Expedition to Blood Falls, Victoria Land

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  • Published 20220503
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-74-0
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

I used to catch fish in jam jars

and hide in hedges.

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MT O’Byrne

MT O’Byrne is an Australian writer currently living in France. He has previously been published in Island, Westerly, SWAMP, Turbine, LitroNY and Black Denim Lit.

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