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The Cannibal’s Guide to Health and Wellbeing™
10 Feb 2023

The Cannibal’s Guide to Health and Wellbeing™

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By Martin Smith. Feeling tired and grumpy? Worried about those black rings under your eyes? Depressed about having to suppress those cannibalistic cravings? Then you need The Cannibal’s Guide to Health and Wellbeing™. That brat next door kicking their soccer … Continued

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Larry the Lamb
6 Feb 2023

Larry the Lamb

by admin | posted in: Fiction, Member Writing Features | 0

By Martin Smith. There once was a little lamb called Larry, who lived a lambhood full of fun and frivolity. When he came of age and became Smith the Sheep, his parents took him aside and warned him it was … Continued

Fiction, Member Feature, Short Story
The Twelve Grooms
2 Feb 2023

The Twelve Grooms

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By Martin Smith. There was once a woman unlucky in love. For years she searched for the perfect man, a Prince Charming with whom to share her life. She tried online dates, coffee dates, wine bar dates, dinner dates, impromptu … Continued

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Encounter
29 Oct 2022

Encounter

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By Natalie Fraser. This country unfolds like a huge dusty brown blanket. Under cover of dusk the mangy paddocks undulate to the deep mood indigo sky. Jim and Alison sit in the car mesmerised by the sameness of ghostly gums. … Continued

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Ants
21 Oct 2022

Ants

by admin | posted in: Fiction, Member Writing Features | 0

By Natalie Fraser. Lily grips her walking frame tightly, her swollen knuckles turning white with the effort.  To get down the step is the first thing.  Then she must go up the path, unlatch the gate and turn on to … Continued

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Pigeon Coup
7 Oct 2022

Pigeon Coup

by admin | posted in: Member Writing Features, Memoir | 0

By Natalie Fraser. Annie said they were bloody vermin, she said they should all be shot. ‘What’s that square in Venice that’s covered in pigeon shit? Can’t remember now but you ask them how they like pigeons, rats of the … Continued

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The Twin
31 May 2022

The Twin

by admin | posted in: Fiction, Member Writing Features | 3

By Michael Cains. My parents knew there was something odd about me long before I worked it out. But then, they had two years while my brain came to terms with what it had been born with, and that I … Continued

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Aftermath
31 May 2022

Aftermath

by admin | posted in: Fiction, Member Writing Features | 3

By Michael Cains. Sometime after four he turned the large screen television off. His wife was curled up in her corner of the sofa, gently snoring. He had to repeatedly press the remote’s off button to make the depressing picture … Continued

Member Feature, Short Story
Zumba and the Cat
9 May 2022

Zumba and the Cat

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By Michael Cains. Charles didn’t know if the cat hated the cleaning robot first, or the other way around. The battle seemed to gradually start, developing into a no-holds barred war lasting until the inevitable end. Joeline and he got … Continued

Member Feature, Short Story
We’re out of time
4 Mar 2022

We’re out of time

by admin | posted in: Fiction, Member Writing Features | 4

by Jenny Macaulay. They were sitting at a table near the window where Bev absent-mindedly watched the morning sun inch its way up the salt and pepper shakers. She opened her free Woolworths’ recipe magazine while Margery checked her makeup … Continued

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