Firelight

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A wildly imaginative, page-turning collection featuring ghost stories, science fiction and satire, with Aboriginal characters at its heart.

'Firelight introduces us to a young writer with a dedication to the craft of short fiction. Each of John Morrissey's stories is a gem, while the collection as a whole is superb.' Tony Birch

An imprisoned man with strange visions writes letters to his sister.

A controversial business tycoon leaves his daughter a mysterious inheritance.

A child is haunted by a green man with a message about the origins of their planet.

In this striking collection of stories, the award-winning John Morrissey investigates colonialism and identity without ever losing sight of his characters' humanity. Brilliantly imagined and masterfully observed, Firelight marks the debut of a writer we will be reading for decades to come.

'Exhilarating...Blends and bends genres.' Jennifer Down

'A beguiling, evocative delight...I would be happy to recommend this collection to any curious reader-regardless of their usual position as a speculative fiction lover or hater. There's something about his confident, conversational writing style that allows Morrissey to encase very abnormal events in everyday settings in a way that feels completely believable.' Readings

'One of my favourite reads this year-eerie and unsettling, with a slightly satirical bent...Tackles heavy topics such as resources mining, Indigenous dispossession and environmental ethics in surreal and unexpected ways.' Maxine Beneba Clarke, Spectrum

'Firelight is even better and weirder than I could have imagined...The writing is elegant, the humour dry and subtle, the ideas fresh and absurd-this all makes for an exciting book.' Sydney Review of Books

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781922790378
Published: August 2023

Number of pages: 256
Width: 155 mm
Height: 234 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Publisher: Text Publishing