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  • THE DAY SPENCER HUEGOLD DIED

    The story behind the story: Wrote this one while holidaying in Tumby Bay and walking past the local sea-front hospital almost everyday… It was a dry, overcast, sea-smacked day when they took Spencer Huegold to the cemetery. The air reeked… Continue reading

    THE DAY SPENCER HUEGOLD DIED
  • SOMETHING BLUE

    Originally, I wrote this short story for a uni assignment. I ended up submitting it to the Tasmanian Writer’s Prize and it got shortlisted and published in Forty South’s Annual Short Story Anthology. Something Blue tells the simple story of… Continue reading

    SOMETHING BLUE
  • BOOK REVIEW #4

    Willa Cather’s writing is pertinent – I remember reading O Pioneers! for the first time. I will never forget it. Set on the American frontier, it follows the lives of the pioneer women who worked the land and watched the… Continue reading

    BOOK REVIEW #4
  • Linton the Suburbanite (PART III)

    I know it’s been a while, but here’s the third part to Linton’s story. Enjoy! PART III There she is, sitting coyly in the corner, hair done up with curls and twists, and she’s rotating the watch on her wrist.… Continue reading

    Linton the Suburbanite (PART III)
  • BOOK REVIEW #3:

    I must admit, I bought this book because it was pretty. I have no qualms in admitting I do judge a book by its cover and when I saw Where Light Meets Water, I couldn’t help but buy it with… Continue reading

    BOOK REVIEW #3: