the digital campsite of Australian author
scot gardner
chuck bukowski
‘To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.’
Off The Map
A scuff-knuckled collection of short stories about the lost and the hungry, the broken and the fierce, all trying to find their place in the world.
Changing Gear
It’s the pointy end of Merrick’s school life. He has two weeks of study vacation before his final exams. He tells his dad he’ll be studying at his mum’s place, and tells his mum he’ll be at his dad’s. In the gap that opens between his families, he jumps on his postie motorbike and rides off into the sunset.
The Dead I Know
Aaron feels like a natural fit in his new job at JKB Funerals. He has nothing to fear from the dead. It’s the living who are doing his head in.
“I write long hand. Outdoors. I like being still enough that the country and all its familiars forget that I’m there.’
— scot gardner