'A man treads water in the Swan River, hoping to bring his friend back to shore. Three siblings gaze skyward seeking a comet among the stars. A mother and daughter grapple with their fraught relationship and an inappropriate birthday cake. Bushfires sweep a Perth suburb while a woman, still burnt from a previous relationship, lessens the divide between an individual and their community.
'In Greater City Shadows, Laurie Steed shines a light on the tremendous complexity and beauty of everyday relationships. From unrequited first love and burnt flames of the past to early parenthood stresses and tense friendships. These short stories are vulnerable and tender ― a captivating collection reminding us that to be connected is to be human.' (Publication summary)
'Drawing on our internal worlds and the people that surround us, when pushing through a dark situation, finding the light.'
'This collection of short stories is an intimate and evocative appraisal of relationships.'
Laurie Steed on Writing the Short Story Form
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2024
27994874
2024
single work
podcast
interview
'Laurie Steed is a novelist and short story writer. Greater City Shadows, his short story collection, was shortlisted for the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. He also published a memoir, Love Dad: Confessions of an Anxious Father, in 2023.
'His fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in The Age, Meanjin, Overland, Island, Westerly, and elsewhere.' (Production summary)
'This collection of short stories is an intimate and evocative appraisal of relationships.'
Laurie Steed on Writing the Short Story Form
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2024
27994874
2024
single work
podcast
interview
'Laurie Steed is a novelist and short story writer. Greater City Shadows, his short story collection, was shortlisted for the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. He also published a memoir, Love Dad: Confessions of an Anxious Father, in 2023.
'His fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in The Age, Meanjin, Overland, Island, Westerly, and elsewhere.' (Production summary)
'Drawing on our internal worlds and the people that surround us, when pushing through a dark situation, finding the light.'
