Short Story Stack

Nathan is sixteen and has written off his mother's car. She sends him to stay with his Koro who he's hardly seen since his father died. Told by Neil Wiremu.

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Poet Sudha Rao reflects on the challenges facing a teenage Indian girl who, in 1968, arrives with her family to live in Dunedin. Told by Rebecca Gregory.

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What might nostalgia look like in sixty years or so? And will there be any meaning to the idea of leaving things behind? Told by Harriet Prebble.

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Linda Collins' remarkable and very personal account of her teenage daughter's funeral.

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Finding a place between two cultures means some connections with your birth culture may become frayed and broken. Told by Cris Cucerzan.

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For Scarlet desperation is the mother of invention. Told by Rachel Foreman.

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A young woman's experience of racial micro-aggression is complicated for her by her friend's annoying partner. Told by Lynda Chanwai-Earl.

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A quick stopover in Rotorua doesn't quite work out as expected. Told by Jack Sergent.

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Dad never gets angry nor flustered - that is as long as you don't bring up your scepticism about his claim to have had a colourful childhood friend called Rumbo.

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A dystopian future in a southern, climate-changed continent. A small community is changed forever by the arrival of long-awaited rain. Told by Clare Moleta.

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