Island

Authors

  • Samantha Trayhurn Western Sydney University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.16.2.2017.3611

Keywords:

transgender, violence, literature, crime detective, island

Abstract

A short story of rape: "I push but there’s no push in me — my heavy limbs fall onto the sand. Conches wedge into my spine like new vertebrae. ‘Calcify,’ the crabs whisper. ‘Become crustacean! Scurry into the ocean.’ Or, ‘Sew legs shut with the discarded nets. Become a mermaid with nothing downthere!’"

Author Biography

Samantha Trayhurn, Western Sydney University

Samantha Trayhurn is a member of the Writing & Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University where she is completing her doctorate. Her work has been published in Overland, LiNQ Journal, Pure Slush and others. She is the founding editor of Pink Cover Zine and co-curator/founder of Cross Current Creative.

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Published

2017-12-15

How to Cite

Trayhurn, S. (2017). Island. ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.16.2.2017.3611