Night Parrot Press (NPP) is an independent publisher based in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia. Publishing works of non-traditional fiction and non-fiction, we offer a home to experimental forms and genres outside the mainstream. Inspired by our namesake, the elusive Australian night parrot, we seek to uncover writing that exists on the periphery, in obscurity, and give it a platform for recognition with a broader audience.
Callout! the little journal, Issue 3: Mystery and Suspense
SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!
We are thrilled to announce submissions are NOW OPEN for the next issue of the little journal, WA’s first and only dedicated flash fiction journal that proudly celebrates a different genre with every issue.
With the generous support of Raine Square and EdithCowanUniversity (ECU) and assistance from UWA Publishing, we can’t wait to read your short, short stories and bring another thrilling edition of the little journal to life!
Salt City Runaway – a luminous debut collection of flash fiction from Gillian O’Shaughnessy
Helen Garner moves into a letterbox. Dead bats rain from the sky. A woman offers Lou Reed her last cigarette at a suburban bus stop.
In fifty piercing stories,Salt City Runawayintroduces a cast of unforgettable characters who disrupt and delight… women and girls fighting for recognition and solace. Slippery, complicated, tender and broken, they carry their humanity in vivid, strange worlds. A masterclass in flash fiction, Salt City Runaway reveals beauty and wonder in the smallest of stories.
Gillian O’Shaughnessy, author of Salt City Runaway, proudly published by Night Parrot Press
You’ll have plenty of opportunities to meet up with Gillian O’Shaughnessy over the next few months to talk about all things flash, get your copies of Salt City Runaway (and get them signed) and find out how she put together this wonderful collection of short, short fiction.
Gillian will be here, there and everywhere! Make sure to secure your ticket to a workshop or author talk, whether it be in Perth, Margs or the UK!
What a fantastic ambassador Gillian is for flash fiction – and for Night Parrot Press!
Author Talks in WA and online
23 May 2026 Smokelong Quarterly Online Conversation: 8am (AWST) More information to come…
Old Ghosts by Rashida Murphy and Bloodwood by Karleah Olson
Co-winners of 2025 Double-Take Novelette Award, Rashida Murphy and Karleah Olson’s brilliant stories will be launched in July 2026 in an exciting new format for Night Parrot Press.
We can’t wait for you to experience it!
Karleah Olson
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Acknowledgement of Country
Acknowledgement of Country
Night Parrot Press acknowledges the Wadjuk Noongar people as the spiritual and cultural custodians of Boorloo and the boodja on which we publish.
We honour and respect First Nations stories and express our gratitude for this heritage of powerful storytelling.
