In the cult

Fiction ∙ “No judgement, just a choice in place of no-choice.”

Before you ask, it was definitely Michael Douglas

Fiction ∙ “But Michael Douglas’s face is hidden by the rings of Saturn.”

2018 Subbed In Chapbook Prize finalists announced

We had an overwhelming response to the callout with more than 100 entries. We were staggered by the quality of the submissions received and after much deliberation managed to narrow the list of finalists down to 14.

Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, EssaySubbed In5 September 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, poems, experimental, chapbook prize, 2018, finalists, old1

Grape Soup

Fiction ∙ "I hold air inside my hand, and I look very closely and try to see what is inside of it."

FictionLily Golightly28 August 2018ibis house, subbed in, short story, fiction, lily golightly, grape soup, old1

THE NEXT TRAIN TO DEPART IBIS HOUSE

Fiction ∙ Video Game ∙ "The Ghost House was on land that used to be an orchard, you're not sure if it's been developed yet but you know it wasn't when you were a kid."

Fiction, Video GameTegan Webb23 August 2018ibis house, subbed in, fiction, tegan webb, twine, video game, interactive, train, interactive story, old1

Terror Australis

Fiction ∙ "My company makes a killing sourcing out our sustainable, up-cycled crosses to the federal government."

A Hammer Will Fall

Fiction ∙ "He couldn’t say exactly when he’d had the idea of breaking in, but somewhere he’d been told that spark plugs could break a window without making a sound."

FictionMaris Depers15 August 2018ibis house, subbed in, short story, maris depers, a hammer will fall, wollongong, old1

Burrow of Peridot and Sunshine Magazine

Fiction ∙ "New variations on the traditional understanding of the universe are explored through a synergistic blend of spaghetti remnants on corrugated picked cat fur."

Au Naturel

Fiction ∙ "A naked woman, metaphor had taught me, was either a weakness or a strength. She might be a panther or a worm, depending on the book that you were reading, but a naked man just was, like a rock pool: as neutral as the Swiss."

FictionYen Radecki22 July 2018ibis house, subbed in, fiction, Yen Radecki, short story, au naturel, old1, old2

The other day I saw an old friend. She said, ‘How are you?’ I said, ‘I’m good. How are you?’ She said, ‘I’m good, too.’ Then we went our separate ways.

Fiction ∙ "A friend’s father’s moonshine rearranges my insides, makes me vomit up the sun."

FictionJennifer Nguyen8 July 2018ibis house, subbed in, fiction, jennifer nguyen, old1, old2

Open Letter To Whichever Able-Bodied Nerd Hacked My Cybernetic Leg Braces

Fiction ∙ "Dear Able-Bodied Nerd, I first suspected something was up when my cybernetic leg braces started playing “These Boots Are Made For Walking” by Nancy Sinatra every 100 steps I took."

FictionAlistair Baldwin18 June 2018ibis house, subbed in, alistair baldwin, open letter, fiction, old1, old2

Split Ends

Fiction ∙ "The plate seems to have acted fairly, unlike my housemates."

FictionJessie Perrin26 May 2018ibis house, subbed in, poetry, poem, fiction, jessie perrin, split ends, old1, old2

Honey Heart

Fiction ∙ "My heart’s encrusted with little wax hexagons crawling with the larvae of 300 past crushes"

Farmville • Avocados • Demi Lovato

Fiction ∙ "Sometimes when I’m at a crossroads, or in an awkward conversation, or sometimes even when I’m struggling to fall asleep at 3AM doing nothing of significance at all, I let Demi Lovato guide my life choices."

Dog Hair 🐾

Fiction ∙ "How do you even begin to explain the concept of matrimony to a dog? The answer is you can’t."

FictionVictoria Manifold24 January 2018fiction, short story, victoria manifold, 240418, old1, old2