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    Ben Walter

    is a Tasmanian writer, and the fiction editor at Island.

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    Culture August 21, 2021

    The wind is trying to kill us

    “A branch smashes on a nearby mudstone slab and the leaves do not rain down politely like this is a wholesome and earthy wedding, they spark as if they are flaming green from an explosion. But the red-haired man is chatting about all the books that are …”

    Culture October 31, 2020

    For the perishable body

    “Look, a dead great-uncle. He is staring straight ahead through a black-and-white film as his boat carves through the waves. He is standing on a beach all scratched up and flickering. He is wearing war medals stored in a box I can’t find in the shed. …”

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