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Poem / Other

November 28, 2022

Reads: 39

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A haiku about the Australian desert. Read More

Tags: poem, australia, haiku, poems, desert

Short Story / War and Military

August 16, 2022

Reads: 284

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The Middle East, 1915. A short story set during the First World War told from the perspective of a Turkish officer defending a trench from a British attack. Based on characters featured in my published novels Kingdom Lock, and For Kingdom and Country. Read More

Tags: australia, turkey, wwi, first-world-war, trench-warfare

It's 1962 Two Men have built a friendship traveling to work on the morning train over many years. One has a dark past that will come back to test that friendship. Read More

Tags: train, australia, sydney, ira

Short Story / Non-Fiction

January 29, 2022

Reads: 215

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

If it offends you stop reading it. (But you already knew that, didn't you?) ... Read More

Tags: australia, day

Actually, it was Paul Keating, while still prime minister, who referred to Australia as, "The A***hole of the World!" Little Johnny Howard simply made us all feel that we were. Read More

Tags: world, australia, nackside, paul_keating

What should have been a routine takeoff from a short West Australian mining strip goes spectacularly wrong. Join me in the cockpit for an adrenalin fuelled ride! Read More

Tags: australia, danger, aircraft

Book / Action and Adventure

October 28, 2021

Reads: 343

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

When the law fails to punish a killer in the northern city of Darwin, the local police chief recruits three normal men who decide to take that same law into their own hands. After a chase that takes place in both Darwin and Sydney, the killer decides that it is… Read More

Tags: military, adventure, australia, police, action

War crimes are committed By our fighting forces, In the name of justice Justice or revenge? No-one seems to care. Read More

Tags: war, australia, crimes, u.k, u.s.a

Cover image: Pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: australia, responsibility, feral-cats

Short Story / Horror

May 14, 2021

Reads: 213

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Geololgist Aron, is investigating the unexplained pinnacle formations on the West Australian Coast. A sandstorm sweeps in from the Coral coast and brings hell along for the ride. Read More

Tags: australia, monsters, creatures

Just a light rant off the top of my head. Can think of plenty more stuff wrong with nationalism if I try. Or just read (any) George Orwell or Kurt Vonnegut book. They’ll set your prejudices straight. Read More

Tags: australia, sucks, as, why, a

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 11, 2020

Reads: 251

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Another in the Australiana series, depicting the coming of age for a young man. As always, it is a draft which needs further refinement Read More

Tags: australia, writing, youth, literature, english

An old one reworked for the Australiana collection. An anecdotal story about desert creep and big farming practices. Read More

Tags: australia, desert, country, farming, drought

Book / Romance

May 03, 2020

Reads: 1008

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Kara Aisling has a goal in mind. Influenced by a former housemate she plans to sleep with ten different guys in order to hit the self-proclaimed title of 'Double Digits'. With this task in mind, she uses Tinder as her handy guide to courting different men. But along the way… Read More

Tags: australia, drama, casual, experimentation, top-ten

Poem / Poetry

April 01, 2020

Reads: 366

Comments: 7

Shelves: 2

The The Imaginarium House

A poem written for day 1 of NaPoWriMo. Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: australia, non-fiction, bushfires, napowrimo

Tags: politics, australia, america, burning, world-news

Poem / Memoir

January 02, 2020

Reads: 633

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Musings of the noble bushmen, my mural " Aboriginal " Read More

Tags: australia, aboriginal-life

A combination of tales I heard and wrote about sometime ago, it tries to approach the subject of differing sexuality among close friends. The idea was to weave in some contemporary issues but without the political baggage. note: edited and updated June 2020 . Read More

Tags: love, gay, australia, straight, sex

I am putting together a number of stories about life in "modern" Australia that hopefully will have enough one day to put together a short book on Amazon. In the mean time I post them here to give them a "try out", perhaps to garner some comments but also to… Read More

Tags: love, australia, beauty, sex, nsa

In the Australian beach town of Fallow Range, a deadly swarm of killer Box Jellyfish near Melbourne, attack visitors during the summer. When fisherman Taylor Painter, and his girlfriend Tracey Lower, a marine biologist, attempt to find a solution to the threat, they find it hard to convince the authorities… Read More

Tags: australia, science-fiction, action, sequel

In the Australian town of Franklin Halls, Charles Bait, a local fisherman, struggles to deal with marauding killer Box Jellyfish, that have taken over in the raging oceans. Read More

Tags: horror, australia, science-fiction, thriller

Taiyo Yamazaki and five other astronaut candidates enter a cave beneath the Australian tropics as part of a mock mission to prove their worth. But when disaster strands them they find they are not alone… (A stand-alone chapter from Tribulation (550AU Book 1)) Read More

Tags: creepy, nature, australia, thriller, japan

Short Story / Other

April 07, 2019

Reads: 762

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A story about a kangaroo and her young son her in pouch fleeing a dingo. Read More

Tags: australia, car, animal, matthew-bissonnette, running-before-eaten

My chapter is the start of my journey from when i had the courage to leave an unhealthy marriage and move to the other end of the country to begin my new life. I will continue on sharing my quest to find love in the modern dating world and how… Read More

Tags: love, dating, relationships, australia, india

When Bella’s well-known Gran (Donna the jeweller) mysteriously disappears one night from their suburban home in Canberra, it sends the whole town of Cranford into despair and fear for the events of the future. “Where was she taken to?”, “Was she kidnapped and murdered?”, “Is she alive and well?” are… Read More

Tags: murder, australia, crime, police, canberra

Tags: australia, christmas, santa, krampus, jinge-bells

I am putting together a number of stories about life in "modern" Australia that hopefully will have enough one day to put together a short book on Amazon. In the mean time I post them here to give them a "try out", perhaps to garner some comments but also to… Read More

Tags: australia, teaching, aboriginal, aborigine, tuturing

Melbourne, Australia, 1953. Mike Scott is a low level criminal. When he sees a dead body in the city, he puts his life on the line when the killer strikes again. Read More

Tags: australia, crime, thriller, melbourne

This short story is the first work in English I have ever published. It deals with a thriller revolving around missing family, all of this set in a futuristic scenery in Australia. I hope to receive constructive crisiticism about my writing style, grammar and typography in general. In fact,… Read More

Tags: australia, english, futuristic, brisbane, cybernetics

Katherine is a young Australian girl from country Victoria. She stumbles on a talent for fashion design she didn't know she had, and uses it as her ticket out. Mike is a New York Lawyer, charming but self indulgent, with links to the mob. He has a penchant for… Read More

Tags: fiction, novel, australia, fashion, book

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