Cabin Fever

Slipping down a rabbit hole at a costume party like Alice, feeling zero gravity like a spaceman kissing a fellow alien, or drawing blood in the library... These short stories portray a reality that is often brutal, and probe the notion of personal responsibility – when should you intervene?

Here is the lost history of the Observatory Library Lady; a swimming lesson for some Kimberley wedding guests; the secret tunnel beneath Beach Road in Sea Point. Part myth, part memoir, Cabin Fever details other people’s dreams and terrors, and how they merge with ours.

Click here to watch a video of Diane Awebuck reading an extract from The Extra Lesson, a short story from Cabin Fever