Everything Feels Like the End of the World

Grief, love, loss, and the human spirit—explored in a stunning debut short story collection.

Everything Feels Like the End of the World, winner of the Richell Prize, introduces an electrifying new voice in Australian fiction. This achingly human collection of short stories blends speculative fiction, emotional realism, and imaginative futures, offering a vivid exploration of what it means to be alive in uncertain times.

Set across possible futures—from an Australia only slightly changed from today to worlds thousands of years ahead—the stories grapple with grief, love, pain, resilience, and hope. Characters face harrowing choices, from a young woman confronting pregnancy in a fractured community, to engineers sharing memories with AI companions, to mothers risking everything in oppressive societies, all while navigating the complexity of human connection.

Pages: 252
Dimensions: 15.4 x 2 x 23.5 cm