Letters from the edge as the search for the mysterious glove touches people’s lives in simple ways, in sad moments, at turbulent times, under pitiable circumstances and in ways that will touch your heart and...
Gary H. had a lovely wife, a good business and everything looked fine. Then why make calls from a public phone, every weekday at 10.05 AM? He had a perfectly good telephone at home and an iphone as well. Gary,...
This is a brief (400 word) guide to writing and assessing short stories. Especially my own. Some writers object to a structure for stories. That is fine as long as you realize that no structure is a structure...
A dramatic Australian short story with an explosive mix of passion, devotion, betrayal, violence and retribution. How far does a woman go to support her man? And what happens when love is betrayed? Gillian forgave...
His answer to a lack of suitable brides was direct, violent and very profitable. He bartered goods, then people and found another way to supply brides to those who could afford his price. And then his luck ran...
You’d think that having breakfast and Father’s Day breakfast at that, would be a gentle affair free of untoward interruptions. Not so and we had no idea that having breakfast at the Breakfast Club in London’s...
Station Pier, Port Melbourne on a cold, wet early winter’s morning in 1962 is not a welcoming place. Meat pie! I must have a meat pie. And there was the sign: ‘Four ‘n Twenty’, the meat pie I must have....
No one in their right mind would pay that much to rent a house here. But someone did, not because she was out of her mind, but because she could not find accommodation anywhere. Then he moved in with her: a...
Sister organized a nativity play as she did every year. There were two plum parts to be had: Mary and Joseph. The three wise men looked good but made only a brief and silent appearance. Not much glory there....
Martin goes floundering in Tasmania's Marion Bay. Pause and retreat. What could possibly go wrong? Pause and retreat. He has been there before and made TV news for all the wrong reasons... This is a light-hearted...
After another fight with his father, the 16 year old walked out. He severed connection with what he thought were his parents. He wandered the world and only stopped to work and save. He walked till the money...
Australia: the island continent. Strange animals, unfamiliar plants, beautiful beaches and scenery plus: a trap for young players. Beware, all is not as it seems.
If you’re good for a laugh, wear a name badge in Tasmania. Otherwise-don’t. If your name is Smith or Jones or Williams, the tour guide will leave you alone. He picks on people named Gilberthorpe, Worthington,...
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