In her first job, Susan Bennett sold large knives, replica pistols and handcuffs to complete strangers.  Many years later, it occurred to her that some of those nice strangers may not have been purchasing these items for joke gifts as they claimed.  Maybe they weren't even nice.

Her writing prizes include first place in the EJ Brady Award, the Sydney Writers' Room Short Story Competition and The New England Thunderbolt Prize for crime writing,  Her stories have been published in The Fish Anthology 2016, The Moth, To Hull and Back Humorous Short Story Anthology 2019, Etchings and the Shepparton News, among others.