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Wen Yu Yang works with the UNSWeetened Literary Journal and is a regular contributor to Tharunka. Content warnings: mental illness (Dissociative Identity Disorder), non-explicit domestic violence You saw the farmhouse for the first time in ten years.             Radio static buzzed in the car. The grey hills blocked out the reception …

Every fortnight the Tharunka editorial team compiles the best media we’ve been avoiding and/or complementing our studies with. Have fun! Books  Axel: The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe 1794): One of the OG Gothic horror writers, and originator of the genre terms ‘horror’ and ‘terror’. It’s very 18th Century (archetypal, …

Del and Aglat is a monthly column by Nina Greenhill. “I’m getting a meal before the heist and that’s that,” Del said, finishing the argument between them.  Aglat sunk into her pocket, arms crossed. “Gotta wait an hour after eating before swimming, and the heist is just as active an activity,” …

By Riley Hughes “Part man. Part Machine. All Cop.”– Robocop (1987) Beep, boop, beepity, boop. Cyborgs! The fusion of man and machine. The mythos of the cyborg is a relatively new one, with Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Man That Was All Used Up (1843) perhaps being one of …

By Nishant Pandav (@npanium) “I miss the air-conditioning and the comfortable seats” says a distraught Merry, a second-year marketing student. As a result of the worsening COVID-19 situation, she has had to start taking her classes online and give up some of the luxuries she had at the university, like …

By Riley Hughes “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that”. – HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey) Artificial Intelligence has perhaps become one of the most used tropes in science fiction. Whether it be as murderous robots (The Terminator (1984) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)), or as …