short-story
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“Little Jim and Old Harry”
A Josip Novakovich exercise in describing the setting for an event connected to an item in a home in which I grew up. The item I’ve selected is a Jarvis Walker ‘Little Jim’ fishing rod. For readers not familiar with fishing Queensland’s Gold Coast in the late 1950s, Jarvis Walker was an Australian fishing rod Continue reading
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“Beaton”
A writing exercise in giving one intense emotion I’ve experienced [anger] to a fictional character. I had to make sure the character is not me, but the emotion should be mine. The task required me to create a scene employing the fictional character and the emotion and to involve another person as an antagonist or Continue reading
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“You Can Dunk If You Like”
An exercise in sourcing story from youngest memories. Christy invited me into his kitchen and began to make us both a cup of tea. Will here do?” he asked jiggling the tea bag in the small pot. “This will be great,” I replied. “OK. If I put this cushion on the table?” Continue reading
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“Fish Again!”
In this exercise, I had to write a set of three paragraphs – each from a glimpse of a scene in a cafe that held the possibility of a story. Here’s a couple of of them. You can find the full set of three with our Craft Notes over on Substack. “Untitled” You don’t often Continue reading
About Me
An Australian post-lawyer reclaiming creative space and delving into speculative fiction after too long an absence.
Sunburnt Speculations 