A man talks to himself, eliciting nervous glances from people sitting at a nearby cafe. They relax when he hangs up and takes the skin-coloured earpieces out.
Sarah knew the Chinese hand fan she’d bought on impulse at the markets one day would come in use, during the middle of a heatwave when her electric fan went into cardiac arrest and died.
It was a perfect landing. The old ISS landed right in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a bullseye for space agencies the world over.
In the grand old library, a patron was quietly asking one of the librarians directions to the nearest cinema.
The advertisement paper with the occasional article in-between really came into its own when the McLennan family wanted to start a bonfire.
At the Great Dividing Range, the estranged family came together for a picnic and a few healing bottles of Riesling.
The diminutive sausage dog had a go at the calm, loping, giant greyhound and won. Small-dog syndrome was diagnosed quickly after.
Bolstered by half a bottle of cologne, Sid walked into the club and wondered which love of his life would spurn him tonight.
It was her secret pleasure, the way Maria abused the heat lamp in the bathroom after a steaming hot shower.
These were the top 10 stories published by The Quintessential Q in 2022. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2022 by using the calendar at the top of this page.