My author profile of Mark O’Flynn and his fabulous short story collection White Light is published on the international short story forum THRESHOLDS this week.

In Mark’s story ‘Red Shoes’, the shoes encapsulate much about Dorothy Hewett’s character. She’d been a Communist, feminist, atheist and sexual libertarian. The shoes are a striking symbol of how she had aged and lost her strength and vivacity.

‘Just bury me with some poems and some wattle. I’d like it to be hot.’