Roots - Fiction & Literature 1

Marranga Limga is a story set in the early settlement of a gold-mining town in Queensland, Australia. It begins in 1880. It is the story of a young couple's arrival with their small son and the hard……続きを見る

Beyond the Ashes is a 1970s Australian novel that follows a family's emotional and physical journey from the red deserts of central Australia to the blue beaches of the east coast. Set during a time……続きを見る

This book explores the intersection of folklore and new media storytelling in feminist adaptations of traditional fairy tales. Focusing on the Germanic folktale, the author investigates how retellin……続きを見る

A sequence of poems by Rik Roots. This chapbook is dedicated to those who are gone before their time, too many of whom I knew and loved. 続きを見る

Welcome to this, my first collection of micro-fiction. Within these pages you will discover a range of characters looking to tell their stories – some more surreal than others – in various styles an……続きを見る

Almost all of the poems in this book were written in the 20th century. Looking back on them now I can see where I was experimenting with voice, characterisation and storytelling within the form of a……続きを見る

In this, the second decade of the twenty first century, the Internet became – more. More than a static repository of knowledge. More than a set of venues for buying and selling goods and services. I……続きを見る

Whoever said "violence is a last resort" never had a Minotaur for a best friend. Warlock Marcus Shifter has been sent on the most dangerous mission of his career: travel to the remote Minotaur natio……続きを見る

It was never her choice when it came to life. Her life was nothing more than a tatter wound infected by the years of war that had ravage both her soul and the only place she could call home. The sim……続きを見る

Beyond the Ashes is an Australian novel set in the period when young people went on safari tours to the inland and climbed Ayers Rock. Turtle conservation and watching on the east coast of Australia……続きを見る

Legacy of Limga continues the story of a family living in a small rural community with a gold-mining history in Queensland, Australia. The people in the story are all fictional, but the historical e……続きを見る

Marranga-Limga is a story set in the early settlement of a gold-mining town in Queensland, Australia. It begins in 1880. It is the story of a young couples arrival with their small son and the hards……続きを見る

A sequence of love poems, written by Rik Roots. You have been warned! 続きを見る

Kal is not having the best of times. Though the changes that have taken place since his last visit to the Outer World - and in particular London - fascinate him, the job he needs to complete is turn……続きを見る

These 22 poems are some of my earlier work, from the poems that survived the post-puberty bonfire up to around the turn of the century. There's no over-arching theme to the poems as such, but if you……続きを見る

The job was simple: decapitate the zombie, get paid, get out. Warlock Marcus Shifter followed the plan perfectly. The corpse, however, did not. Now there's a body on the loose, accusations of illega……続きを見る

Welcome to this, my second collection of poems. This set of poems may (or may not) be about marginal people and marginal societies. None of the people described in these poems are real – they've all……続きを見る

For most people, Christmas is a time of joy; for some it has become a time of lonely sorrow. For Snowdrop, Christmas is about to become a timeless place of fear, horror – and unimaginable loss. On t……続きを見る

I first had the idea for the facets series of poems in January 2000, produced first drafts fit for criticism in March 2000, and continued to revise and review over the following months. Final drafts……続きを見る

Welcome to this, my third collection of poems. In this collection, I am proud to present you with some love. These poems deal with loves and relationships in all their wonderful and woeful manifesta……続きを見る

The book comprises different poems and short stories written by Our Roots Children. They range from topics such as Growing Up, Being Judged and Poverty. In these poems and short stories, the writers……続きを見る

If there's one thing Warlock Marcus Shifter hates it's the Delwinn Council, the governing body of the magical community. Between the grudges many on the Council harbor because he walked away from ma……続きを見る