Crossed Wires
Not yet published
*Commended in the KSP Short Fiction Awards 2023*
From judge David Allan-Petale: “An audaciously intricate story revealed through a crossword – a joy to read that builds on Burrow’s oeuvre as a literary alchemist.”
The Blue Fox
A scream in the night. Something is chasing you through the streets of London. Something is playing on your mind.
School Run
Microfiction about parenthood and running late for school.
Green Thumbs
Not Yet Published
*Second Place in the 2021 Stuart Hadow Short Story Competition* From Judge Susan Midalia: ”What distinguishes this moving story is its unexpectedness: its audacious contrast of the blatantly sexual, symbolised by the vagina-shaped flower with which the story begins, and the terrible pathos of a daughter’s death. Narrated in the first person by the father, the story derives its emotional power from its linguistic restraint… It’s a story about guilt, anger and helplessness, in which the use of fragmented sentences, in the very act of utterance, enact the inexpressible nature of grief.”
*Highly Commended in the Writers Forum Short Story Competition*
Rice Bubbles
Microfiction about masculinity, graffiti, and rice bubbles.
*Longlisted for the August 2021 Furious Fiction Competition*
Love-You-Lots
Litro – February 2021
Sure, Mike might have been caught shoplifting, but he ain’t bothered. He’s not afraid of hospital security.
The Brothers Rose
Fudoki – September 2020
Every Day Fiction – July 2015
A modern day fairytale, an urban folkstory, a bit of magic in the concrete jungle.
Hardboiled
Control Literary Magazine – February 2015
A classic, hardboiled detective story that takes place entirely in one frazzled, slightly hungover mind.
Timetravel for Dummies
Aurealis #52 – July 2012
What would you do if you discovered the secret to timetravel? Probably not this…
Poetic Justice
Trove – December 2010
There’s a killer on the loose, and only the NYPD (New York Poetry Division) can catch him.
*Winner of ‘Editors Choice Award for Best Work’ in Trove, Issue 1*
*Nominated for a ‘WA Science Fiction Achievement Award’ at SwanCon: The 36th Annual Western Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention*
Kate
dotdotdash – December 2010
A 50 word story that contains a lifetime.
*Winner of the Brian Dibble Super Short Story Competition*
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