The Woman in the Well

Two women. Seven boys. A van. And the Central Australian desert. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Especially when an unstoppable ancient force wants what is in the van. Along the way Magnolia Din-Olden realises the road to the outback leads to an inland empire of mystery and terror. The result is an enthralling tale that fuses myth and folklore in a timeless landscape.

DMETRI KAKMI is the author of The Dictionary of a Gadfly (as The Sozzled Scribbler), The Door and Other Uncanny Tales, Mother Land and When We Were Young (as editor). For 15 years he worked as a senior editor at Penguin Books. He was also fiction/non-fiction co-editor for the online literary journal Kalliope X. His essays and short stories appear in various anthologies. Mother Land was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in 2008. Haunting Matilda was shortlisted for Best Fantasy Novella for the Aurealis Awards in 2013.