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by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky March 22, 2016 1

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Dystopian Archetypes – 2. Divided Population

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky One of the recurring plot devices in dystopian literature is the ‘Divided Population’. This is to be expected,Continue Reading

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky February 28, 2014 0

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Dystopian Archetypes – 1. High Tech Utopia vs Savage Natural World

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Recently, I finished reading two YA dystopian novels that, while very different to each other, contained aContinue Reading

Mikhaeyla Kopievsky is an Australian speculative fiction author. She is the author of the Divided Elements series and Tasmanian Gothic, both of which were semi-finalists in Hugh Howey’s SPSF Competition. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the 2024 Aurealis Awards, longlisted for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and 2019 EJ Brady Short Story Competition, and published in Unchartered, Etherea Magazine, and indie anthologies.

Born in Sydney, Mikhaeyla now lives in the Hunter Valley with her husband, son, two rescue dogs, four Australorp chooks, a hive of cantankerous bees, and the occasional herd of beautiful Black Angus steers.

When she is not writing or reading, Mikhaeyla enjoys cooking with the produce harvested from her kitchen garden, going to the beach, stargazing, and training to be a ninja.

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