A review by mawaridi
New Australian Fiction 2020 by Jack Vening, Daria Lebedyeva, Mirandi Riwoe, Jessie Tu, K. A. Rees, Katerina Gibson, Sophie Overett, Maame Blue, Madeleine Watts, Mykaela Saunders, Jack Kirne, Rebecca Starford, Laura Stortenbeker, Claire G. Coleman, Laura McPhee-Browne, Elizabeth Flux, Donna Mazza

4.0

Much like the first volume of KYD's New Australian Fiction last year, I enjoyed this collection immensely. Such a great spread of stories, from the introspective to the deeply bizarre and even darkly funny. Laura Stortenbeker's painful unravelling Low Light, the haunting commodification of trauma in Among the Ruins by K.A. Rees, and Donna Mazza's astonishing body horror The Fingerprint were my very favourites, but I also really enjoyed the stories by Claire G Coleman, Laura McPhee-Browne, Maame Blue and Mykaela Saunders, and Elizabeth Flux's delightful I Go To Pieces had an ending that made me laugh out loud in surprise. A great assortment of stories.