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Tara Calaby

Tara Calaby is a British-Australian writer, currently living in Melbourne, Australia. She has qualifications in classics, history, and editing, and is studying towards a Master of Letters in creative writing. She spends a lot of time reading, ranting about politics, watching Britcoms, and procrastinating. Sometimes she actually does a bit of writing.

Within These Walls

My husband visits a week after I am admitted to the lunatic asylum. He doesn't bring the baby. "I can't trust you with her," he says. "The things you read in the newspapers these days." I have never hurt her. I have not hurt him, either. I only hurt myself. "Is she well?" I ask.…

The Bomb Chaser

***Disturbing tale. Not ideal for Children*** Once a person died, it took anywhere from one to three hours before their chip went dark. Body temperature acted as the catalyst; when the corpse cooled enough, the chip entered death mode, deleting all data and the code that held…

The Silver Witch

When the townspeople found Rosalind sitting astride the mayor's daughter with her skirts hoisted to her thighs and her bodice loosened at the chest, they knew she was a witch. She was feasting at her victim's lips, sucking the soul out of poor Leda's body as she lay, bent, in…