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Editorial Reflection – Winter 2O26

Reflection

by Sailor Rose, Tori Brown, and Xana Robbins

Resolute

Short Story Fiction (Part 4)

by Felipe Brenny

Gambit

Short Story Fiction (Part 3)

by Felipe Brenny

6 Characters in Search of an Author: Ad Astra’s take on a seminal metatheatrical piece

Theatre Review: Ad Astra ‘6 Characters in Search of an Author’

by Cameron Scott

Counting the Books That Built Us

Event review: Top 100 Books with ABC Radio National

by Tangqing Zhang

The Grammar of Seasons

Poetry

by Tangqing Zhang

Consequences for a Threadbare Doll

Fiction

by Regan Chern

Signature

Poetry

by Sailor Rose

[South Australia, 2Ol3] after an absent father

Poetry

by Regan Chern

ScratchThat Magazine preserves creative history with ‘Timestamp’ issue

Event Sneakpeak, News Story

by MJ Head

Alien

Erasure Poetry

by Tori Brown

[Hawaii, 2OO9] from the perspective of a jar of honeymoon sand

Poetry

by Regan Chern

A Boy Who Was Not Yet a Boy and a Man Who Was Not Yet a Star

Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir

by Ollie Linton

Outdated Visions of the Future

Non-Fiction Article

by Catherine Maticka

The Leftovers

Short Story

by Regan Chern

Laying to rest

Ekphrastic Poetry

by Cameron Scott & Sailor Rose

[Cairns in Summer] after nights, long and humid

Poetry

by Regan Chern

The Isolation of Nostalgia

 Non-Fiction

by Helen Thomas

Jägermeister

Poetry

by Catherine Maticka

Lulu’s Trip To The Dry Cleaners

Fiction

by Catherine Maticka

[China, Ming Dynasty] after the brutality of emperors

Poetry

by Regan Chern

Change of Plans

Short Story Fiction (Part 3)

by Felipe Brenny

Child Like

Art Installation 

by Sayge Potter

Old Lovers

Ekphrastic Poetry

by Ollie Linton & Ava Sharp

The Dyer’s Weed, Woad Bath

Poetry

by Regan Chern

The Gaze

Poetry

by Cameron Scott

Pocket Poems Reflection

Event Reflection

by the ScratchThat Editorial Board

Incomplete Understanding

Short Story Fiction (Part 2)

by Felipe Brenny

The Editorial Expectations of the Modern Traveller

Creative Non-Fiction

by Sailor Rose

The Fog and the Evergreen

Poetry

by Cameron Scott

Uncanny Bloom

Mixed Media Sculpture

by Xana Robbins

Travel Nostalgia Lies to You

Non-Fiction, Memoir

by Helen Thomas

[San Francisco, l976] after Armistead Maupin’s ‘Tales of The City’

Poetry

by Regan Chern

[The end of the 6O’s] after Joan Didion’s ‘The White Album’

Poetry

by Regan Chern

The Timekeepers

Fiction

by Helen Thomas

How Jemima Wyman’s exploration of camouflage relates to you

Art Gallery Review: Jemima Wyman

by Sayge Potter

[American in Japan, late l945] after stories of war brides 

Poetry

by Regan Chern

Unfortunate Reality

Short Story Fiction (Part 1)

by Felipe Brenny

Confection

Ekphrastic Poetry

by Charlie Nieuwenhuyzen & Regan Chern

Of what once was

Photoshop Collage

by Xana Robbins

A Family Photo Album

Creative Non-Fiction

by Regan Chern