Substance ~ Serialised Fiction | Rowan Thornwell

The Second Voice

Under His Name ~ Chapter 7

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Palm of Faith

Under His Name ~ Chapter 6

Dec 14

The River Stone

Under His Name ~ Chapter 5

Dec 6 • Rowan Thornwell

September 1973

Holidays, Pride Week, river light, first picks, Sydney in sight.

Dec 5 • Rowan Thornwell

September 1973, the headlines inside the chapter

Enter the Dragon, Ziggy bows out, and a boy writes toward a door

Dec 4

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September 1973

Holidays, Pride Week, river light, first picks, Sydney in sight.

Dec 5 • Rowan Thornwell

August 1973

Running before dawn, a library door left open, and a boy who learns that discipline can be breath as well as bruise.

Nov 21 • Rowan Thornwell and R.J. Thornwell

July 1973

Fogged windows, RSL lights, and a boy who turns stillness into training.

Nov 7 • R.J. Thornwell and Rowan Thornwell

June 1973

Rain, exams, and a boy who learns the weight of his own body.

Oct 24 • R.J. Thornwell and Rowan Thornwell

May 1973

Renovations, archives, and a boy who writes to the sky

Oct 10 • Rowan Thornwell and R.J. Thornwell

April 1973

Incense, poppies, blue polish, the old lie

Sep 19 • Rowan Thornwell and R.J. Thornwell

March 1973

Inland summer, bruises under cotton, the world on the page

Sep 7 • Rowan Thornwell and R.J. Thornwell

February 1973

Inland summer, bruises under cotton, the world on the page

Sep 1 • Rowan Thornwell and R.J. Thornwell

January 1973

Inland summer, one small life, the wide world pressing in

Aug 31 • Rowan Thornwell and R.J. Thornwell

Newsletters

A Man Of Substance

The heart of the work. A boy’s survival told in quiet, tensile prose. One month at a time from January 1973...

The Minute Economy

Stories from under the dome. Where comfort is rationed, and kindness costs minutes. Welcome to Arrow-Far-09.

Under His Name

A gothic love story of memory, ink, and resurrection.

Ink & Bone

Memoir fragments from Rowan Thornwell. Notes of weather, memory, and the private shadows that shaped me as an author.

The Aussie Board

A companion guide to A Man of Substance. Slang, brands, music, headlines, and the cultural fabric of 1970s Australia, drawn from each chapter.

Scrapbook

Small essays on politics, pop culture, and everyday life. The wider world pressing in around the story of A Man Of Substance.

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