2nd Dying Wish

Philippe Savidis

Dying Wish What’s a promise to a dying man worth? Quite a lot as it turns out. I didn’t think so at the time though.

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3rd Doctor Knows Best

Fay McGrath

Doctor Knows Best What a fake she is. Her fluttering eyelashes are fake, the tanned skin revealed by her stylish outfit is fake, her bust

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1st No Time for Regret

Stephen Chong

No Time for Regret The ancient bench seemed like a reasonable place to park his despondency. The aged wood on rusted metal sounded creak as

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2nd The Event

Fiona Landau

The Event Geoff looked down at his take-away coffee, sitting obediently in the cupholder. He had forgotten the reusable, stainless-steel mug that Mel had gotten

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3rd Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

Fay McGrath

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda I notice three other occupants in the lift when the door opens at street level. I take a step inside, but, too

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1st What Is Put In Your Way

Fiona Landau

What is Put in Your Way Dapple shadows danced a slow waltz across the lawn. Pleasing to the eye in the late afternoon. Evelyn sat

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2nd Circle of Life

Philippe Savidis

They told me that love should last a lifetime. Well, it did. Except love died the day they planted my husband six feet under. The

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3rd The Shape of My Heart

Stephen Chong

Together we have been for so long, I know not where my heart ends or hers begins. My love for her eternal, But I know

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1st Two Fingers

Rita Merrick

Susan was slim. No, change that, Susan was thin. She shared an office with my friend Stella and I in the 1980’s when computers were

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2nd The Reluctant Eavesdropper

Cheryl Kelly

Finally! The rain has stopped, and we have a beautiful morning. Perfect time for a quiet little coffee break ‘Cappuccino please and I’ll have a

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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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