Voiceworks Issue #134 ‘Vice’ is here to tempt you! For our Autumn edition, our contributors plumb their deepest desires, weirdest wants and seediest sentiments.

Gwenhwyfar Ferch Rhys and Tali Lum Wan turn to myths and moral tales: the first, Y Plant Darogan, looks at the legend of King Arthur through a Welsh poetic lens; the second, Glitter Fish, transplants the Chinese fairy tale Ye Xian to Tokyo’s bustling nightlife.

The spirit of Ovid’s Metamorphoses is alive in Sagar Nair’s poem Fish Market and Tom McKenzie’s short story In My Mind Alone, both of which see humans morph and transform into sea creatures.

Aylin Mulayim’s short story The Bazaar takes us to North Cyprus’s counterfeit luxury market and Indigo Colquhoun brings Alison Bechdel to the bush capital in her comic How to Get a Hot Dyke Girlfriend in Canberra.

Continuing our interview series, Voiceworks contributor turned Stella Prize shortlistee Lee Lai chats with EdCommer Stella Theocharides about cartooning vices and her graphic novel Cannon, forthcoming with Giramondo in September 2025.