We’re Taking A Trip To ‘Redhead Town’ with award-winning horror author, Deborah Sheldon
We’re Taking A Trip To ‘Redhead Town’ with award-winning horror author, Deborah Sheldon
by Robyn O’Sullivan
Deborah Sheldon’s latest novella is best described using the Australian vernacular: it’s a ‘pearler’! Although Redhead Town is set in an Australia that doesn’t exist, its depiction of a life-choice that can plummet you into a situation beyond your control is entirely relatable. The raw emotion – anger, guilt, despair – and reactive behaviour of protagonist Mark Murphy are palpable and real. Deborah’s masterly writing holds you in thrall from the first sentence to the last word. It has been my privilege to speak with her about how she created such a realistic and frightening narrative.