Snack-size short stories spanning grief, love, relationships, crime and regret, including Shame the Stars – winner of the 2024 Banjo Paterson Short Story Award and The Self-Saucing Cookbook – published on the Little Old Lady US comedy website.
With a deafening bang, the balloon popped. Blue confetti fall like sparkling rain. My dad fist-pumps Jacob. Mum’s nails dig into my arm. Jacob’s parents pump our hands.
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Waves pummel the beach, lashing the sand as the sea rushes to claim me. I squeal and race up the steep, winding path to the cabin.
As I scramble to the top of the cliff, black clouds open and lightening...
Claire’s knees scream in protest; the cold concrete unforgiving. Groaning, she stands and pulls three stacked shoe boxes toward her. Envelopes and papers fall out as she stumbles backwards, her foot hitting...
It was standing room only. Every seat taken. I always wondered who would turn up, but I never thought I would find out.
Family, friends, neighbours, and colleagues gathered to say farewell. I recognised...
