Hitting 15 of Brisbane's trendiest café's from Valentine's day will become a lot more interesting as you'll be bale to read one of 12 micro romance-related stories printed
on your paper napkin, all written by
Brisbane
authors and printed by
Tiny Owl Workshop.
Whether you’re looking for love, are lovelorn or all loved
up there’s a 300-word story or two for everyone printed on the paper napkins,
says QUT humanities graduate Sue Wright who asked emerging Brisbane authors to
write a piece of flash fiction about finding/losing love.
“The response was tremendous and we have a variety of
quirky, fun stories that can be read in the time it takes to imbibe a coffee,”
Ms Wright says.
“There’s a love-at-first-sight story, a falling out of love
story, a love across a crowded room story, a short memoir, and one about a
gamer and his anxiety-filled attempt to ask a non-gamer out.
“I thought the napkin stories seemed like a great way for
people to connect with and celebrate local writers. Brisbane has some
wonderfully talented writers and we’re keen to help get their stories out
there, and the cafes have been fantastically supportive.’
QUT graduates are among the authors:
Freya Wright-Brough, a screenwriter graduated from QUT last
year. Her story “God, not another bad hair day” is about the god of the BHD who
is fed-up with the job until he causes two people to meet and fall in love.
“Flash fiction isn’t something I’d seek out but if it’s
there in a cafe I would want to read more of it,” she said.
Jack Vening, who won the QUT 2010 undergrad and 2012
postgrad creative writing prizes, wrote about a boy who tries to find a girl he
met on a family trip through Kalgoolie as a child.
“It's mainly a lamentation, or a love-letter to a memory
that he's actively seeking to reclaim, though it's impossible,” says Jack, a
contributor to
Stilts, the
online Brisbane-centric literary site started by QUT graduates.
QUT honours graduate Alana Eising’s story is called 'Love
the Sea' and is about a woman who runs away to find solace in the sea she loves
“I'm always exploring the effect the sea has on people and
relationships, both as a metaphor and as a physical thing,” Alana says.
Copies of each of the stories will be available on napkins
from these cafes on Thursday, 14 February:
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