‘The Distance Between Loves’ is Peter’s new short fiction collection, due for publishing in 2025 by In Case of Emergency Press. It offers a variety of stories. People with marriages ending struggle to take the next steps of their lives. War veterans strive to recover broken lives. A woman hoping to find love finds herself abandoned in a hostile place. A desperate artist steals Andy Warhol pictures. Dance classes go wrong. A wife who died from cancer is mourned. Two brothers discover their grandfather is a war criminal. Family members attempt to reconnect at their mother’s wedding. A man rediscovers a lost love late in life. A tightrope walker prepares for performance. Along the way suburban backyards, war zones, a lighthouse, cherry orchard and fishing boat are visited.
Some of these short stories have won awards. Others chosen for publications in Australia and overseas. Many are available for the first time in this collection.
Peter Farrar would tell you he’s been writing stories forever. From making them up using stick figures as a child to the pieces of fiction he now creates. “The Distance Between Loves” is Peter’s second book. It’s a collection of short stories that has been a long time coming. His first, “The Nine Flaws of Affection” was published in 2010. Peter’s short fiction has been featured in a range of literary journals and magazines in Australia as well as the United States, some winning awards. He has dabbled in feature article writing on a range of topics including his love of test match cricket.
Peter is also pursuing interests in writing plays. His short play “Worse than Here” was performed during the Board Shorts Festival at the 1812 Theatre in Ferntree Gully during 2023. In March 2025 his one person play “The Most Alive Part of Me” was staged along with other short productions at The Meat Market in North Melbourne as part of the Metropolis Monologues, read the reviews here. Peter has received mentoring for a full length play from the Melbourne Writers Theatre and hopes to see this on stage in the future.
Through his writing life Peter also worked in a succession of mainly Human Resources positions. His corporate career was never described as stellar or meteoric. He is originally from Sydney, moving to Melbourne where he pursued unemployment, a Sunday morning breakfast shift on community radio and travelling. Peter also writes pieces for The Roar on his beloved cricket, view his profile.
Two greyhounds provide his muse and occasionally check in on him while he works.
‘The Distance Between Loves’ is Peter’s new short fiction collection, due for publishing in 2025.
