Seven Testimonials - The Moving Pen

Salt Spray

Skimming stones at Cape Leveque, two hundred kilometres north of Broome, near King Sound, with king tides, the ocean blood red in …

3 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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…Welcome back to radio station WQLX Ohio, and now we have a special treat for all those at tonight’s concert… ‘Oh my …

20 Min Read
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  He’d left a note in their letterbox – without his name, of course – telling them to cease the noise or …

12 Min Read
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He squinted his left eye when he spoke. It was a look that one might make if they were feeling skeptical. Phil …

16 Min Read
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Roseanna is playing, but it’s not the original. I remember swaying along at a high school dance to that song in 1982. …

9 Min Read
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It was the sweltering heat that most pained him. More than the shitty job of party pleaser at rich kids’ parties, or …

10 Min Read
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Jim looked around him at the outdoor adventure store. It was huge. The Christmas tree was up and there were tinsels draped …

16 Min Read
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You’ve always been beguiled by the moon. To you its ancient reflection is two men at a card table, one hunching over …

12 Min Read
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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