Fiction Archives

BUT WHAT IF the cops see us?But what if you run out of money?But what if you miss your...

By Alan Vaarwerk

MY FRIEND PHILIP enjoyed a weekly crossword.He bought or subscribed to a magazine he freely acknowledged was of at...

KYLIE THOMAS'S CHILDREN had been on the roof since early morning. She had heard them, vaguely, tapping at the...

By Susan Johnson

DRUG ADDICTION IS 98 per cent hunger, 2 per cent feast; you get accustomed to bad news. But I...

By Chris Womersley

MICHAEL THINKS ABOUT the sounds Rachel is making. Little whinnies like she's losing motivation. Michael knows what that feels...

By Sally Breen

WHEN SHE'S STILL waiting at 8.25, she is forced to accept that he won't be arriving. A cloudy sunset...

By Maya Linden

YOU JIBBER, NED. You are the worst jibberer I know. It's incessant. Stop it – just stop it for...

By Kate Lahey

WHEN MY GRANDPA lived in the house near the bay, the old wooden house with the jacaranda trees in...

By Barbara Brooks

THE FOLLOWING YEAR they went to Japan.In the night they landed at Kansai Airport, then took a train to...

FRIDAY WAS THEIR day. They always arrived just after twelve, before the lunch hour got into full swing. They...

By Tony Birch

'WHAT DO YOU reckon it's about?' she says.'Yeah,' he says, looking up from his mobile for a moment, then...

By Romy Ash

IT WAS EARLY in the morning when she fell, and the sun coming in through the back door made...

By Ashley Hay