ABOUT KIM MARTINS
Kim is Australian and lives in New Zealand. She writes short stories, flash fiction and poetry. She took up writing in 2016 after working in Australian organisations for many years, followed by long-term consulting work in Italy and Bhutan.
Kim is a keen photographer and traveller with inspiration for poetry and stories often coming from her photos. She has a BA (Hons) in History and a BA LLB. Her stories and poetry often have historical themes and she is working towards her first novel, set in Italy.
Her work is published in the Copperfield Review, Furtive Dalliance, CafeLit, Flash Frontier, Flash Flood Journal, Visual Verse & “a fine line’
KIM'S PUBLICATIONS
The Battle of the Hydaspes https://visualverse.org/submissions/the-battle-of-the-hydaspes/ Vol. 03 Chapter 11, September 2016
The Glove Maker https://visualverse.org/submissions/the-glove-maker/ Vol. 04, Chapter 1, November 2016
Cartographia http://visualverse.org/submissions/cartographia/ Vol 4 Chapter 10. 2017
The Final Voyage The Copperfield Review, Volume 16 Number 1 Spring 2017 http://copperfieldreview.com/?p=3244
Of this Land. August edition of ‘a fine line’, NZ Poetry Society. 2017 https://poetrysociety.org.nz/2017/09/25/of-this-land-by-kv-martins/
Fallen Fruit Flash Frontier September 2016 http://www.flash-frontier.com/september-2016-motel/#fruit
“On Every Street” Flash Flood Journal 2017 http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.nz/2017/06/on-every-street-by-kim-martins.html
COMPETITION WINS
“They Came That Night" Northland (NZ) Flash Fiction contest – prize winner. 2017
http://www.flash-frontier.com/2017/09/16/2017-northland-flash-fiction-competition/#night
Websites
Photography https://chinchillabluephotography.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @kimmar
Read Kim’s work on CafeLit
https://cafelitcreativecafe.blogspot.co.nz/2018/04/avocado-days.html