Gold Coast, 2002: Poems

By Peter M. Ball

Years before he built his name as a science fiction and fantasy author, Peter M. Ball was a young poet and member of the Gold Coast's Post Hoc Performing Word collective, building a profile with publications in venerable magazines such as Overland and performances at writer's festivals around Australia. Gold Coast, 2002, collects 24 poems capturing life as a permanent resident of Australia's most notorious tourist destination, bringing them into print for the first time in 20 years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eclectic Projects
• Release date: Jan 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781922479273

Peter M. Ball

Peter M Ball is the author of more than fifty short stories and six novellas, along with essays, RPG material, articles, and poetry. His short stories and non-fiction have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Shimmer, Dragon Magazine, Writing Queensland, and Apex Magazine, and has been included in several Year’s Best anthologies. He’s previously taught creative writing at Griffith University and the Queensland Writers Centre, spent five years as the manager of the Australian Writers Marketplace, and convenes the biennial GenreCon writing conference in Brisbane, Australia.

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Gold Coast, 2002

THANK YOU TO THE ECLECTIC PROJECTS PATRONS!

This chapbook is produced and supported by the patrons of the Eclectic Projects Fund.

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Peter would like to extend his thanks to Margaret Ball, Kate Eltham, Jodi, Nicole Strickland, Meg Vann, Sally, Jennifer White, Maggie Slater, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Dave Versace; Catherine Caine, Kathleen Jennings, Stephanie Gunn, and Lois Spangler for their encouragement and support.

GOLD COAST, 2002

POEMS

PETER M. BALL

Eclectic Projects

CONTENTS

On Loan From Dreamworld I

Postcards

Gold Coast Refidex: Map 40

Gold Coast Connection

One Loan From Dreamworld II

Night Scenes

Heat Wave Dreaming

Aftermath

Indy Time

On Loan From Dreamworld III

Wolves

Gold Coast Refidex: Map 50

Surfer’s Paradise Epiphany

Sleeping Under Neon

On Loan From Dreamworld IV

Drowning Ephemeral

Gold Coast Refidex: Map 70

Going Home Alone

On Loan From Dreamworld

Johnson St, Southport, 9:27 PM

Gold Coast Refidex: Map 29

Jadran Motel

On Loan From Dreamworld V

Gold Coast Refidex: Map 60

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