Creative Writing

  • THE SWORD AND THE TROWEL

    An Allegory Long, long ago, a people came back to their own land after being away a long time. In the latter days, a foreign prince had come and carried them off to exile – to an unknown people and to… Continue reading

    THE SWORD AND THE TROWEL
  • TWO POETS

    A Narrative If you’d prefer to read off paper, feel free to download this story and print it out Two poets stood side by side under a sunny spring shower. Above them, a rainbow shyly made its way into the… Continue reading

    TWO POETS
  • PLUTO

    …An excerpt of a new project I’ve begun working on. Enjoy! It was mid-summer. The wild oat was tall, and bleached by the searing sun, leaving every paddock swaying in golden light. If it didn’t rain soon, there would be… Continue reading

    PLUTO
  • TO AN OLD FRIEND

    A memoir (of sorts)… I People say the opposite of dying is living. But it’s not – the opposite of dying is beginning. And in this case, death is a slow, slow thing, and seems out of place with the… Continue reading

    TO AN OLD FRIEND