Japandra

For the Australian Writers Centre monthly contest. Probably not a winner! Sorry “You know, I really feel like I should apologize to him,” C...

For the Australian Writers' Centre monthly contest. Also not a winner! Your story’s first and last words must begin with J. Your story...

For the Australian Writers' Centre monthly contest. Not a winner! Prompts: Your story’s first word must be FIVE. Your story must incl...

I was finishing a draining and mostly circular conversation with the second customers of the morning, an older Australian couple who had a ...

People with similar backgrounds come in mini-waves sometimes. Often there's a simple reason for it - three Brazilian or French families ...

It was on the quiet side, so I was standing out in front, ready to "intercept" people coming in, per instruction. A lady in tall ...

I complimented a middle-aged British woman on her necklace, an unusual silver pendant. "I had it made for my son's wedding," ...

A guy with a grey ponytail was sitting on a dirty blanket outside the secondary bike center. As I was going in, another hard-up guy dragging...

There was some kind of miscommunication. The more time that's gone by, the less I understand what actually happened, but on a Saturday, ...

"Hey! Hey! You want to have sex?" The man shouting at me as he staggered by had already been past the shop a few times by 7:45 ...