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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Firelight
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'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)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Text Publishing , 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Five Minutes, John Morrissey , single work short story
Ivy, John Morrissey , single work short story
The Rupture, John Morrissey , single work short story
Autoc, John Morrissey , single work short story
The Last Penny, John Morrissey , single work short story
Tommy Norli, John Morrissey , single work short story

'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)
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Works about this Work

Show Your Working : John Morrissey John Morrissey , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , February 2024;

'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) 
From Alexis Wright to Tony Birch and Evelyn Araluen: Powerful Books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Cher Tan , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2024;
— Review of Praiseworthy Alexis Wright , 2023 single work novel ; Edenglassie Melissa Lucashenko , 2023 single work novel ; Women and Children Tony Birch , 2023 single work novel ; Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story ; Harvest Lingo Lionel Fogarty , 2022 selected work poetry ; Close to the Subject : Selected Works Daniel Browning , 2023 selected work essay interview ; Dropbear Evelyn Araluen , 2021 selected work poetry essay ; The Yield Tara June Winch , 2019 single work novel
[Review] Firelight Terrence MacManus , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 166 2023;
— Review of Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story
Books Roundup : Four Dogs Missing, Firelight, Something Bad Is Going to Happen Simon McDonald , Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker , Laura Pettenuzzo , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2023;
— Review of Four Dogs Missing Rhys Gard , 2023 single work novel ; Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story ; Something Bad Is Going to Happen Jessie Stephens , 2023 single work novel
Lay down the Book : Stories as Containers of Emotion Claire G. Coleman , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 458 2023; (p. 51)
— Review of Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story

'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)
Lay down the Book : Stories as Containers of Emotion Claire G. Coleman , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 458 2023; (p. 51)
— Review of Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story

'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)
Books Roundup : Four Dogs Missing, Firelight, Something Bad Is Going to Happen Simon McDonald , Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker , Laura Pettenuzzo , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2023;
— Review of Four Dogs Missing Rhys Gard , 2023 single work novel ; Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story ; Something Bad Is Going to Happen Jessie Stephens , 2023 single work novel
[Review] Firelight Terrence MacManus , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 166 2023;
— Review of Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story
From Alexis Wright to Tony Birch and Evelyn Araluen: Powerful Books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Cher Tan , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2024;
— Review of Praiseworthy Alexis Wright , 2023 single work novel ; Edenglassie Melissa Lucashenko , 2023 single work novel ; Women and Children Tony Birch , 2023 single work novel ; Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story ; Harvest Lingo Lionel Fogarty , 2022 selected work poetry ; Close to the Subject : Selected Works Daniel Browning , 2023 selected work essay interview ; Dropbear Evelyn Araluen , 2021 selected work poetry essay ; The Yield Tara June Winch , 2019 single work novel
Show Your Working : John Morrissey John Morrissey , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , February 2024;

'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) 
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