'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.'(Publication summary)
'Tommy Norli was born on Murchison Station to a black mother and a white father. His father waited until two days after the birth to come and visit mother and child. By way of making up for his delay-or maybe for the pregnancy itself-he brought Tommy a rattle he had made from a dry gourd and a lamb's knuckle...' (Introduction)
'Reviewing John Morrissey’s collection of short stories, Mykaela Saunders shows how the author’s flexible use of speculative fiction suspends the reader between allegorical explorations of colonisation and an investment in the weird and beautiful.' (Introduction)
'Show Your Working is a regular column exploring how some of our favourite writers get things done. In this instalment, we take a peek into the writing routine of author John Morrissey. His debut collection of short stories, Firelight, is out now.' (Introduction)
'The best literary short fiction gives the author an opportunity to stretch their limbs from poetry into abstraction, painting emotion in words without the need to make figurative or even internal sense. The story does not need to be a medium for delivering ‘story’, as such, but can become a container of emotion, for the feelings the artist intends to deliver. The emotion delivered by literary fiction teaches us to feel empathy for the characters, making the short form an effective empathy delivery vehicle.' (Introduction)
'Reviewing John Morrissey’s collection of short stories, Mykaela Saunders shows how the author’s flexible use of speculative fiction suspends the reader between allegorical explorations of colonisation and an investment in the weird and beautiful.' (Introduction)
'Show Your Working is a regular column exploring how some of our favourite writers get things done. In this instalment, we take a peek into the writing routine of author John Morrissey. His debut collection of short stories, Firelight, is out now.' (Introduction)
