Literature

Introduction The requirement for a Serious Case Review (SCR) in the event of a child fatality was by and large a product of a recent policy development by the state…

‘Julie,’ I say, bracing to confess my final sin. ‘I need . . . to tell you . . .’BANG. The Stadium’s field halogens flare like suns and midnight becomes…

The Orchard, as it turns out, is not part of the Stadium’s farming system. It’s their one and only pub, or at least the closest thing they have to a…

I am Perry Kelvin, and this is my last day alive.What a strange feeling, waking up to that awareness. All my life I have battled the alarm clock, pummelling the…

In my old days of scavenging the city I often gazed up at the Stadium walls and imagined a paradise inside. I assumed it was perfect, that everyone was happy…

Slow steps. Mud under boots. Look nowhere else. Strange mantras loop through my head. Old bearded mutterings from dark alleys. Where are you going, Perry? Foolish child. Brainless boy. Where?…

The sports arena Julie calls home is unaccountably large, perhaps one of those dual-event ‘super-venues’ built for an era when the greatest quandary facing the world was where to put…

I am young. I am a teenage boy aflame with health, strong and virile and pounding with energy. But I get older. Every second ages me. My cells spread themselves…

‘Nurse Nora,’ Julie says with a smile. ‘Sounds like a kids’ TV show.”Why a nurse?’ I ask. ‘Why not go for doctor?’ Nora scoffs. ‘Oh, yeah, seven years of college?…

Ten minutes later, the storm has launched into its big opening movement, and we are getting soaked. The convertible was a poor choice for a day like this. Neither of…

The scene as Julie and I make our way out of the airport resembles either a wedding procession or a buffet line. The Dead are lined up in the halls…

I awake to the sound of screaming.My eyes snap open and I spit a few bugs out of my mouth. I lurch upright. The sound is far away but it’s…

‘You need to corner sharper. You keep almost running off the road when you turn right.’I crank the skinny leather wheel and drop my foot onto the accelerator. The Mercedes…

Introduction When Karl Marx spoke of commodities in the late Nineteenth century he imbued them with a central role in the life and purpose of modern society. They were not…

I take Julie to the food court, and she gives me an odd look when I immediately start moving towards the Thai restaurant. As we get closer she cringes and…

In the morning, my wife finds me slumped against one of the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the runways. My eyes are open and full of dust. My head leans to one…

The cracked pavement rumbles under our truck’s tyres. It abuses the old Ford’s creaky suspension, making a quiet roar like stifled rage. I look at my dad. He looks older…

After delivering our abundant harvest of leftover flesh to the non-hunters – the Boneys, the children, the stay-at-home moms – I take Julie to my house. My fellow Dead give…

Introduction This study is aimed at exploring the role of vocational education and training (VET) in developing a skilled workforce and meeting the requirements of an efficient and well-functioning modern…

It’s time to feed again.I don’t know how long it’s been since our last hunting trip, probably just a few days, but I feel it. I feel the electricity in…