Bequest

by Rowena Wiseman

Overview

Leonard wants to bequeath his tattooed skin to the National Gallery of Australia. He has been almost completely inked by one of Australia's best contemporary artists, but he is a canvas that nobody wants. Then, strange things start happening to Leonard: Darwin’s moth—a tattoo from his calf—flutters around him one night; he wakes with a Cold War gas mask on his head; Mao Tse Tung appears in his bed. Tattoos from his skin come alive before him and he becomes more convinced than ever that his skin is truly precious.
The first in a series of dark short fiction pieces, Bequest by Rowena Wiseman is an eerie and compelling read.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046142204
Publisher:	Tenebris Books
Publication date:	09/01/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Rowena Wiseman writes contemporary fiction and children's stories. Her blog Out of print writing, about writing and publishing in the digital revolution, has been selected for the National Library of Australia’s archive program PANDORA. She was the editor of Melbourne PEN quarterly newsletter 2004–2007 and co-edited the International PEN Women Writers annual newsletter 2004–2006. She completed a Bachelor of Arts (Professional Writing) at Deakin University and has been an editor at a regional art gallery since 2005. Her novel Exit Stage Left will be published by Merge Publishing (late 2014). Jet Black Publishing are publishing two of her children's book series, Aunty Arty and Astro Circus Kids (2014/2015). Her novel Searching for Von Honningsbergs was longlisted for the 2007 Australian Vogel Award and is published on Screwpulp. She lives on the Mornington Peninsula, near Melbourne, Australia.