Juliana Byers
Creative Writing Portfolio
Welcome to my creative writing portfolio. While my passion is for non-fiction, I have always enjoyed creative writing and am currently (albiet slowly) working on a historical fiction novel.
Here you can find any creative and/or fiction works I have produced, both as an undergraduate and independantly. I have won awards for my short stories and continue to put my work forward for competitions.
Independent Creative Writing
Gunfire (Short Story)
Premise: When neo-facists gather to protest an event at the local library, someone responds with deadly violence. This story contains adult themes and strong language.
Somebody Knows (Short Story) – 2023 Winner Melton City Libraries Short Story Competition, Adult Section
Premise: The narrator dumps a body by the creek and covers his tracks… but somebody knows. This story contains adults themes and strong language.
Undergraduate Writing Projects
Graduating Project
Finding Viktoria: A Creative Non-Fiction Weblog https://jbyersproject.weebly.com/
Third Year
- A Little Purple Cake (Short Story)
- Welcome and Not (Short Story)
Second Year
- Collapse (Creative Non-Fiction)
- I’ll Be Home Tonight (Screenplay)
- The Soldier (Short Story)
Looking for my research portfolio?
The world of reality has limits. The world of imagination is boundless.
– Jean Jacques Rousseau
Read All About It
Skeptical History
Sourcing Skeptical History
How to find the sources I use in my posts and podcasts.
Gallipoli Tax
Recently, the veterans’ affairs minister went to Gallipoli… for no reason at all.
Anger & ANZAC Day
Australia has completely lost its way when it comes to military remembrance. It’s time to consider the facts, not the myths.
“To the Colonists!” – A Letter from a Liar?
In 1855, the Commander-in-Chief of the Eureka Stockade wrote an open letter, which has since become indispensable to history. But how much of it is true?
