"Are you OK?" Zan asked, arm brushing against Rhett's arm. A stupid question. What would she do if he said, 'no'? "Is anybody OK?" he said, turning it back on her. "Are you OK, Zan O'Connell?" Both Zan and Rhett are having a bad year. But Zan's the last person Rhett would choose to confide in, and she feels the same way about him. So, when they lose it, and then get lost, and end up stranded together in the hills, it's going to be a very long night...
Jenny Pausacker is a Melbourne-based freelance writer. Her young adult novel, What Are Ya? won the Angus and Robertson Junior Writers Fellowship and was short-listed for two State awards. Other short stories have been published in the anthologies, Landmarks, The Blue Dress and Bittersweet. The short story 'About Zan' was dedicated to Helen and published in 'Family: A Collection of Short Stories'.