“Jack mate how are you? Didn’t think you’d be back for a few days,” Beth can hear a man calling to her …
Tick Tock
Written By Amanda Hemmings
Your neck is on the guillotine. Its sharpness gleams above you, the base is already cutting into your throat. You’re choking …
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Angry Sky Hungry Girl
Written By Eva Chow
The sky was dark and the wind was howling. Julia looked up at her mother hoping that she would see the menace …
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Travel Woes
Written By Eva Chow
Mary left the coffee shop in Shanghai Pudong airport where she had spent the last hour passing the time. Her excitement grew …
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She Often Thought Of Killing Him
Written By Rob Wilcher
She had often thought of killing him. The reverend had joked about that once in a sermon on marriage. “I said to …
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Tabula Rasa
Written By Rob Wilcher
The Mountain Climber’s Beginning Let me tell you a story. Just three nights ago I was in a public bar, in …
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The Woman from WAAPA
Written By Tracie McMahon
(FYI – this is for the Banjo Paterson story/ poem contest in Orange – it is a nod to Man from Snowy …
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Cleaning Out
Written By Rob Wilcher
Andrea always felt a touch uneasy when the plane landed. She knew accidents were extremely rare on the big carriers, and had …
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Image
Written By Rob Wilcher
A man stood in front of the bathroom mirror, and thought, Tomorrow I am seventy, and I have nothing to show for …
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Shadows
Written By Tracie McMahon
Shadows – always the shadows! Do I seek them, or they seek me? They cast their imagination across drooping ribbon bark. Flicker, …
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