3rd On the Jebel

Alison Hooker

Lights change colour behind the trickling waterfall. Created to make an impression on both residents and visitors alike, it all looks so manufactured, so artificial.

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1st The Museum of Obsolete Objects

Philippe Savidis

Imagine how they lived in the Olden Days: All those things! Life was so physical. It’s dress up day next week with a grand ball

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2nd Ed

Oonagh Prettejohn

Aunt Edna had the disconcerting habit of pursing her lips if she disapproved. Rather like a draw string purse her lips would pucker up and

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3rd Shedding Skin

Phil Dowsett

What’s in a handbag? Lots. What’s in a wallet? Essence. The comparison in Toby’s mind was triggered by an item delivered a few minutes ago

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1st City of Love

Philippe Savidis

My train was still some hours off. Its scheduled departure time was illuminated overhead in a warm orange glow that was comforting despite the freezing

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2nd Anna Novak

Oonagh Prettejohn

The trivial conversation of two strangers stalled while Anna Novak’s eyes fixed on the grizzled trunk of a coconut palm ahead of her. They shared

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3rd The Unexpected

Jeanette McInnes

‘Expect the unexpected,’ Dad said as we entered the luggage shop, ‘especially when travelling. The trick is to be adventurous, not foolhardy.’ Of course, at

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1st The Wages of Sin

Jeanette McInnes

‘What’s the point of this?’ Donny whispered cogently. I didn’t know either, but I was a compliant schoolboy, and did whatever I was told. I

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2nd Pencils Poised

Fay McGrath

It was so exciting to be starting Form III, on the brink of learning subjects such as French and Shorthand, and consigning English and Mathematics

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3rd Pay Attention

Fiona Landau

The first rays of glorious light Fractured the clouds of the shy dawn sky Cranes took flight to capture the vista The moon bowed out

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1st Sky High

Ken Cotterill

Sky High Let me tell you a story that I never wrote; the one that got away. We all have stories like this, but I

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2nd Anaphylaxis

Fiona Landau

Anaphylaxis The Ute spat heavily, then coughed with relief as the engine shuddered briefly, as if saving face.  It settled to a rhythmic purr. Suzanne

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