A series of prose and poetry by emerging and established writers from Indigenous, migrant & refugee backgrounds that was shortlisted for Mascara Literary Review's 2019 Avant-garde Literary Awards.

The Big Black Thing: Chapter. 2 is the second issue in a new series of prose and poetry by emerging and established writers from Indigenous, migrant and refugee backgrounds. Featuring Amanda Yeo, Omar Sakr, Evelyn Araluen, Shirley Le, Stephen Pham, Tamar Chnorhokian, Peter Polites, Tien Tran, Monikka Eliah, Samantha Hogg, Adam Phillip Anderson, Emma Hicks and many more.