Karen Lethlean is a retired English teacher. Her fiction has appeared in Barbaric Yawp, Ken*Again, Pendulum Papers and has won a few awards through Australian and UK competitions; "Almond Tree" received a commendation from Lorian Hemingway Short Fiction Competition and was published in Pretty Owl Poetry Journal. "A Dog for Company" is forthcoming in Meniscus Journal, and "Brad and Janet" was recently long-listed for The Sydney Hammond Short Story Competition. Karen is currently working on a memoir titled Army Girl, about military service 1972-76. In her other life, Karen is a triathlete who has done the Hawaii Ironman championships twice.
My room, now that I am in it, is at the front of the house, and directly opposite the Fire Station. Arrivals and departures, noise, flashing lights, hooting alarms,... Read more.
