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The Dig Chapter One
Artist FINN has become increasingly isolated while she cares for her sick husband. She is just resuming painting, and is reluctant...
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My Animal Shadow
A girl and her best friend. A very short story.
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Not Carved in Stone
Is she who they say she is? Who is the woman who claims to be her daughter? What happened to Greg? As she unearths the answers...
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The Back Bencher
A beleaguered husband takes action after deciding he can no longer tolerate his brittle marriage.
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Flip Flop
As a man ventures out for swim at sunset, his guess is as good as ours as to what the waves of his thoughts have in store...
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A Little Sunlight
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End of the Road
This story explores the internal experiences (and external observations) of the main character, Ty, who surreptitiously watches...
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<Child of the Plateau> Chapter 1
A child named Mangana is rejected and forced to leave her isolated home in the Tasmanian alpine wilderness. She struggles to find...
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Part One - Franny
I have written a series of character studies based on a fictitous group of people in their twenties. It is loose and there is...
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The Awful Truth About the Herbert Quarry Affair- Chapter 1
A 200 page comedy thriller, loosely a parody of Joel Dicker's 'The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair'. Marco Ocram decides...
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THE WOMAN OF TUSCANT
A man remembers his visit to Tuscany, Italy and his tragic romance.
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thoughts of my own
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Disappear Here.
Chapter One (Part one: The Roach Motel0
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Day of Reckoning
Insights on the editorial process. Also, a metaphor.
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The Penultimate Month
Life as a new student at tines is quite difficult but putting this together and having positive mind brings about sucess
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Max and Sara
Surviving years of love and hardship, even cancer and death can't separate them.
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Racine - Part Four
Racine settles into St.Drogo and discovers a hidden talent. Paulo has an odd way of expressing his faith and we are introduced...
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By a Thread
A woman is sent home from prison to die.
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Silver Tears I Cry
Sarah has made many mistakes in life and she is at an all-time low. Her days and nights seem to be dragging out and time is spiraling...
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One Day
This story follows a socially uncomfortable 18 year old through one eventful day in her life that changes everything.
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