After the Bomb
Indyana Horobin (Griffith University)
Before the bomb, we caught glimpses of each other in our windows, waving when the curtains opened, only a street apart. After the bomb, we hid in our apartments for weeks, eating canned food.
Before the bomb, I painted a picture of your dog, it looked like a lizard, when I held it up to the window you laughed. After the bomb, the picture died, paints melted down the canvas, your dog died too, you came over that night.
Before the bomb, I was alone. After the bomb, I had us.
Indyana Horobin is a PhD candidate at Griffith University, specialising in familial war non-fiction writing. With a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and film analysis, and an honours degree in creative writing, Indyana has a robust academic background. His extensive portfolio includes multiple creative works, short-listings, and academic publications, such as Ginger Cake (2024), Insanity Helps (2024), Dark Water (2024), Bad Coffee (2023), Chameleon (2023), Sharky Stevens (2023), Limonka (2022), Hashima (2021), Dead House, and Apache Spirit Journey (2019). Indyana has also featured at seven academic conferences and workshops and contributed as a librettist in the New Opera Workshop 2019.
