Fictions

From an exploration of indigenous fictocriticism to a deeper dive into speculative fiction - with a futurist bent and a draft novel in the pocket - the politics of imagination remains the focus. The novel is currently being revised into a collection of short stories (post-apocalypse pluralist futurism) for 2025 publication.

‘Te whakaora | The cure’ (a risograph printed chapbook), in collaboration with Kelly Joseph (Wellington: The chronicle of <_____> press, 2024).

Tunnelling. Huia Short Stories 13 (Wellington: Huia, 2019). Runner up, Pikihuia Māori Fiction Awards 2019.

‘Pitter patter, Papatūānuku’ (fictocritical piece in the voices of Papatūānuku, Tangaroa and Tāne, responding to five video artworks by Alex Monteith), first published in Brief 54, 2016.

‘Riding pulses’ (commissioned piece on rhythm as a remedy), Rongoā Remedies (Enjoy Publications: Wellington, 2015). From the Remedies series of art books by Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko.

‘Cheonggyecheon’ (fictocriticism in the voice of a river, responding to Fiona Amundsen’s Miracle on the Han River), Landfall 216, 2008.

‘Portal in a storm’ (commissioned story for group exhibition of same name, curated by Rebecca Ann Hobbs), rm 103, Auckland, 2007.