The Archive · stories & poetry
Every entry here was recovered from somewhere it should not have been. Catalogued, tagged and left as found. Tune by band, or by form.
9 / 9 signals in band
On a muggy night in South Brisbane, a woman who wishes she could change the future finds an old man with electric blue eyes hanging from her balcony. He has come to give her exactly what she asked for.
A night operator at a listening station receives a map, transmitted line by line, of a place that has not been built yet. Her own house is on it.
Every night at 3:03, the old Queenslander hums a single note. The new owner sets out to find its source, and finds that the house has been listening back.
A satellite falls into the Coral Sea and keeps broadcasting from the dark. A poem for the things that go on calling long after anyone is listening.
In the rainforest above the falls, a girl trades her name for a lantern. The moths who take it are very polite about the debt.
An old radio, a dead station, and a voice between the frequencies that seems to know the shape of the room.
Driving west at midnight, a woman pulls into a rest stop that is not on any map. The other travellers there have been waiting a very long time.
In the deepest water, creatures make their own light. A small poem about carrying a lamp where no sun has ever reached.
One night in harvest season, a second moon rises over the cane fields. Only the children can see it, and it seems to be getting closer.
No signal in this band. Static only.