A Garden Wedding

The Mighty Handful

"Shame becomes irrelevant when the playing field is level".


Boy, Descending

I looked down at my croutons being slowly drowned in dirty brown soup. I was picturing a large Titanic made of burnt sourdough and the knife-shaped iceberg that claimed her and all lives aboard. Tiny screaming butter-children and breadcrumb lifeboat.

The Wheel is Turning but the Hamster is Dead

"Arlene Lang (13) ran away from home again. Her mother is concerned because this time she disappeared for almost the entire afternoon. Her father however believes this is simply a phase that she’ll grow out of once she begins drinking and smoking. "

The Lanchester Heights Leader, October 2022 Issue

"Bart lives in Apollo Bay alone. He has been happily married three times."

The Author Attempts to be Present

"Operation TRAMPLE has succeeded well above expectations. We have fostered a love of culture and the arts in our civilian population purely for its own sake. They seek distraction, beauty and entertainment rather than any kind of social commentary".

Operation Trample

Perhaps I misjudged you, Mr Corcoran. You may in fact not push trollies. You may be a cleaner of a slaughterhouse, or a tester of shovels, or a chimney sweeper or the person who washes straight-jackets for asylums.

N.H. Van Der Haar

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