Good Morning Mrs Edwards
Sleepers Almanac
“The standout writer is Virginia Peters, whose accomplished stories of marital and family tensions read like the work of a female John Updike.”
Dr Kerryn Goldsworthy · Sydney Morning Herald · 6 February 2008
Selected short fiction
Remember Sleepy Creek
Sleepers Almanac
“And Virginia Peters deserves her double appearance: ‘Good Morning Mrs Edwards’ and ‘Remember Sleepy Creek’ reveal a talent for astutely capturing both the claustrophobia and the comfort of monogamous relationships. May she have a collection to herself, sooner rather than later.”
The Monthly · March 2008
The House Guest
New Australian Stories · Scribe Publishing · Melbourne · 2009
“Of the longer stories Virginia Peters’ ‘The House Guest’ is a standout of suspense and conflict against a background of ordinary life. This is definitely a story to start when you know you are going to be able to finish undisturbed.”
Metapsychology · Online Reviews
We Must Catch Up
Sleepers Almanac
“‘We Must Catch Up’ is a disquieting tale of female friendship. What begins as an innocent acquaintance between two mothers morphs into a parasitic obsession. Peters is subtle, however; she deftly portrays the quiet intensity between the women. (Who after all hasn’t felt the curious thrill of a friend-crush?) Her underlying themes of domestic dissatisfaction and maternal ambivalence are considered and challenging.”
The Age · 7 March 2009
About the Others
Brothers and Sisters · Allen & Unwin
“‘About the Others’, by Virginia Peters, tells a powerful story of the damage done to a favourite child by a disturbed mother. The voice of the unpleasant narrator neatly damns herself in the picture she describes of co-dependency fuelled by loving abuse.”
Sydney Morning Herald · 21–22 November 2009
Friction
Kill Your Darlings · July 2010
“The fiction is strong, particularly Virginia Peters’ ‘Friction’, which involves an innovative use of structure and headings to guide the reader along the thread of a relationship.”
Plume on Words · Online literary review
My Daughter’s Lover
Split · Ventura Press
“Among the most memorable … Virginia Peters’ finely crafted dual narrative about the devastation of being duped.”
The Age · 22–23 June 2019