The Editor

Cameron Rutherford is a critically acclaimed creative writer of speculative fiction. They have a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) from Flinders University, a competitive course involving mentorship from acclaimed Australian writers such as Sean Williams, Amy Matthews and Lisa Hannett. Cameron Rutherford has also undergone an Honours degree in Creative Arts specialising in speculative fiction and constructed languages.

As the owner of Reed and Storm Editing they provide editing services and sensitivity reading primarily for emerging authors and small publishers and run creative writing workshops. They were previously a sub editor and frequent contributor to the Empire Times magazine.

Cameron’s short story ‘The Culinarian’ was in the top ten shortlist for the Best Australian Yarn 2023 and was featured in The West Australian. Cameron’s short story ‘The Art of Robotic Burger Flipping’ was featured in the Voiceworks issue “Static”. Their short story ‘The Extinction of Boys’ was highly commended in the 2022 Writers SA and Feast Festival Short Story Competition. More short stories by Cameron have won other competitions and been published elsewhere.

They were a participant in the inaugural AFTRS Talent Camp SA and the inaugural AFTRS National Talent Camp, a skills development program for creatives from diverse backgrounds, designed to provide opportunities for emerging storytellers to create new content. They were also a participant in the 2019 ATYP National Studio, a mentoring opportunity connecting young adult writers with three of Australia’s leading playwrights to craft short plays, a selection of which, including Cameron’s ‘It Is Your Birthday Party’, were chosen to be filmed and published in 2020.

You can keep up to date with Cameron Rutherford’s writing by following them on social media.

Our Name

Aesop, a slave and storyteller from Ancient Greece, wrote many fables throughout his life that heavily impacted Western ethics and fairy tales. In his fable Oak and Reed, an oak tree brags of its strength to the little reeds by the riverbank. A strong storm hits and the oak tree is broken in half, while the humble reeds survive the strong wind due to their flexibility. This story highlights the importance of being open to change, an important message to those seeking editing services. As the old saying goes, writers must “kill their darlings” and be able to alter the parts of their writing dearest to them in order to serve the greater narrative.