Welcome to the Dust Lounge, the online writerly home of Tamara Rogers.

Tamara is a writer, image maker and general idea tinkerer. Interested in all things weird in the world of psychology, artificial intelligence and armageddon.

She writes mainly dark, surreal tales with a touch of science fiction. Her stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, The Arcanist, The Molotov Cocktail, and other publications. Her pre-apocalyptic dystopian novel Grind Spark was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award 2014. 

Grind Spark

Longlisted for the Bath Novel Award 2014, Grind Spark is a near-future dystopian novel about growing up in the years leading up to the end of the world. It’s about pretending to be the perfect family. It’s about whether you want to survive.

“entertaining dystopian satire told with a pitch black sense of humour”

Goodreads Reviewer on Grind Spark

Double Vision

Double Vision is a short collection of shorter stories and flash fiction. Some you’ll have seen in the wild, others are brand new to this book and eager for your eyes. Featuring sixteen tales knitting together 16,000 words, there’s lunch-time length nuggets of horror, science fiction and the occasional side-order of humour.