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.JENN PHIZACKLEA.
Jenn Phizacklea is an indie author based in rural Western Australia.
Her work is concerned with the human condition, social issues, and history.
She writes across genres, but primarily Contemporary, Literary and Historical Fiction.
Details of her published and upcoming work can be found below.
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WORK
This collection of contemporary short stories is concerned with how women are shaped by the events and relationships in their lives, and how those elements serve as catalysts for personal transformation - the process of becoming something else.
They address the pressure of gender expectations coming from within and without, and particularly how that plays out in relationships, both familial and romantic, or when experiencing serious hardships such as mental health crises, addiction and domestic violence.
They are set in Western Australia during the 2000s and 2010s.
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Upcoming (First Half of 2025):
Double White Lines: A Novel
Set in 2009-2012, in fictionalised suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, a group of women in their mid- to late twenties navigate life and the tangles of love in all its varied forms.
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Gracie, who was brought up in poverty, grapples with who she is, what she does and who she wants to be.
Bianca enters a new relationship with her blinkers on and heart full of hope; but such blind faith can have serious repercussions.
Flick, beautiful and confident, likes to live fast and flirt with danger. But one day, danger might just flirt back.
Arity is determined to heal the wounds of her past, but in the process, starts a new relationship with someone who might be exactly what she's looking for - or the worst decision she's ever made.
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Note: This is a complete rewrite of Double White Lines: Two Novellas. It expands on the characters and themes established there.
Now Available (on Amazon):
The Hand of Fortuna
The year is 6 CE.
The family Plautii have reached the pinnacle of the Roman social hierarchy and politics, led by the charismatic Aulus Plautius and his cousin Silvanus; but that position will be threatened from unlooked-for sources, both inside and outside the family.
Silvanus has left his wife and children in Rome to take his place as Governor of Pamphylia and Galatia in the east, but behind him, chaos descends as his wife spirals out of control and his son behaves in unexpected, scandalous ways.
Meanwhile, the elder Aulus takes on an investigation into a shadowy figure named Facilus, unaware that the trail will lead him into a case that threatens both his hedonistic cousin, Rufus, and the family name, with disaster.
Upcoming (2026):
What Songs Were Left
The Sequel to the Hand of Fortuna.
Blurb TBA.
Now Available (on Amazon):
Once, I was Dreaming:
A Collection of poems
Jenn Phizacklea is an Australian poet who has been writing introspective, imagist poetry for many years, published in various journals, webpages and zines; but this is the first time she has gathered her work together in one collection for publication.
The primary focus of her work is the connection between landscape and emotion, with the environment often standing in for the interior life. It explores themes such as childhood, grief, love, loss, and the experience of living in the Australian landscape. The work is closely tied to its place of origin.
Upcoming (2026):
Hollow Lakedaimon
A historical fiction set in 5th Century BCE Sparta.
Blurb TBA.
Now Available (on Wattpad):
Bessie
Set in the early twentieth century in the goldfields of Western Australia, Bessie is a short story about a young woman struggling to find a path for herself.
She is caught between her father's strict religion, and the bent of her own heart.
Now Available (via Amazon)
STORIES FROM WIACUBBIN
Stories from Wiacubbin is a series of interconnected short stories set in the early years of European settlement in Western Australia, between 1905 - 1940.
At the centre of the stories is the Young family: Frank, who appears stern and unforgiving, but what really drives him? His wife, Eleanor, who suffers from a mental illness that no one knows how to handle; and their daughter Rebekah, who has never seen anywhere but Wiacubbin, yet reads and dreams of other places, and of finding someone who sees behind her enforced silence.
These were times of drought, war and economic depression. The stories revolve around the search for happiness, the strength and weakness of the human spirit, the sorrow and joy in the face of struggle, and at the core of everything, the redemptive power of love.
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