Here we are!

Some content may offend. If it does, stop reading and do something else.

 

Opinions

“Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one.”
Anon. (Wrongly credited to Dirty Harry. He isn’t real)

 

Love and Lust
How do I know when I’m in love?

 

 

 

 

Winter
Why youth is so annoying.

 

 

 

The Profiterole Incident

 

 

 

The Pregnant Prime Minister 

 

 

 

The Chicken and the Egg.
Breaking the cycle of circular arguments.

 

 

The Whale of Doom
Leunig captured those dark moments at 3 am

 

 

The Uninvited Stranger
A modern horror story.

 

 

Why Liza Scott Should Become a Virgin

 

 

 

Short Stories

Marigold’s Ivy
Beach cricket, family and the tides of change threaten Granny Kay’s garden by the sea.

With apologies to the real Marigold’s Ivy

EXTINCTION

What would happen if our species lost the race for survival?

One Fine Day

Honours in the 2018 NZ Writers College.
Good plotline, well-rounded characters, and thoroughly enjoyable to read.

Flight

There is no courage without fear.

The Short Step to Stardom.

Another unsuccessful competition entry.

Dinner with Einstein

German sausage and quantum physics.

Flotsam

My attempt to write from a man’s point of view.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I have had help. Thanks to my tutor, Sonny Whitelaw at NZ Writers College.

Also, thanks to all my favourite red-wine philosophers. You know who you are.