Grub brings its focus to those things we don't see, to the peopleon the edges of society who might be a little "grubby". Its setting is Sydney'sinner west, in a not-too-distant future, where the looming concerns of today(like climate change and capitalism) have come to pass, and subsistence iscommonplace. They range from light-hearted, such as 'Grub', where an obsessionto cleanliness is taken to extremes, to much darker. In 'Carpark', a youngqueer boy is beaten up, watched by a couple from the safety of their apartment,and 'Whipped Cream' is a Handmaid's Tale-type dystopia, with references tobreeding and silver vans. Peopled with odd individuals, Grub examines our humanity (and sometimes, lack of) in extremecircumstances.

Grub steps astonishingly outside of realism tovividly imagine a queer dystopian future of sex, sadness and sly humour. - MOYA COSTELLO, 2019 Carmel Bird DigitalLiterary Award judge