Aggie stood at the kitchen door and watched her neighbour’s dog running through the long, windy grass. The pain had stalled – …
Sir Tristram
Written By Paul Nicholls
(120 words, must include damp, meek, patron. ecstasy) Gallery director Stefan forlornly scanned the room. Every significant figure in the art world …
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Six Pack, Raspberry Flavoured
Written By Rob Wilcher
Andy was about to head to the cashier when his phone buzzed. <<Hi darling, if you’re still in the store, can you …
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Death of a Poet
Written By Amanda Hemmings
I shouldn’t be here, I know. It’s dark. A dirt-yellow glow in her window, the only light. The leaves under my …
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Beta Zeta
Written By Paul Nicholls
I was never an alpha-male, always a beta, apart from those odd Saturday nights after four glasses of Chardonnay when suddenly a …
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SHATTERED LIVES
Written By Eva Chow
THE LOVERS “I love your hands. They’re really beautiful,” Lisa smiled. She looked admiringly at Steve’s fingers as he played his electric …
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Red
Written By Rob Wilcher
Two questions: why kill a man, and why tell someone you did? I told the psychologist I beat my wife under the …
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Cautopyreiophagia
Written By Amanda Hemmings
Mackenzie fiddled with the baked dinner on his plate, stabbing the carrots, impaling the lamb. Stone cold. He’d hid the peas under …
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A Moment of Bliss
Written By Paul Nicholls
It was a little before dawn when Vince started the Toyota, desperate to get back to the hospital. Last night he’d been …
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Bondi
Written By Rob Wilcher
Our hearts go out Our hearts go out Our souls are rent by tears Our mouths incompetent to mollify the pain And …
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