3rd Superpowers

Regina Meyer

‘You see that group of old folks over there?’ She says. ‘You mean those guys at the big table with the walkers stacked up next

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Joint 3rd The Glint

Robyn Smith

It was just a glint, a hint, a long-awaited lead. She had been missing for years. A mystery unsolved, a love unrequited. Her betrothed, her

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Joint 3rd Mount Traglav

Philippe Savidis

Standing on the summit of Mount Triglav a pretentious and portentous line uttered by some actor in a toga strangely came to mind: ‘Those whom

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2nd Mine or Not to Mine

Ken Cotterill

A town hall meeting in Dover Vale. The good citizens have just heard the mining proposal put by Roger Summersville of KBL Mining to mine

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1st Vanishing Point

Louise Ottewell

I was used to being invisible. When they were talking to me, it wasn’t really to me. It was at me. I became an expert

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1st The End of the Line

Louise Ottewell

The End of the Line [Poetry] A train wreck on the inside I need to slow it down They see the smiling outside And watch

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2nd Guilty Pleasures

Philippe Savidis

Where was the guilt in this particular pleasure, he wondered. None, except he experienced a niggling sense of betrayal. Surely his ancestors would be turning

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3rd The Famous Five

Paul Tonti

The faint aromas of linseed oil, turpentine and candle wax pervade the atmosphere. Multi-hued spatterings of paint streak and smear the floor and walls. In

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3rd Dressed for a Wake

Jennifer Marsden

‘We can’t bloody sit out here all night’ Jo said, raising his voice above the music and laughter coming clearly from the balcony above. ‘I

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3rd Bob

Cheryl Kelly

He adjusted his battered old Akubra and shifted his position to better take in the scene. He needn’t have. He knew every inch of this

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2nd A Cradle of Wolves

Philippe Savidis

The hour was approaching, although nobody would admit it. Dinner had finished unusually early and my mother did not have to nag us for once

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Joint 1st Golden Oldies

Fay McGrath

I place my fingers on the keyboard, relishing the familiar touch and smell. It is a minute after 10.00, and all is going to plan.

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