• Back Here.

    Back Here.

    “Then, I see your face and I no longer have any desire to fight for my next breath. Your touch burns my skin. I feel your fist against my cheekbone.” Read more

  • She

    She

    “Wrecked women / Screaming at us, in pain / And fear / But men sway to their hurt …” Read more

  • A Letter to Survivors

    A Letter to Survivors

    “Seeing these words in his handwriting was the only truth that could have ever convinced me that I really was in an abusive relationship …” Read more

  • Easter

    Easter

    “At my back the blade refracts. I feel the rush.” Read more

  • Munting Behind The Shed

    Munting Behind The Shed

    “and as i tried to / close windows / in your head / i think i / instead / smashed them …” Read more

  • Of Bookshelves and Barometers

    Of Bookshelves and Barometers

    “Victor Mott is perchance the worst salesman to ever exist. And yet, he’s perfect.” Read more

  • Imagining

    Imagining

    “it’s not about my physical pain / it’s the pain of their disbelief.” Read more

  • I Still Wanted To Love You Until The End

    I Still Wanted To Love You Until The End

    “In the darkness, I still lie on my side of the bed. By doing that, you’re still here, sleeping next to me.” Read more

  • Hitch

    Hitch

    This is an extract from the beginning of Kathryn’s debut novel Hitch, which will be published by Penguin Random House Australia in 2019. Read more

  • No Home Runs This Afternoon

    No Home Runs This Afternoon

    “we laugh in our rummage sale kitchen / flat soda water mixed with room temperature despair / are we lost?” Read more