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Short Story Collections

A Trilogy of Short Story Collections

                                        

Deep Clear

A young boy is trapped in an underwater cave while he is scuba diving. As his oxygen runs out he experiences a hallucinatory journey through his own subconscious. (Shortlisted Fabel World Short Story Competition 2025)

 

Derelict  

A young girl living with a single parent father near a vacant property with a derelict house. A criminal on the run abducts her and takes to the house. 

 

The Old House  

A man moves into an abandoned house where he had a passionate affair after his marriage ended. He refuses to leave when a demolition crew arrive. When he brandishes a gun, police and television units surround the house. 

 

Replication

A political prisoner in a totalitarian country is used for experiments replicating the neuroscience experiments by Michael Mirzenich on a monkey in California. As he documents the increasing appropriation of his body by the scientists, his compassion for the monkey grows. 

 

Selfie 

Risky behaviour by a year twelve student on social media places her and her younger sister in terrible danger. (Shortlisted Night Parrott Novella Prize 2025)

Down to the Beach 

A boy on a remote cattle station, a deserted beach and the journey toward becoming a man. 

 

https://tinyurl.com/ycxnuxnd

 

Drusilla’s Revenge

A Goth Girl’s retribution against a violent homophobe. 

 

Sweet Gold

A doomed Thai romance. 

 

Suburban Nudist

The reinvention of an old Hippy. 

 

Club Colours

Bikie loyalty wears thin. 

 

Dogs and Bullies

The vulnerability of a school bully. 

 

A Weakness in the Hands

A father rediscovers his gay son. 

 

What the Heart May Hide

A palm is read. 

 

A Surfeit of Omens

Misread omens and intentions.

 

Hendra Melton

A Seamstress and misunderstood intentions.

 

Ingrid’s Way

An unusual courtship. 

 

Margaret

An unfortunate person. 

 

Noises off

A day in the life of a small theatre. 

 

Nothing But Trouble

Kids today are not what they seem.

 

Politicians and Relatives

A cautionary tale about fatherhood. 

 

Piano Lesson

The problem of sounds and odours in a duplex. 

 

https://tinyurl.com/5n6urnc8

 

The Day Before Nothing

A world without Christmas. 

 

One Stop

Travellers and feral gangs in an abandoned roadhouse.

 

The Rule

Survival in a dystopian world.

 

Replication

Inhumane experiments on a human subject in a totalitarian regime. 

 

Coherent Justice

Sensory deprivation and incarceration.

 

The Abandoned Library

An overnight stay in an abandoned library. 

 

Virgin Journey

An eccentric Scientist facilitates a young woman’s inner journey.

 

No News is not Good News 

A major AI failure in the near distant future.

 

https://tinyurl.com/yc7wry2d