The Moving Pen | Authors’ Draft Stories

Authors’ Draft Stories

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The tyres of the white Volvo crunched over the gravel as Hilda pulled into the near empty parking lot. ‘Here we are …

17 Min Read
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Truth is buried in our backyard. It pushes up the weed and paspalum, the wet-the-beds and buffalo. It sucks on the sandy …

2 Min Read
Reuben

‘Put  the knife down, mutherfucka!’ Rohan smelled the man’s sweat. He placed his knife on the bench and turned to the man …

6 Min Read
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April 1931 Clarrie Hungerford leans against a towering gum sharpening the teeth of a crosscut saw. He’d liked the look of this …

8 Min Read
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(100 words, must include damp, meek, patron. ecstasy)   Stefan forlornly scanned the room once more. Every significant figure in the art …

1 Min Read
Hugs

Hugs

Written By Rob Wilcher

The old man rapped his walking stick along the sterile lino.  In his eighties, slightly bent with bowlegged knees swollen from past …

10 Min Read
Ring

“Jessica Margaret Adams,” he said. “I love you.” He gazed up at her from his knees, his face vulnerable, his heart exposed. …

2 Min Read
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The wood cuts into the boy’s bare thighs. It’s an old chair, splintery, and the rope around his ankles chafes. Across the …

2 Min Read
Boardwalk

The beach was a balm at this time of night. Emptied of its daytime guests, it gave him solace. He had space …

10 Min Read
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Context:  The year is 1946. Dot is 18. Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age. 5 Each week Dot looks forward to what Sally …

17 Min Read