This week's short story is 'GPS' by Cate Kennedy. It's a short story for lovers of twisted fairy tales and bushland suspense. Every girl should have a grandmother like this one in their lives.
Cate Kennedy has been writing and publishing short stories, along with poetry, novels and essays for over three decades. Recent short stories have been published in The Saturday Paper, and the anthologies The Scarlet Stilleto: 30 Years of Mystery, Murder and Malice, and Into Your Arms : Nick Cave’s Songs Reimagined. When not in Castlemaine, Victoria, Cate can be found teaching on the faculty of the MFA in Creative Writing at Pacific University in Portland, Oregon.
'GPS' was performed live at StorySALOON on May 6 by Jules Billington. A NIDA graduate, Jules works as an actor, director, and performance and movement coach. Their film credits include Buckley's Chance and iconic queer Australian feature films Ellie & Abbie (and Ellie’s Dead Aunt) and All About E. On stage, they're known for their stunning performances at Belvoir, MTC and Bell Shakespeare. Jules is returning to the stage in June, in Corialanus, at Bell Shakespeare company's new theatre space, The Neilson Nutshell.
'GPS' by Cate Kennedy is from the anthology South of the Sun: Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century, published for the Australian Fairy Tale Society, by Serenity Press, 2021.
Coming up in our next episode: 'Baggage Claim' by Paddy O'Reilly, read by Monica Sayers.
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