It’s the moment of whiplash in a car crash …” Gough is describing the experience of jumping from a bridge at night. ‘ The Promise tells of a boy’s promise to his dying father… presents a deceptively simple narrative that ends up in a powerful observation of human relationships…The story is acutely observed and the author creates a tremendous sense of warmth and empathy through her writing.’ The Age reviews ‘The Promise’ ’ Sydney Morning Herald reviews ‘Benny Wins Powerball’ Gough deals with them with whimsical malice.
One is Erin Gough’s Benny Wins Powerball, a delightful tale of suburban revenge in which the least likely member of a family wins an impossible sum of money, triggering jealousy in an unpleasant brother and sister. ‘There are stories here that budge the reader. ‘Erin Gough’s In Case of Emergency, about ecowarriors gatecrashing a property developer’s fancy party, has a pleasing thrillerish edge to it: suave tough Reg makes for an appealing heroine, deserving a novel of her own.’ Sydney Morning Herald reviews ‘ In Case of Emergency, Break Glass‘ ‘The Wound Begins’, Imago, v 13, n 3, 2001.‘Packing a Punch’, Overland, v 171, Winter 2003.‘Jump’, F.Moorhouse (ed), Best Australian Stories 2004, Black Inc.‘My Life as a Freeze-Framed Action Hero’, Final Draft, 2ser radio,.‘Honey’, Australian Book Review website, December 2010.‘Benny Wins Powerball’, S.Hartnett (ed), Best Australian Stories 2012, Black Inc., Going Down Swinging, #32, September 2011.‘William Shatner Vows to Save the Great Basin Pocket Mouse’, Small Wonder Anthology, April 2012.‘Night Trip’, Amanda Lohrey Selects series, Spineless Wonders, September 2013.‘Distance’, Griffith Review 62: All Being Equal, The Novella Project VI, October 2018.‘In Case of Emergency, Break Glass’, Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, Walker Books, June 2019.
‘Superpower Reveal’, Pulped Fiction: an Anthology of Microlit, Spineless Wonders, March 2021.
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