HOLY REVELATIONS (UNQUIET SPIRITS, FEB 2023)
shortlisted, australasian shadows awards for non-fiction
On a still summer’s night, the Holy Spirit descends. A campsite scattered with wooden cabins, surrounded by a whispering fringe of Australian natives. Amped-down electric guitars, casting wistful chords from the windows of the community hall. Within, it’s dark. Only the multicoloured spots from a cheap disco light whirl over upturned faces. A forest of teenagers, straining towards heaven.
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What I’m Reading (Meanjin, Oct 2022)
My relationship with speculative fiction has the flavour of an intimate romance. To be captivated by a mind-bending short story; to guiltily bookmark your intergalactic saga so you can spend a delightful evening with a horror novella. There is something visceral and lovely about reading beyond the real.
My Asian identity gave me superpowers–and it’s why I write
(SBS Voices, Aug 2022)
After a while, the shapeshifting became exhausting. I began to feel as though I had multiple selves within me, but none of them were genuine. If I’d spent my entire life wearing different skins in a desperate attempt to blend in, how could I possibly know who I was?
Sparks From Stone Guts
(Zou Mat Je #1, Sep 2021)
My mother pushes play. The cassette clicks and rolls, glossy tape unspooling in the radio’s innards. The little girl bursts from the speakers: high pitched, bold, splashing in the bathtub. But she is not me, is not me, is still not me.
Grace Chan 