The tyres of the white Volvo crunched over the gravel as Hilda pulled into the near empty parking lot. ‘Here we are …
Ode to an Ossuary
Truth is buried in our backyard. It pushes up the weed and paspalum, the wet-the-beds and buffalo. It sucks on the sandy …
Scene with a Reuben
‘Put the knife down, mutherfucka!’ Rohan smelled the man’s sweat. He placed his knife on the bench and turned to the man …
The Blue Gum Bluff
April 1931 Clarrie Hungerford leans against a towering gum sharpening the teeth of a crosscut saw. He’d liked the look of this …
Sir Tristram
(100 words, must include damp, meek, patron. ecstasy) Stefan forlornly scanned the room once more. Every significant figure in the art …
Hugs
The old man rapped his walking stick along the sterile lino. In his eighties, slightly bent with bowlegged knees swollen from past …
The Ring
“Jessica Margaret Adams,” he said. “I love you.” He gazed up at her from his knees, his face vulnerable, his heart exposed. …
Vile Sunflowers
The wood cuts into the boy’s bare thighs. It’s an old chair, splintery, and the rope around his ankles chafes. Across the …
Boardwalk
The beach was a balm at this time of night. Emptied of its daytime guests, it gave him solace. He had space …