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Fundraising in Tongues
Fundraising in Tongues
The phones were running off the hook. It was clear the organisers hadn’t foreseen the outpouring of compassion for the victims of the…
Stephen Scott
Nov 27, 2022
Tales from a Zombie Submarine
Tales from a Zombie Submarine
A Sour Grapes story*
Stephen Scott
Oct 23, 2022
The Death Pledge
The Death Pledge
A pact with a singular outcome, a distraction to pass the time …
Stephen Scott
Oct 20, 2022
Babbling Down the Barrel of a Gun
Babbling Down the Barrel of a Gun
It wasn’t meant to end like this. I was meant to die a hero.
Stephen Scott
Oct 19, 2021
The Land of Milk and Honey
The Land of Milk and Honey
A flash fiction about the dangers of voorpret. Or as she said, “bee careful what you wish for”
Stephen Scott
Sep 6, 2021
How To Take Control of that Evil Voice In Your Head and Stop Murdering Your Friends
How To Take Control of that Evil Voice In Your Head and Stop Murder...
You awake?
Stephen Scott
May 9, 2020
Duplicitous Undead
Duplicitous Undead
The hamlet was abuzz with the absurd notion that a vampyre had come to feed.
Stephen Scott
Apr 5, 2020
Plague
Plague
A poem written in 1992 about the AIDS epidemic
Stephen Scott
Mar 20, 2020
Today. Thursday, 30 April 1992
Today. Thursday, 30 April 1992
A poem written in 1992 about the LA Riots in response to the Rodney King verdict.
Stephen Scott
Mar 20, 2020
A Wailing Tale
A Wailing Tale
A flash fiction of epically silly proportions
Stephen Scott
Mar 16, 2020
Remembering Lillian Into Existence
Remembering Lillian Into Existence
This is where she died, allegedly. If she ever existed. Which I’m told she didn’t.
Stephen Scott
Mar 11, 2020
On The Beach
On The Beach
A wafting breeze with a musky scent often graces this stretch.
Stephen Scott
Mar 2, 2020
Coolgardie 2am
Coolgardie 2am
Dead tired. Sleep clogging my eyes. The speed’s wearing off. Need more.
Stephen Scott
Mar 2, 2020
The Price of Love
The Price of Love
A hundred and ninety dollars?!?!?
Stephen Scott
Feb 17, 2020
Senior Prom Blowout
Senior Prom Blowout
Chad fumbled with the balloon bouquet Dad thrust at him through the doorway. We were both startled as Dad turned heel and excitedly told…
Stephen Scott
Feb 14, 2020
Grotta’s Lament
Grotta’s Lament
It’s a lifetime since your pipe’s acrid smoke wafted up to fog the lantern room. The adjacent cottage continues to lay dormant since your…
Stephen Scott
Feb 13, 2020
Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue
The clouds looked so close you could almost touch them. In fact you could.
Stephen Scott
Feb 12, 2020
A Hundred Billion Bottles Washed up on the Shore
A Hundred Billion Bottles Washed up on the Shore
I wasn’t startled, more taken aback, when I spotted it amongst the junk mail, but there it was, clear as day … a personally addressed …
Stephen Scott
Feb 10, 2020
The Garbo and the Gal
The Garbo and the Gal
My littlest sister had a crush on the garbage man, which was lucky for mum as he only came once a week. If it had’ve been the mailman she…
Stephen Scott
Feb 7, 2020
Decisions, Decisions
Decisions, Decisions
(Or “He Said, She Said, He Then Apologised and Promptly Gave Up”)
Stephen Scott
Feb 3, 2020
Aussie Summer Stingers
Aussie Summer Stingers
Flash Fiction from the sea … Breathing in a mix of salt and blood I went under again, taking on more of the briny mess as I stumbled …
Stephen Scott
Jan 21, 2020
Just Drive, I Said
Just Drive, I Said
There was a stench in the air of sweat and indifference, But in my state of mind I didn’t want to comment Lest I give myself away.
Stephen Scott
Nov 4, 2019
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