Locative Magazine

A Little Home for New Australian Writing


Issue 1

  • Fiction by Brionadh Hassett

    Fiction by Brionadh Hassett

    From the Offset Grace’s bare feet tap on the dashboard. Bowie spills from the windows into the quiet road. We pass an abandoned milk bar. A petrol station. A stockyards sign. —And if you say hide, we’ll hi-ie-ie-ide! Her voice is brighter now. —Because my love for you, would break my heart in two! —Gracie, Continue reading

  • Three Poems by Ben Adams

    Three Poems by Ben Adams

    starter motorcrisp cul-de-sac sits emptyin outer suburban dawnthe starter coughs three timeson an empty stomachbefore sputtering aliveand wipers stagger swipeacross the frost-wet glassreverse—swing out, shift back and edgeforward keep the engine from stallingclear head, cold morningaches accrue, bunkering downlike old money gathering interestbehind wrought iron gatesor tessellated footpaths swept cleanof the fallen leaves from London Continue reading

About us

Locative Magazine is a literary journal publishing fiction, nonfiction and poetry. We are based in Sydney, Australia and have a focus on new and original writing from local, emerging authors.

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