Owl-glass The first time, the eye spies a spy-glass: owl-glass a till now unheard word: thick spectacles, monocle, binoculars to track nocturnal birds? Or a barometer that measures owl-weather? Dusky, silt-blue, cool, without night the feel of night, the…
The City Far from Home Margaret Sutherland, Hodder & Stoughton (Sceptre), Auckland, 1991, $19.95 The ‘City’ in the title of Sutherland’s collection of short stories takes on various forms: an island village in Fiji, or mentions of travel to locations…
Holy Terrors and Other Stories Amelia Batistich, Vintage Books, Random Century Group, Auckland, 1991, $19.95 How to belong, and where to find ‘home’, are the obsessions which unite the stories in this collection. These can tip over into a vivid…