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Issue 33: Historical Fiction is here!

February 18, 2021April 1, 2021 By Underground Team

When we sought submissions for this issue, we wrote that, ‘What makes historical fiction captivating is not the absence of modern inventions but

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Issue 31: Sci-fi has arrived!

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Lola Issue 31: Sci-fi can be downloaded for FREE here Issue 31: Sci-fi features short stories from Jake Dean, Rachelle

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Issue 30: Thriller is here!

May 5, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

For your reading pleasure we are pleased to present issue 30: Thriller, hot off the virtual press!  Interview Coordinator Shelley Carter compiled and

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Issue 29 release!

February 5, 2020August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Liana Wright The first edition of the Underground Writers zine for 2020 is here! ‘Romance’ is special because, apart from

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Issue 28: Invitation

November 5, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Frank Candilaro ‘Invitation’ is special because, apart from being our 28th issue, it is being released on the 10th birthday

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Issue 27: Case

August 5, 2019August 4, 2019 By Underground Team

Cover by Jess Gately Issue 27: Case is here On page 6 you’ll find this issue’s book review by yours truly, then our

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Issue 26: Ashes

May 5, 2019August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover by Ari Moore Issue 26: Ashes is here for your reading pleasure. This month we bring you a tasting plate of short

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Issue 25 is here!

February 5, 2019February 1, 2019 By Underground Team

It’s a new year and we’re happy to be presenting issue #25 of the Underground Writers zine, featuring more fantastic work by a

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Issue 24 has arrived!

November 5, 2018September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 24 has arrived! The cover this issue was designed by WA-based artist Jonathan Park, whom you can find on Instagram at @fresh_kb Our

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Issue 23 is here!

August 5, 2018September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 23 is here! This issue features our first ever visual storytelling piece: South Pacific by Louise Falconer. Our short stories are from Bayveen O’Connell

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Issue 22 release!

May 5, 2018May 7, 2018 By Underground Team

Issue 22: Pop! is here! This issue we’re very happy to have our cover designed by the talented Perth-based Alisa Dempster—you can follow

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Issue 21: Mythological Figures

February 6, 2018November 18, 2020 By Jess

Issue 21: Mythological Figures is here! This issue is packed full of poetic goodness form MTC Cronin & Peter Boyle, Alys Jackson, Elise

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Issue 20: Nostalgia

November 5, 2017September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 20: Nostalgia is here! This issue you’ll find some excellent poetry by Allan Lake, Jan Price and Bradley Baronner, a few delectable

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Issue 19: The List is here!

August 4, 2017September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 19: The List has arrived! Featuring a book review by our own Shelley Timms, poetry from Eileen Chong, Genevieve Deeds-Page, Kristin Martin,

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Issue 18: Black Hole is here!

May 4, 2017September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 18: Black Hole is here! Featuring a review by our very own Jessica Gately, poems from Anthea Yang and Jan Price, and

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Issue 16 is here!

November 6, 2016March 23, 2017 By Underground Team

Issue 16 asks the question: what is normal? Featuring a review of Holly Bourne’s YA book Am I Normal Yet? by editor Jessica, two poems

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Issue 15: Change is here

August 7, 2016March 18, 2017 By Chris

Issue 15 features works of poetry and short fiction that explore facets of change, both its unpredictable presence and equally fickle absence. Our

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Issue 14: Bittersweetness has arrived

April 10, 2016March 23, 2017 By Chris

Issue 14 features works that explore the parallels and contrasts of Bitterness and Sweetness, embodied in joy and pain, beauty and conflict, comfort and

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Issue 13: The Shadowed Side has arrived

February 7, 2016March 23, 2017 By Chris

Issue 13 is finally here, and features creative writing’s Shadowed Side, where reside the things we hide, things other’s cannot abide. Our feature

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Issue 11 now available!

October 2, 2015August 9, 2020 By Chris

12th June, 2015 Issue 11 is now live! Featuring pieces received in the three-year gap since our last issue, issue 11 is our

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Red Hot Release! Issue 10!

July 27, 2012August 9, 2020 By Chris

Hi all, Just a quick late-night update (well, ‘late-night’ over here in Australia… it’s 1AM!), and an exciting one at that! We may

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Boom shakalaka! It’s Issue 9!

April 1, 2012August 9, 2020 By Chris

Hi folks! Sorry to disappoint, but this is not some kind of elaborate April Fools prank. Nope, you read right: Underground Issue 9

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Happy New Year! Issue 8 and a new writing activity?! Say it ain’t so…

January 3, 2012August 9, 2020 By Chris

Howdy howdy, writers and readers alike, After a long, long wait, Issue 8 has finally been released. Now, you’ve probably got a few

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What is that I spy on the horizon? Could it be…? Issue 7…?

August 10, 2011August 9, 2020 By Chris

Hi all! Just dropping in with a quick announcement: Issue 7 is released! You can find it over in our Issues section. It’s

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Issue 6 appears from the wild!

May 2, 2011August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Hi all, Chris here. Again. Don’t act like you’re not getting tired of seeing me start all my posts in the same way.

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We Wish You a Merry Issue 5… wait, that doesn’t work…

December 4, 2010August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Hi all, Issue 5 is out and ready for you to sink your teeth into. It’s an extra-length issue (your submissions were all

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Issue 4, come on down…!

August 31, 2010August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Hi all, Issue 4 is out and ready for you to read! As always, some fantastic submissions and it’s thanks to all our

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Issue 3 finally crawls into release!

May 16, 2010August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Hi all, I’m not going to lie, we really dropped the ball on this one. A solid month and a half late and

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New Challenger Approaches… Issue Two!

December 30, 2009August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Hi all! It’s a little later than planned, but Issue Two is up and ready to go! Head on over to the Issues/Other

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Announcing… Our First Issue!

October 25, 2009August 9, 2020 By Chris

Our first issue has been released! Head on over to the Issues section to have a peek. Major thanks to all our submitters;

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