Our Story.
Photo by Sarah Reed for The West Australian.
The Editor
Cameron Rutherford is a critically acclaimed creative writer of speculative fiction. They have a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) from Flinders University, a competitive course involving mentorship from acclaimed Australian writers such as Sean Williams, Amy Matthews and Lisa Hannett. Cameron Rutherford has also undergone an Honours degree in Creative Arts specialising in speculative fiction and constructed languages.
As the owner of Reed and Storm Editing they provide editing services and sensitivity reading primarily for emerging authors and small publishers and run creative writing workshops. They were previously a sub editor and frequent contributor to the Empire Times magazine. Cameron is also the creator and editor of the digital (un)literary magazine Woven Webs, which publishes Australian speculative and experimental works.
Cameron’s short stories have been featured in publications and competitions across Australia. Their horror story ‘The Culinarian’ was in the top ten shortlist for the Best Australian Yarn 2023 and was featured in The West Australian. Cameron’s science fiction story ‘The Art of Robotic Burger Flipping’ was featured in the Voiceworks issue “Static”. Their science fiction story ‘The Extinction of Boys’ was highly commended in the 2022 Writers SA and Feast Festival Short Story Competition and featured in the anthology Oh How We Laughed* in 2024.
You can keep up to date with Cameron Rutherford’s writing by following them on social media.
Bibliography
Upcoming magical realism short story for the Jimmy Hornet Magazine.
Upcoming science fiction short story for Cynacia Issue 1.
The poem ‘The Flag Hangs by a Thread’ featured on Why Not, 2025.
The science fiction short story ‘The Extinction of Boys’ and the poems ‘Summer Cut’ and ‘Send’ featured in the anthology Oh How We Laughed* by Buon-Cattivi Press, 2024.
The horror short story ‘The Culinarian’ featured in The West Australian, reaching the top ten shortlist for the Best Australian Yarn 2023.
The science fiction short story ‘The Art of Robotic Burger Flipping’ featured in the Voiceworks Issue #129 “Static”, 2023.
The science fiction play ‘It Is Your Birthday Party’ filmed and published in 2020 for “Intersection: Beat” by the Australian Theatre for Young People.
The fantasy short story ‘The Gift’ featured in Empire Times Issue 1 Volume 46, 2019.
The science fiction short story ‘<Digitised.>’ featured in Empire Times Creative Issue Volume 45, 2018.
The magical realism short story ‘Done Dying’ featured in Empire Times Issue 4 Volume 44, 2017.
And more!
Pictured (left to right): Voiceworks Issue #129 “Static”, Empire Times Issue 1 Volume 46, “Intersection: Beat” by ATYP, Empire Times Creative Issue Volume 45 and Oh, How We Laughed* by Buon Cattivi Press.
Our Name
Aesop, a slave and storyteller from Ancient Greece, wrote many fables throughout his life that heavily impacted Western ethics and fairy tales. In his fable Oak and Reed, an oak tree brags of its strength to the little reeds by the riverbank. A strong storm hits and the oak tree is broken in half, while the humble reeds survive the strong wind due to their flexibility. This story highlights the importance of being open to change, an important message to those seeking editing services. As the old saying goes, writers must “kill their darlings” and be able to alter the parts of their writing dearest to them in order to serve the greater narrative.