Patrick Eades
Australian writer of tragi-comedies, commie-tragedies, and other darkly light-hearted work.
His fiction has appeared in Meanjin, Overland, X-R-A-Y and The Irish Times, and has been recognised by the Peter Carey Short Story Award and The Moth Short Story Prize.
A Road to Nowhere
Coming November 2026
Eighty-seven. Twenty-three. Two lives heading nowhere, or so they think…
A darkly funny novel about loneliness, ageing, and the strange ways people keep each other alive.
Selected Writing
‘Well Past Milking Hour – runner up in the 2025 Peter Carey Short Story Prize and published in Meanjin.
‘Octomum‘ – 3rd Prize in the 2026 Moth Short Story Prize and published in The Irish Times.
‘Five of the Ways I Wish I Was More Like Moissanite’ – published in X-R-A-Y.
I also write on Substack about fiction, writing, and whatever silliness seems worth putting into words.