Other people’s junk Delicious in its possibilities Doors without a car Shelves without a book A Christmas tree discarded so close to Christmas Someone’s latest gadget now unplugged and destined for landfill. By-products of someone’s life So much more interesting than my own.
I notice the house by its absence Four paling fences defiantly protecting an empty block. I can’t call the house to mind Was it a simple cottage or a two storey family home? I notice its absence more than I ever noticed its presence. Will people one day notice I’ve gone without being able to … More Where once a house stood…
Fifteen years on, I’ve shared this with my son. I remember the day clearly: it was traumatic for both of us. He didn’t want to go to crèche and I didn’t want to go to work. I came very, very close to leaving my job, but instead wrote this and sold it for $300 to … More Because I am three
How to write a story in just eight words? Thanks to the Queensland Writers Centre for the challenge and for publishing my first attempt: “Killing him was easy, after the chocolate incident…”
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