Drifters

Drifters is a collection of seven short stories born from the author’s travels; from Mexico to Malaysia and from Brussels to Sydney, a young woman drifts between skyscrapers and wild landscapes. Magic is sometimes to be found yet, at most times, elusive, as the weight of Europe is never too far behind.
These are not stories of leisure and of guided tours. These are portraits of men and women who choose to drift between beds, cities and boats. These are stories of love and of magic, of loss and of blood.
Drifters is not a book about growing up. It is a book about hunting for magic in the cracks, a book that acknowledges the confines of our 21^st-century lives yet gives a glimmer of hope for those not afraid to seek it.

Catalina spent the better part of the last 13 years travelling over 30 countries. The men and women she met, and sometimes loved, along the way inspired the short stories gathered in Drifters—her first published work. Now based in Sydney, Catalina remains true to her mixed European origins and takes as much inspiration from her discoveries of Shanghai, Sipadan and Bangkok as from her dearest Brussels cafés.