Fiction
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UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE
Inspired by a family trip up the Murray on a houseboat We kept a ‘ships log’ just for a joke. It listed departure times, and how many kilometres we were along the river. Occasionally, the deckhands would make observations about… Continue reading
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THE WAY HOME
Born in the south, how could she leave it? That land of sunshine and wattle bloom, where the dusty summer evenings scented the world ruddy? Lifting his nose westward, he sniffed at the breezes – dry wheat, dust, rotten sunshine – such scents he caught… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
Grace Fatchen 