Shannon Savvas
A New Zealander by birth and inclination, a nurse by profession, Shannon now divides her heart and life between Cyprus, England and New Zealand. A nomad since childhood, she wonders still where she belongs and who she is. Shannon’s work has been published in numerous anthologies and journals. She was the winner of the West Trade Review The Phyllis Grant Zellmer Prize for Fiction (2023); Fish Short Story Prize (2022), Cuirt New Writing Prize (2019); Reflex Fiction (2017); and Flash500 (2019). Bluesky: @shannonsavvas.bsky.social www.shannonsavvas.com/ Instagram; @carmelsavvas_aka_shannonsavvas
The Loneliness of the Long-distance Woman
Here you are in a room in the Hotel Bologna on the periphery of a fantastic city. He has gone.
The Desert Road is Prone to Erosion
December 05, 1984, New Zealand. The arse end of the night.