other-writing – Alex Mullarky

Retreat at Moniack Mhor

So the week before last I was really struggling to get into edits on a book I’ve been working on for a while (since 2015 if you really want to know, don’t cry, it’s fine) and my lovely wife suggested I go away for the week to get stuck in. That very morning, I’d hadContinue reading “Retreat at Moniack Mhor”

Witchtober

Over the past month I have been writing a piece of flash fiction every day, using prompts from @willowandroxas on Instagram for #WillowWitchtober. I have really been feeling the spooky season this year so even though I think the challenge is mainly aimed at visual artists, it seemed like a lot of fun to writeContinue reading “Witchtober”

A Guide to Inglewood Forest

If you don’t know what any of this means, a tabletop RPG is a game you can play with friends around a table (or on discord/zoom etc in these times) with pencils, paper and dice. Dungeons and Dragons is the most famous example. It’s basically like group storytelling which is what I love about it.Continue reading “A Guide to Inglewood Forest”

Nesting on Elsewhere

I don’t write poetry very often (although I would like to). A poem I wrote about six years ago has been published on Elsewhere: A Journal of Place today.

Walking Among Giants

This is an article I wrote in 2016 for Wild Melbourne, now part of Remember the Wild. Logging in the Toolangi Forest – one of Victoria’s most precious old growth forests – is due to take place in a coupe adjacent to the Kalatha Giant from this week. The tree itself is protected, but theContinue reading “Walking Among Giants”