You don’t. You find a collection of talented writers and let them do what they do best. Thanks to the support of a Creative Victoria grant, this fiction special features a very talented selection of writers whose stories offer us a brief reprieve from the world we’ve all inhabited this year. This is not pandemic fiction but a collection of stories that offer provocations, immersive worlds, and the funny and strange parts of life that only art can reveal. These are stories that ask what it is to be human, and what it is to love, in ways that transcend global events. We are so grateful to the writers for creating and sharing their work during trying times, and for trusting us with their work. Dominic Amerena – Tender and Doomed Khalilah Okeke – Gilded Edges Vincent Silk – Red and Blue Flames Laura Stortenbeker – As Armour Khalid Warsame – Plumburn Read the rest of Fiction in Lockdown, edited by Elena Gomez If you enjoyed this special edition, subscribe and receive a year’s worth of print issues, the online magazine, special editions and discounted entry to our literary competitions Elena Gomez Elena Gomez is a poet and book editor living in Melbourne. She is the author of Body of Work (Cordite) and a number of chapbooks. More by Elena Gomez › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 23 February 202427 February 2024 · Fiction My wedding cheesemonger Sophia Benjamin He’s my wedding cheesemonger. Bertolio Fiorucci, a completely authentic Romano émigré from Trastevere, Roma (the real thing), who came to Melbourne’s East a few decades back. And thank God, because he’s been loving me hard with his fine artisanal cheeses ever since. Their quality is simply beyond. 8 December 2023 · Fiction Fiction | The Victims Emma Jayne Willson Every morning I checked the Director’s calendar to ensure there were no meeting clashes, no opportunity for her polished façade to slip. Once I’d made the mistake of booking two meetings without leaving ten minutes between them, thus forcing her to run across the sprawling campus. She arrived late for her meeting with the Provost, […]
