Submissions to the Geelong Writers seventh Ekphrastic Challenge for 2024 closed on 25 August. The image Cars (by Michael Cains) prompted various responses – but mostly about how people relate to cars and sheds! (There were some questions raised … Continued
Cuppa Time by Jan Price In response to our July 2024 invitation, we have received submissions of original work (stories and poems) in no longer than 300 words, inspired by the image, ‘Cuppa Time,’ by Jan Price. We congratulate the … Continued
This month we showcase the creative talents of the following 12 writers who submitted their responses (in up to 300 words) to Wendy Ratawa’s Remember. Congratulations to: Geoffrey Gaskill | Pauline Rimmer | Julie Rysdale | Catherine … Continued
The Traveller and the Fae Louisa Bath The cool sting of frost still hangs in the air, despite how the early Spring has already decorated the branches with rich green. You shiver lightly, pulling your shawl tighter around your shoulders, … Continued
The Wheel Melissa King It’s 4:40am. You’re on the waterfront, bare toes clenched in the cold wet sand. Less than an hour ago you were drunk, full of expensive booze and high on adrenaline.But then you did a thing. An … Continued
Atonement Adrian Brookes This is as far as life goes, then. The boy’s acceptance was what troubled Nate the most. For a second of eternity his soul had locked with his victim’s. There’d been no sign of shock at the … Continued
Godelpus Paul Bucci Johnno pulls up outside Gracie Lawrence’s place, toots his horn and waits. He’s a couple of minutes early, doesn’t have another job for about twenty minutes so isn’t in any hurry. Gracie was just going up the … Continued
Gods Seest Thou Christoper McCormack We’d run out of places in which to fuck. She and her husband and their little girl and our foetus had moved out to one of those new estates that was halfway between town and … Continued
Hey Ho, Here We Go Again Paul Bucci Yeah well sometimes when you get up in the morning you really can’t be fucked going to work so you ring in to tell them you’ve got a cold or something and … Continued
One More Yellow Bin Kristine Fitzgerald Joanne Morley didn’t notice the sun rising in the sky as she dragged her wheelie bin down the driveway. Is it green or yellow this week? she asked herself. She never could remember. Placing … Continued